Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-05-18
VARIOUS NOTES.
From American Cultivator.

a ~c"iS NouHIy W. ~ SuDSCrlDtt
writes as follows: notice in your list
of sires by Volunteer that you give Sig
nal four in the 2 80 list What other has
he than Harry Parker q :25), T. C. (2;27
a and Little Eva? Can you say where
Signal is at present? think your paper
is doing great good in enlightening the
people upon the subject of horse raising.
What you say in regard to the thorough
bred cross holds good the world over.
Nearly everything in this section that
amounts to anything has thoroughbred
cross. 1t gives them nerve force and i'm
proves their form" Ans.-The three
above referred to were all that Signal had
III the list at the close of last season.
Jessie Hammond was incorrectly credited
to him by some authorities, but Mr.. Ches-
ter gives her as a daughter of Signal, by
Sentinel. Signal, by Volunteer,sis regis
tered under the name of Hambletonian
Prince. If living he must be twenty
four years old AT last accounts he was
owned by George Lakewood, jefferson
county, n. Y.
Some weeks since inquiry was made
for the breeding of the stallion Dominion,
that formerly stood at Claremont, n. H.,
also for that of the trotter st. Jacob (2:-
29f. Through the courtesy of Messrs.
John Hardness, Sherbrooke, p. O.,
George F. Davis, Windsor. VT, John
(lnrpnnnt II
Mains, Melbourne, Que, j. B. Burbank,
Danville, Que, and f. j. Tinker, Beebe
Plain, VT, we have been enabled to learn
the following facts. Dominion was bred
by Capt. James Mains, Melbourne, Que,
and sold by him when seven or eight
years old to Mr.. George f. DAVIS, then of
Claremont, n. II. The captain states
that Dominions sire was the Cleveland
Bay horse Roseberry, imported from
Yorkshire, England, by an agricultural
society, which paid for him S2000 The
dam of Dominion was 16-hand chest
nut, got by horse bought in the city of
Quebec at regimental sale of army
horses, and was considered thoroughbred
racing blood. He was brought to Que
bee from England by an army officer.
The second dam of Dominion was
brought to Canada from the vicinity of
Derby Line, VT, and was claimed to have
been by a son of Royal Morgan. This
Royal Morgan, according to Linsley, was
got by Sherman, son of Justin Morgan.
His dam was the Aldrich mare, by Justin
Morgan. Royal Morgan was taken to
Maine when young, and wds there known
as Morgan Rather. In 1927 he was taken
to.Derby,Vt., and a few years later became
the property of a Mr.. Crane. After the
death of Mr.. Crane the horse passed to
the ownership of Solomon Steele, Esq.
of Derby, Vt. He was known by several
names. among which are Morgan Rather,
Royal Morgan, Crane Horse. Steele
Horse and Chamberlain Colt. He was a
small horse, standing only 13i hands.
but remarkably hardy. Mr.. Linsley
stated in 1886 that "we saw him in Feb
ruary last turned loose into a yard with
several young colts, and although thirty
five years old, he seemed to trot as easily
and readily as any of them" A son of
his known as the Huckins Horse got the
dam of Winthrop Morrill,. Capt. Mains
states that Dominion showed fine trotting
action when owned by him, and could
trot mile in 2.35.
st. Jacob (2.29D appears in the list of
new 2.30 performers of 1887, and is
credited by several authorities to Hiram
Drew. Mr.. j. B. Burbank. above men,
toned, states that st. Jacob was bred by
Louis Trembly of Danville, Quebec, and
got by the Defoe Horse, which was by
the Pinard Horse and out of a common
mare. The Pinard Horse was by the
Shaw Horse, and out of a common mare. !
The Shaw Horse was a good animal.
sired by imported Roseberry. the Cleve-
land Bay above mentioned. The dam of
the Shaw Horse was brought North
from Kentucky during the war by
Southerner named Scales. She had the
appearance of being a.wellbred mare of
running stock. The dam of st. Jacob was
a small sorrel mare that came from below
Quebec. She was very inferior animal
and poor traveller. "When five years
DID," says Mr.. f. j. Tinker, ''St. Jacob
was sold to a Mr.. Snow of Richmond. |
Canada, who developed his speed and
campagned him through Canada,
northern New York and northern Ver-
mont. He was a good campaigner, and
If | remember correctly, won thirty out
of thrty-four races in which he strated
and always got piece of the purse.
Snow sold him two years ago this spring
reported price 5000. He stood about
fifteen hands, and would weigh about
1000 pounds