Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-06-01
VARIOUS NOTES.
From the American Cultivator. I


The breeding of the black mare Peace
full (2:26) has never been established
She is credited to Gen. Knox, but it now
seems probable that her sire was a son of
Daniel Lambert. 1t is stated upon good
authority that physician bought her in
Vermont, brought her to Massachusetts,,
and used her some time in his practice
before she was placed in training. There
is strong suspicion, however, that she
had heard the bell ring before entering
the service of the NJ. ID. Parties are now
investigating her origin, and the facts
will be made known when brought to
light. Mr.. Franklin owns a filly by Co.
hannet (2:171), out of Peaceful, that
ought to throw winners.
A Worcester subscriber who wishes to
learn the breeding of a horse called Gray
Eagle writes:
81 have mare eighteen years old, that
has had two colts in Maine. She has a
record of 80 made ten years ago. have
traced her drought different owners, to
the one who bred her. | find she was
sired by Gray Eagle, owned by the late
Warren Simonds of East Templeton.
Mass. find that Gray Eagle took first
premium at a fair in Athol, and also nv
mare, as weanling. But as to pedigree
there seems to be great dearth of infor-
nation. 1t is said that Gray Eagle was
sired by horse of Morgan descent owned
by Frank Twichell of Templeton. | am
anxious to get Gray Eagles pedigree, and
thought an item of inquiry in the Cultiva-
tor might bring it out. From what can
learn, Gray Eagle must be, if alive, about
twenty-five years old. | believe he was
sold at auction on the settlement of Mr..
SimOnds' estate.
Can some of our subscribers i'm the vi
cinity of Templeton or Athol give such
information as will enable our correspon-
dent to strike the trail of this Gaay Eagle
If so they will confer favor.
Mr.. John 5. Hammond of Mattapoisett
has sent his Clay and Morgan stallion,
Hammond, to j. j. Bowen for develop
ment, and those who know the horse
predict that he will be among the new
2 30 performers of 1888. A Mattapoisett
correspondent states that Mr.. William
Hubbard of Mattapoisett has a filly by
Hammond that tipped the beam at 700
pounds when eight months old, and adds
that Mr.. Hammond has several Young
sters that he brought from Vermont.
among them nice colt, coming two
years, sired by Hammond, dam. fine
road mare. sired by Green Mountain
Banner, which stands 15-l and weighs
900 pounds. He also has filly that will
be three in June, good style and size. and
gait enough for trotter, sired by Ham
mond, dam by the Hackett Horse; and
another filly. same age, sired by Como,
the sire of Hammond, dam by Shutier,
full brother to Draco Prince. Both of
these fillies have been bred to Mr.. ID. l..
Parker's stallion Calender, by Pancoast,
dam by Cuyler, and Mr.. Hammond eX-
poets to get trotters from both.
The following, for which Mr.. Spauld-
ing has our thanks, is an answer to an
inquiry which appeared in the Cultivator
some few weeks since:
Editor of the American Cultiyator ::
In reply to Mr.. G. l.. Clarkes inquiry. in
your issue of Jan. Z, about the breeding
of the stallion King William, by Darkey,
would say that the breeder of Hing Will
liam, Mr.. Lucius Adams, is not dead.
and can be addressed at Moreland, Cook
Co., Ill. Mr.. Adams, when in Middle
town, bred and owned some of the best
horses ever in this section. Among the
number was the trotting mare Princess,
dam of the celebrated Happy Medium.
| think that any information that may be
obtained of Mr.. Adams would be very
interesting to the readers of the Ameri-
can CutivatOr in this section, and | wish
that Mr.. Clarke would publish the pedi-
gree in full when he obtains it.
+. w. SPAULDING.
Poultney, VT, January, 1885,"
The following letter from a well-posted
horseman was inadvertently misplaced,
or 1t would have appeared earlier. Some
OF the discrepancies mentioned have al
ready been corrected:
Editor of the American Cultivator
noticed three or four mistakes in the
pedigrees of Young Darkey and Darkey,
Jr', as given by your correspondents in