Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-11-02

brown, full-blooded English mare sait to
be from Montreal; refers to AlfredAl-
len, w. Milton. Il,
Pilgrim Morgan was owned by Vitor
Adams, who brought him here from he
Island some fifty years ago. He WIS
a nice horse, bay; black points, name ;nt
tail; he left excellent stock, good tot
tiers and good workers. Mr.. Ashley say
that during the Dorr war, or Rhode b
land rebellion, Steve Davis came fee
from Rhode Island and settled afterwah .
in Georgia, VT, and got large gray SIT
lion from Gov. VanNess, who importd |
him. He sired horse called Fignr.
Judge Jackson brought two mares .
breed from, from Addison county, all |
bred them to this imp. horse. Joe Clat
raise mare from this horse, and he BIRD
her to Old Telescope and got gray ST.
lion that sired the Latin Horse, with
was the sire of the Stanley Horse. Te
dam of the Latin Horse was a small chez
nut mare, $50 lbs. low, thick-set-soni-
times called French, but l think wash
Morgan. Clark's Telescope was da-
pie gray, 10 hands or over; 1850 lbs. 3
over, might have been l6 hands; we
built and lively horse. He was poisonedt
five years old Adams had the Pilgrn
Morgan at the same time. This nut
have been about so years ago. StanE
bought the dam of his horse in Willisto.
His horse was good PAGER; he sold I'm
to a couple of men from Ohio.
Hiram Ballard of Georgia let DaIrl
Ward have pair of mares, one of with
was the dam of the Latin Horse. Sc
was clean.jowled mare with nice he'll,
not so much hair on legs as the othes,
and think must have been Morgan mae.
She looked like the correct Morgan firm
up north. The Stanley Horse wat a
Morgan horse from stem to stern. NJ
er better pattern of a Morgan hote.
Harrison Ballard, a son of Hiram H.
lard of Georgia. is now living. Da'l
Ward, then of Georgia, bred the Lain
Horse and sold him at four months oldc
Joel Latin of Georgia, who kept him i
four years old. Ben Sabin tended hilt
think bought him. Latin is still allie
Stanley's son said that the Stanley Hos,
was foaled in 1874 and sold in 1852. 4,
could pace in about 2:30, not ovetl
hands, about 1000 lbs; pretty 60,
length of body, remarkably good lints
dark chestnut, l think; no white; Chef
nut name and tail. The stock of n
Stanley Horse around here resemb,
Morgans; good many were chestnuts
The Plat mare, dam of Whalebor
was by Bay Telescope, owned by 10
Lamb, son of Telescope that Va
brought from st. Adams to Milton; Ii
former owner was writing master. u
t second dam of Whalebone was bred b
Widow Plat of Milton, who also BE
the dam and sold her to Flanagan of l.
, sex, VT.
Mr.. Wheelock of Milton says the fl
, colt that he saw from Flying Mors,
was weanling colt, in the fall of 1856.
Mr.. Bliss of Royalton, VT, born
1914, says that he remembers Bullh(
: that Gen. Hubbard owned. He VI
brought from below; l was only b
Y years old. think that he got the Ga
of the Hubbard Horse. The Bullnt
was dark bay, very good size, alb
HOO lbs, we'll proportional, with spe
!. did front. Mr.. Hibbard bought the "a
e of the Hubbard Horse from Mr.. WAX
n that lived on Christian hill, Bethel. S
4 was good sized mare, 1850 lbs, bib
S bay, square built, good movement y
:. great ambition.
/; Hubbard bought another mare, lii
:. later, of Peter Woodbury., who lived
Christian hill, that was by Woodbi
4 Morgan, but she was not the dam of
q Hubbard Horse. The Hubbard Horse '
l foaled the same season of our gray no,
either 1925 or '26.
e The Bullrock was larger than
: Woodbury. Morgan, but not quite so fl
I The Woodbury. Morgan was consider
It the best horse that they had about he
q and the Morgan blood was considered
>, best blood there was in this section.
L Blazing Star was kept here quit
e number of years; went to New Han
9 shire one season. He was owned by !
+ vid Bean of Royalton and after his del
r bought by Mr.. Throop of Bethel, "
Is used him in six-horse team. He wa
y dark bay with star, very fine figu
l. horse, tall, rather rangy, fully 100 Ii
+ a very good horse, brought here, th
o about 1882, then some six or seven we
) old. l do not remember his pedigree.
u don't think that he was Morgan hor
Il He was not fast horse. l think that
u was got from some imported horse @
= colt from some imported horse. 1t see
to me that he was of the Diomed stra
:, he was rather tall, Morgan-built; stt
IS rather rangy. The Woodbury. Mors
y broke his leg at Mobile, Ala, l tn