Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-05-04
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Mr.. Sidney Smith, Shoreham. VT,
says that Young Columbus, known as
Smiths Young Columbus, was foaled in
May, 1852 at Natick, Mass, the property
of Sidney, Walter and Henry Smith of
Orwell, Vt. He was first used for mares
when three years old QS55), covering
seven that season, all of which had colts.
These mares were, a bay mare, - hands,
500 pounds, owned by Darwin Fisher of
Orwell, VT, bred by Mr.. Phelps of Or
WE'LL breeding at this time unknown.
This mares colt was afterwards known
as Commodore Vanderbilt. He made
record of , :25. The second mare was
grey mare, 1G hands, bred and owned by
DR.. William MOBILES of Tinmouth; got by
Harris Hambletonian. This colt was the
horse afterwards known as Abe Lincoln;
bay, 1913, $50 lbs, possibly 1000 lbs. !;
was sire of Flora Bell, :27i. MI. Smith
says that this horse was in New York
with Commodore Vanderbilt and could
out-trot him; second dam by the Hyde
Horse, third dam by Comet, son of Bish-
ops Hambletonian. Third mare, bay
mare; $50 lbs. bred and owned by Hani-
bal Woodruff of Tinmouth Vt. This
colt was known as the Woodruff Horse.
or Woodrutf-s Columbus. a bay, 1913
hands: 1000 pounds. This horse had one
ankle injured, but was sold at about eight
years old by Mr.. Woodruff to New York
parties for $500, and showed a trial of
2:21 He was the sire of the Warren
Hulett horse, called War Hulett, that got
Bay Lester, owned by Lester Fish of Ira,
Vt, and sire of the dam of II. ID. F.. sold
last fall at the Vermont Breeders meet
ing for $4,000. Fourth mare, a gray mare,
lG hands, 1850 pounds, bred by Mr.. Hill,
Starksboro, VT, owned by Sidney Smith
and got by Harris Hambletonian. Her
colt was chestnut mare, lG hands, 100
pounds bred and owned by Sidney Smith
of Shoreham, VT, sold by Mr.. Smith to
John Newland of Saltwater, n. Y, after
ward bought back by the Smith Bros,
and afterwards sold to New York parties
for $1,000. She soon afterwards broke
her hip. Fifth mare, bay mare, l6 hands,
100 pounds; owned by Kellogg Bert
rand, Orwell. VT; got by Barney Henry.
Her colt was black stallion, l6 hands,
100 pounds sold to Serene Smith of
Shoreham, VT, who afterwards sold for
$1,000. He could trot in 2 40. Sixth
mare, brown mare, about 900 lbs (; bred
by Jonathan Mason, Orwell, VT, got by
brought by Peter Harper of Orwell, VT,
now of Ticonderoga, N. Y, from Canada.
Her colt was brown filly of much prom
Use, but died at three years old. Seventh
mare, bay, 1000 lbs, owned by Philip
Warren of Orwell, VT; breeding I'M
known. Her colt was a bay mare lG
hands, never broken, but kept by Mr..
Warren for breeder, and from which
they sold $4,000 worth of horses as
claimed by Mr.. Warren. Mr.. Smith
thinks that Young Columbus got but
about $50 colts that were raised. Mr..
Smith further says that about 1864
Young Columbus passed into the hands
of John Butler of Albany, n. Y, who
sold shortly after to w. w. Smith of Me-
Gainesville, Saratoga Co., N. Y, in
whose hands he died about 1876. Mr.
Sidney Smith describes the Andrus Ham
bletonian as a brown horse, about 1913 !;
1850 to 100 lbs. had something of Ro-
man, handsome neck. Think he had no
white. He was rangy horse, not
blocky; rather thin tail. Think he was
bred by Lincoln Andrus of Wallingford,
VT; got by Judson's Hambletonian, son
of Bishops Hambletonian.
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