Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-01-27

eta, Ga. Tim Cawley is gray gelding
and was also bred by Dennis Cawlev. He
stands 15.2. is by Highland Gray, and
out of the dam of Miss Cawley. Meta
Pine is bay mare, scant Is hands, foal-
ed in 1881, got by American Ethan, son
of Ethan Allen, by Vermont Black Hawk;
dam by Smith Kellev's Orange County
Morgan, son of Woodbury. Morgan;
second dam by Parris's Hambletonian,
sire of Joker g :22d).
Mr.W. r. Kimball writes from Licking
ton, KY, under date of Dec. 8, that the
trotting wonder Sudie d. is still in train
ing and with good day and track is liable
to place her mark fraction below 2 80.
A subscriber wishes to know the breed
ing of the dam of Buell's Pathfinder.
Mr.. G. w. Buell. of Union City. Mich,
gives Pathfinder's breeding as follows !:
Sired by Benedict's Pathfinder, by Ver-
mont Black Hawk, by Sherman Morgan;
dam, Lady Brown, by Langworthy's
Eclipse, by Thompson's Eclipse, son of
American Eclipse, by Duroc, son of i'm
ported Diomed; second dam by One-Eyed
Kentucky Hunter, by Kentucky Hunter,
son of Watkins Young Highlander, by
imported Brown Highlander.
We are indebted to Mr.. f. r. Buxton,
Orono, Me-, for the following reply to an
inquiry in recent number of the Guilt
vator. We fail to find any account of
the race mentioned in the turf registers,
but doubtless it may have been over
looked.
Editor of the American Cultivator: l
think the Black Diamond of which
inquiry is made by New Hampshire
subscriber must be the horse that won
the race that was said to have killed the
Vermont horse Ira Allen Che dying next
day. at Chatsies Track, near Freiders-
burg, L. g., some twenty-one or two
years ago. He was called Canuck, was
bred and raised | think by Mr.. Dosoro
at or near Chamblay, p. Q. At the time
OF the race he was about seven years old.
The story is that he arrived at track late
on the night before the race. The stalls
were all full, so he stood all night in
reach of haymow, and ate his peck of
oats night and morning. He won the
race, making record of 2.2S, was sold to
a man, think, by the name of Beebe,
and taken to Standstead, p. Q. l believe
that was the only really good race he
ever won if he is the same Black Diamond.
Peter McIntire could give you the par
ticulars, as he handled him and negotia-
ted the sale. The price was said to be
$4,000. 1 think McIntire is now handling
horses in New York city,
Our readers doubtless noticed a dis
crepancy between the two statements
given concerning the stallion Young
Darkey. This arises from the fact that
there were two horses by that name, as
appears from the following, from Mr..
Henry d. Noble of Tinmouth, Vt:
editor of the American Cultivator:
In your issue of Dec II your correspon-
dent gives history and pedigree of an
other and entirely different Young Darley
from the one which sent you an account
of, making one more instance of the utter
worthlessness of that kind of a name or
about the breeding of the dam of this
horse. Instead of her being by Mobiles
Vermont Iambletonian, she was by the
James Rounds horse, son of Old Black
Hawk, making her half-sister to Old
Darkey. This particular Young Darkey,
the horse in question, was bred by Han
ibal Hopkins, of Tinmouth, VT, to whom
you can refer. The dam of this horse
was bred by the late Lincoln Andrus of
Wallingford, VT. The grandam was a
gray, that came from the State of New
York. | have no knowledge of her
breeding. She was once, and only once,
bred to Vermont Hambletonian when he
was in my hands, and produced horse
colt. Mr.. Benton, of the firm of Benton
Il Crosby, Boston, bought this Young
Darkey of Mr.. Hopkins, and Mr.. Hop
kins informs me that the horse died, as
your correspondent states, in Canton, n.
Y. have sent you what knew to be the
facts in this case, but as both horses are
dead, and perhaps of not very much con-
sequence, you may not think it worth
the trouble to correct the error"
We have received the following private
note from Mr.. G. L. Clarke of Meriden.
CT. Possibly the communication from
Mr.. Noble, published on the second page
of this issue, may throw some light up
on his question; if not, it is probable
that some of our subscribers may be able
to give the desired information. editor
of the American Cultivator Sixteen
years ago Mr.. Burr Hill of Plainville, Ct,
purchased black three-year old stall
lion by Darkey, in Middletown, VT. Mr..
Hill sold him to Samuel Handy, then of
Meriden, now of Cheshire, CT. He named
him King William. He was fast, but
died when about six years old. He left