Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-04-12

1S54-Ihe hrSt premium was d""i"o"
to jackson, II years old; the second
to "Black Hawk, owned by ). ID. Blood,
Kalamazoo. A. G.. Fisk, Coldwater, got
a first premium on a four-year old OF
large size, strong, etc.
On page l67 of the Report for 1857 is;
"In 1853 Messrs. Eldred & Backus pur-
chased jackson from Capt. Emmon OF
Staten Island, n. V, for $1,000. lie died
in 1855, leaving some fine colts. Wales,
Wilcox & Campon purchased 'Abdaliah
Chief, IA Messenger horse of considera-
BILE size, spirit and action: but he dled Id
a year. Wales then bought columbus,
and he died in nine months"
1~s57-Stallions four years old and over
first to A. Hcalev, Kalamazoo, on
eBlack Hawk Beauty = second to d.. Sol
lace. st. Clair, on "Crown Point Black
Hawk third to 5. p. Turner, lpsilantl'
on "Washtenaw Chief"
On stations three years old premiums
were awarded; first to Gray Norman
second to ''Colonel"; third to "1oung
America"
Trotting stations FIVE years old; first
to A. L. Thayer, jackson, on BLACK
Hawk: four years old, F. McHardy,
Almont, "Tryon Black Hawk"
Ferland, in Notes sur lie Registre de
Quebec" page 81, gives the following
passage from the journal of Father Jer-
ONE Lalemont:
ssl647. the 10Th of June, arrived the
first vessel at Tadousac, and the news
was brought here q. e., Quebec the 23d'
..... This vessel brought the first
horse, which the %colonists presented to
the governor"
The following is from the Spirit of the
Times, 1856, page 275: \ correspondent
from West Point, n. Y, says: "Black
Hawk was sired by Little Fox, a brother
of the Sherman and used as tender for
Sherman at the time. This horse was
ridden from Boston to Stanstead, $50
miles, in 10 hours" etc.
Pedigree of Lancet, bred by Lathrop
Chamberlain and foaled 1919, is given by
Mt. Sheafe Dam, "Old Squaw"; believ-
ed to have English blood in her veins; a
mare of great bottom and considerable
speed, ~trotting in about three minutes.
Chamberlain lived at the time at Brow
nington and sold the colt when one year
old to Tim VIM, who sold him in 1854
to John Langley of Worcester. Mass,
for $500.
On page $50 of the issue for Sept. II,
1889, is the pedigree of Lady Suffolk,
which states that she was got by Engi-
neer, but goes no farther in the male
line; dam bred by John Floyd, Smith
town, l.. l., got by Quixote. son of Mes
senger, out of a Messenger mare; g. d.
by Rainbow out of a common mare.
The following is from Ewing's journal
of Agriculture, Chicago, 1858: Joseph
the Yankee Hero, by Crown Point Black
Hawk; dam, Morgan; &. d. is of the
celebrated Post Boy breed by the re-
nowned Carlos. who was sired by Old
Liberty.-[From Country Gentleman.
1S53-Young Black Hawk, owned by
j. d. Remington. Sennett, \. y. bred
by Mr.. Hyatt of Litchtield, Conn. foaleC
1913; black, 10 hands, 100 lbs; bought
in 1913 by the present owner: by Yer
mont Black Hawk, dam by Old Mambri
no of Dutchess Co.; g. d. by Plato; &. g
d. by imp. Messenger. His picture t.
sulky is given.
The report of the first National Hors,
Show at Springfield, Mass, speaks of thu
chestnut Morgan horse Deerfield Morgan
exhibited by Weir of Walpole, n. II.
seven years old, l1l3 lbs, got by Greer
Mountain, dan by Morgan Cock of tn
Rock; ''of great beauty and fine ac
ton" A. r. Mathes, R~oXbury, Mass.
exhibited a very snowy and beautiful ami
NAL, "Black Prince" by a Morgan hors
out of an English mare. B. G. Putnam
Orange, Mass. showed a solid, well-nad
horse named "Young Morgan got b.
Green Mountain, Is hands. ll50 lbs: col
or, dapple gray. Flying Morgan, owno
by Chamberlain & Gibbs of Petershan
Mass, is spoken of AS very perfect.
hands, 1850 lbs, bay, splendid actor
North Star, four years. by Green Moui
tain Morgan, dam, llambletonian mare
owned by c. Richardson, CummingtoI
Mass, is spoken of as worthy of notC
Premiums on stations seven years oil
and over were awarded First, to SEA,
sius NJ. Clay" j.. ii. Goodwin, Me-
York; second to "Morrill Horse Dan
vile, VT. third to "Bush Messenger"
Maine, and fourth to ''Black Morgan.
entered by F. T%witchell, Jr., Petershan
Mass. Gratuities were given to "Ashl
eliot Morgan" owned by Taft & Bower
Richmond, n. H., ''Rattler" (Biggart's)
'Greentield Morgan" Lone Star,
owned by II. Ball of New York; "Che,
terrified Morgan" owned by f. b. Caviar
der, Keene, n. H.; bay State Morgan,
owned by john Chaplin, Greenfield.
"Young President to stand at eli
top Da,ly V;llara " v 90, ~. l.