Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-04-05

Bacon on woodbury. Morgan. Inc nrst
on three-year-od stallion went to "Gen.
Stark, owned by w. f. Small of John
son county and the second to "Sir Hen
ry". For best two-year-old the first went
to "Young Green Mountain, owned by
G.. w. Kencaid of Muscatine county and
the third to "Green Mountain Tiger"
owned by d. II. Wariield of the same
county. For stallion and five of his colts
the first was won by Vermont, owned by
Curtis Stone of Jones county, and the sec
ond 10y Flying Morgan, owned by 5. d.
Kerr of Muscatne county.
The report for 1859 shows these entries
VIM. johnson, Oskaloosa, stallion "Muz-
zy Morgan; George Sewers, Oskaloosa,
gray stallion "Tecumseh" ID. b. Abra-
hams, Ottumwa, stallion Woodbury. Nor
gan;" j. 5. Wolf. ''Tom Hyer;' j. F.
Streeter, Ottumwa, stallion "Vermont
Morgan f. L. Downing, Oskaloosa,
stallion "War Eagle" \. c. Brownee,
Montezuma. stallion "Morgau;" ID. F.
Talbot. Galesburg, stallion "Ioung
Sherman" The awards were as follows:
lst, "Tom Hyer:" ID, "Woodbury Nor
gan;" three-year-old, "Don Juan" by NJ.
Morgan, owned by ID. W. Morrison, Os-
kaloosa: best two-year-old, SWIM. Tell"
by NJ. Morgan, owned by II. Sewers, Os
kaloosa; one-year-old, champion" by
Tom Hyer, owned by j. S. Wolf.
In lsGO the premium for best stallion
was awarded to young Bashaw" aid
the second to "ron lIyer." In the farm
stallion class the premium went to "Bull-
rush, entered by J. W. Mills of Marsh
all county.
In 1851 ''Tom Hyer' is awarded the
sweepstakes and also in the roadster
class.
In 1868 the sweepstakes, SO, is award
ed to II. Orapeek of Dubuque on Gray
Hawk Morgan and four of his colts. The
premium for best and fastest trotting stall
lion went to "Tom Hyer''. In 1864 the
same was awarded to "Wild Hornet" en-
tered by G. w. Connor of Muscatine.
From the Agricultural Reports of New
Hampshire
1t is stated that the New York society
published its first volume of Transactions
in 1901 and its second in 1907. The first
premium list of Cheshire county, New
Hampshire, was in 1Sl7-the first in New
Hampshire. There were no premiums
on horses. The first State fair was held
in 1850; the first in New York in 1884.
In 1850 premiums on stations went,
, lst to "Prince Albert" years, entered
by ;. f. Wright, Nashua; I'd to "Back
Hawk" 5. c. Hall, Manchester; to E.
Pike, Cornish, for horse seven years old
and to Pomeroy NJ. Rossiter of Milford
for Morgan H., three years old.
lS51-Stallions over four: "Green
Mountain Boy" entered by c. Russell,
Wilmot; "Black Hawk" by 5. c. Hall,
Manchester: ''Farmers Beauty" by Tag
CART; "Nelson Morgan" by John Barker
of IIenniker.
Stations three years and under: John
b. Bailey. Nashville; Abel Chase. Mil
ford b. +. Bennett, Northwood; S. 5.
Stickney, Milford; Geo. Jones, North
. wood: Oliver Seaton, Rollnsford; f. b.
Chadwick, Hanover.
lS52-Stallions over four: LIST, "Back
Hawk" Lewis Perry. Claremont; ID, "Mor-
gan, j. b. Bailey, Nashville; 3D., "Mor-
gam" Lyman W. Webster, Sandwich
4th, Morgan" j, \. Virgin, North
wood. Stations under four: }. ID. Hyd-
, den. Tamworth: p. Brown, MoultOnbo-
70; y. kilburn, Andover, diploma; j. C..
: Prescott, IIolderness, diploma; l.. II.
Seatou, Rollinslord, diploma; Levi Pearl,
Grantham, diploma.
lS53-"Fifty entries of stations, not
: one of which would have discredited
Scott in his entry to Mexico" First, ).
c. Hail. Manchester, "Black Hawk" ID,
Farmers Beauty; Sd. l.. W. Webster.
eli. h. ;4th, ID. X. Marvel, Milford. On ely
ing Morgan" 9th, S. II. Edgerly, Man
= chester, "Green Mountain" Bailey of
Weare showed an elegant Green Noun
tain colt not entered for premium
Among the entries were: ''Granite State
Black Hawk" owned by L. }. Wiggin,
Stratham; "Black Hawk stallion, by j.
! Abbott & Co., Manchester; q" Morgan
Horse, by c. c. Whitehouse, Farming
: ton; also by E. c. Huntington of Leba-
, non, j. 5. Noyes of Deeriield and \.
Buckminster of Manchester.
The premiums for speed were awarded
the first to Flying Morgan, entered by
ID. X. MARVEL and the second to "Empe.
ror' by III. ii. Smith.
, In 1854 the first premium on stations
went to "Ashuelot Morgan, entered by
Uber to Bowen of Richmond, the second
, to Ira Hodgkins of keene on fisherman
Morgan stock and the third To-
Woods of Hancock on the same. In the
speed class the first was taken by Ii. II
, Smith of Newmarket on siX-year-old Mes
canaan ctalliap. Iohn III I anna nf rn