Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-11-22
sUNDRY INTERESTING NOTES.

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SUNORY INTERESTING NOTES.
st. Lawrence Maid has lately been
brought prominently before the public
by the performance of her daughter Hell
en- Nj. q :2S), the fastest two-year-old
trotter ever raised in New England. St.
Lawrence Maid is a Northern product in
every sense of the word. Her ancestors
for several generations were bred and
raised in the cold climate of Vermont
and Canada. She is gray mare, stand
Ing about l5-2, and weighing in the
neighborhood of 100 pounds. This in
dictates that she is remarkably well pro-
portioned, and has sufficient substance
to fit her for general purpose work. She
was bred by the late William Pope of
Danville, VT, and foaled in 1874. Her
sire was known as the Laundry Horse,
which stood at one time at st. Johnsbury
Vt. He came to that place from the
vicinity OF Three Rivers, Quebec.
After leaving st. Johnsbury the Laun-
dry Horse was taken to Bridgeport, CT,
where he was called Young st. Law
renee. His sire was called Lions Heart.
and was a son of the well-known trot-
ting stallion st. Lawrence, bought in
Canada by Walter Pendergrast for $1,000
IN lS41. Mr.. Pendergrast sent old ST.
Lawrence to Buffalo one season, about
1919, and the following year sold him to
Joseph Hall of Rochester, n. Y. Moth
ing whatever is known of the blood lines
of old st. Lawrence's ancestors. Some
who knew the horse when owned by his
breeder. Abraham Bachaud of Chambly,
state that his sire descended from thor
bred horse, owned and ridden at one time
by an officer of the English army.
The sire of st, Lawrence was used by
a carter or expressman driving between
Longueyille and Chambly, distance of
fifteen miles, and enjoyed the reputation
probable that he was at one time owned
and ridden by an army officer, and be-
coming unfit for army service through
some infrmity, was sold and fell into the
hands of this carter. Men who have
lived in the vicinity of Montreal state
that similar cases have come under their
own observation. The dam of st. Law
renee was also described by Mr.. Pender-
grast, in letter to Mr.. Francis A. Fos-
ter of this city (Which was published in
the Cultivator some four or five years
ago., as "a very heavy Canadian PAGER,
not particularly noted for speed.'
The dam of st. Lawrence Maid was by
Rance Morrill,, a son of Old Morrill,. Her
second dam was by the Bachop Horse,
which was got by the Gillfllan Horse, a
son of the Batchelder Horse. The latter
was by old Sherman Morgan. The
Bachop Horse was gray in color. Mr..
A. Bachop of Newbury, VT, who we
understand bred this horse, wrote under
date of Nov. 10, 1888, to Mr.. Wakefield
1.-The following is the pedigree of my
horse: The old Morgan Horse sired the
Batchelder Horse, the Batchelder Horse
sired the Gillfillan Horse, the Gillfilan
Horse sired my horse, the Bachop Horse.
On the mares side the breeding is given
as follows: The old Morgan Horse sired
the Warden Horse, the Warden Horse
sired the mother of my horse (the Bachop
Horse). | sent my horse to Illinois about
1856 and sold him for $1,000. He drew
the first premium for stud horses in the
State of Illinois,"
The price Mr.. Bachop received for his
horse at that date indicates that he must
have been superior animal. The old
Morgan Horse referred to by Mr.. Bachop
was Sherman Morgan. The Batchelder
Horse (orlBachelder as the name was then
spelled is recorded in Linsley's work,
page 26S. His dam was fast trotting
gray mare, half French. Mr.. Wakefield
has been trying to learn the breeding of
the dam of the Gilfillan horse, but so far
without success.
Under date of Oct. II, 1889, Mr.. Wake
field writes: 81 drove to Barnet since
receiving your letter, and saw a nephew
of the Mr.. Giltillan who once owned the
Gilfllan Horse, but could get nothing
definite in regard to the breeding of his
dam. This man says she was called a
Morgan. He says the Gilfllan Horse
was gray and a very handsome animal.
The Gilfllan Horse passed into the hands
of DIR. Jere Sias of st. Johnsbury, VT,
with whom l was we'll acquainted. The