Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-06-14

with the remark that Mr.. Welch has been
universally admitted to be truthful
and reputable man, and was so represen-
ted to us again on this trip, by men of
high character who were formerly his
neighbors.
"REEDsBURGH, Wis,
March Is, 1887.
JOSEPH BATTELI., ESQ,
Dear Sir Yours making inquiries in
relation to Flora Temple is at hand. Can
not say that Bogus Hunter was any rela-
tive to One-Eyed Kentucky Hunter.
They did not look alike. One-Eyed Ken
lucky Hunter was a small chestnut horse,
and Bogus Hunter was large sorrel
horse with three white feet and white
stripe in his face. Both horses were
there when put the mare; put her to
Bogus Hunter. The mare was not taken
to the horse but once, and took her my
self and saw her covered. cannot tell
whether the two horses were in any way
related or not. don't know. The horses
did not look at all alike. Bogus Hunter
was a larger, rangy horse, high headed.
One-Eyed Hunter was not so large, and
the mare was small; would weigh only
800 or 900 lbs.; so | put to the largest
horse. Bogus is what they called the
horse that put the mare to. knew the
horse for a number of years. | only
lived mile and half from where the
horse was kept and knew him we'll
Respectfully yours,
SAMUEL WEIGH"
That Flora Temple was got by Loom
is Bogus may then be considered as GER
tain. The question now of interest in
tracing this pedigree is, What was LOOMS
Bogus? Mr.. Wallace names him Bogus
Hunter and records him as by Old Ken
lucky Hunter, no breeder given. The
name and the sire are both incorrect. The
horses name was plain Bogus, and he
was known as Loomis' Bogus. We have
hitherto published the pedigree of this
horse as obtained from Mr.. a. d. Bent
ley of Oriskany Falls, n. Y, who at one
time stood him on shares with the Loom
is Bros. Mr.. Bentley wrote us that he
was bred by G.. w. Loomis of Sanger
field Oneida Co., n. Y; foaled 1884 ;
got by Lame Bogus, son of Ellis Bogus
by imported Tom Bogus.
Learning in our recent visit to Central
New York that one of the older Loomis
brothers was Lying at Higginsville, near
Oneida, n. Y, we made him call, 60
ing for that purpose some 40 miles. We
should Judge this Mr.. Loomis to be some
thing over 20. He said that Bogus was
known as LOOMS Bogus; was bred by
his father, Geo. w. w. Loomis of Sanger
field, N. Y. got by old Lame Bogus as
above, and that his dam was Casol
mare. Mr.. LOOMS continued: "The
CasOll breed of horses were from horse
that | think was brought here from Yer
mont about 60 years ago. Rodney Ack-
ley of Hamilton, n. Y, would know.
This dam of LOOMS Bogus was dun
with black list, l6 hands, ll50 lbs.-a
large fine mare. We sold her to Horace
Fox of Morrisville, n. Y. She was the
dam of the dam of One-Eyed Kentucky
Hunter, and One-Eyed Kentucky Hunter
was also bred by my father, Geo. w. w
LOOMS of Sangertied. The grand-dam
of LOOMS Bogus was mare that father
drove cattle with when | was about lC
years old Bogus was foaled something
oyer 80 years ago. | cannot tell the yeal
Bogus was a good horse for stock.
Hamilton and Eaton sold pair from him
for $500. We took Bogus to Canada
near Belleville, before the war, and sold
him. He was dapple chestnut, with
stripe in face, two white hind feet and
one white fore foot, l64 hands, 1900 lbs,
as fine appearing horse as you ever see
but hind parts not so good as front. He
was very fine stopper, and, l think, the
finest appearing horse ever brought out
of barn: so everybody said. His feet
were right under him.
"One-Eyed Kentucky Hunter was by
Old Kentucky Hunter, called the Sher-
rill horse of New Hartford. VIM. Fur
geson of Oriskany Falls would know of
him. The dam of One-Eyed Kentucky
Hunter was bred by my father, and got
by horse owned west of Hamilton vii
lage, that, | think, was of Messenger
blood. She was bay with star, l5-2 hands
1850 lbs, tine-built, chunked mare"
From the above it will be seen tina
there was not one drop of Kentucky
Hunter blood in Flora Temple. We con
slider this Kentucky Hunter blood to be
excellent, but its excellence is demon
strated outside the gallant little mare
that first scored a record better thar
2 20.