Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-06-14
Rutland, May IL, 1929.
NAPOLEON.
SIRE OF COL. RUSSELL, 3. G., 2 ;25'l,

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PHILADELPHIA, Feb. "a, 1885.
JOSEPH BATTELL, Esq,
Dear Sir Your letter received. |
should have written you before this, but
not knowing the pedigree of the horse
Col. Russell, and knowing that Mr.. Lob
dell owned his dam, | wrote to him,
thinking he would know all about his
breeding. Enclosed please find his let
ter. If you would write to Thomas Coch-
ran of Middetown, Delaware, of whom
got him, and who at one time owned
his sire, he may tell you all about his
breeding. How is the old horse? l have
heard nothing of him since he left here.
Can he trot any now? | drove him once
a trial over Suffolk park in 2 81. He was
a good race-horse until he went wrong.
Yours truly, VIM. II. DOBLE.
OFFICE OF GEO. G. LOBDELL,
WILMINGTON, Del, Feb. 81. 1885.
VIM. H. DoBLE, Esq, Philadelphia, Pa,
Dear Su;-Your favor of the 10th to
hand and contents noted. | owned the
dam of Hop, afterward called Col. Rus
sell. | bought her of an old colored man.
All that could ever learn about her was
that she was brought to Delaware by a
driver from the West. She was a black
mare. rather rough, but with powerful
headquarters low-necked; legs rather
heavy, aud not well-bred in appearance,
but could beat all the horses she met on
the road. She had three colts before
got her, one Of which, besides Hop, tro'
by King Alfred, one of the best road
mares eyer driven, but not fast the next
by Harblnger, which was sold and went
to North Carolina. hear that he is fast.
The last, a tilly, was killed when five
years old; it promised to be very fast.
+. Pyle had her for a month at Point
Breeze. ID. Mace saw her exercise and
said to Pyle that if she lived she would
make a very fast mare. Hops sire was
called Napoleon, but | cannot give his
pedigree.
Yours respectfully,
GEORGE G.. LOBDELL.
MIDDLETON Del, Mar. 13, 1885.
Dear Sir Your letter received. In
reply can only say that Napoleon, Col.
Russell's sire, came from Canada. He
was by a French horse out of thorough
bred English mare, said to be four
miller. All of Napoleon's get were good
trotters. | have mare out of him and
have colt out of her four years old. by
HambletOnian stock, but is Just the i'm
age of old Napoleon. There is quite a
lot of his stock around here. never
heard the pedigree any further.
Yours respectfully.
THOs. COCHRAN.
April 30, 1885,
Dear Sr:-Yours received. In reply
can say Mr.. Mackey bought Napoleon
from a Mr.. Bashaw, who brought him
from Canada, but which part | do not
know. If you will write to Mr.. Art
Mackey, Fair Hill, Cecil Co., Md, he
may be able to give you more informa-
ton. His father bought the old horse
here, but his father is dead. If you sue
coed in tracing his pedigree, please write
me. Wishing you good luck, am,
Yours truly, THos. COCHRAN.
FAIR HILL, May II, 1885.
JOSEPH BATTELL, Esq,
Dear ST:-Iours received. In reply
would say that my father purchased the
stallion Napoleon in Philadelphia from q
dealer by the name of John Beckard; or
l think, the name was pronounced Bash
aw Ga Canadian), as the horse was a
Canadian also. As for the pedigree of
the horse, he had none only such as was
gotten up for him without any authority.
Bashaw sold horses at the VIM. Penn
Hotel, Philadelphia, Market street, be
tween Sth and 9th, and the proprietor
there might be able to trace Bashaw
(who is probably dead) and if he can
not there is, think, no other able to
give any reliable pedigree. The horse
was well bred.
Yours truly, ii. A. NJ.
CENTRAL AVENUE HOTEL, !
o. ii. DASH, Proprietor,
PHILADELPHIA, May %, 1885.
Dear ir:-Yours at hand. In reply
would say that have made inquiries ant
cannot find out ANYTHING about "Beck
ard" or "Bashaw." John Marsh, who
has been stopping here for 20 or % years
and who has been connected with Herk
ness horse bazaar for a long time, says hs
thinks he is dead; at any rate, we cannot
inform you where he is.
Yours truly, o. II. DASH.