Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-09-13


lin next sold him to one Joseph Brown,
a silk merchant OF Philadelphia, who pre-
scented him to his brother, M, B. Brown,
of Pittsburgh, Pa, from whom he was
purchased by his present owner, James
Terrence, then of Allegheny county, Pa"
This printed handful gives in detail
the record of the races in which Vermont
Boy trotted and the premiums he won
and places where he trotted. Two sam
pies of these are, one trolted over the
Hunting Park course, ten-mile heat
race, against Sagarro, Cotton Tail and
Gen. Scott, for $500 each, and won by
Vermont Boy In 26 80; the other at the
Pennsylvania State fair at Pittsburgh in
1858, twelve-mile-heat exhibition. in
80 IL.
Among the persons named in this hand
bill to whom reference is invited for iden-
tificiation of the horse and his different
performances are VIM. Todd, president of
the Ohio State Agricultural society; Jas.
D. Ladd, Jefferson county, Ohio; E. X.
Conklin, Philadelphia, Pa; Hiram Wood
ruff, Long Island; A. J. Holcomb, owner
of Ethan Allen, New York city; r. G..
Walker, Washington, d. c., formerly
secretary Pennsylvania State Agricultur-
al society; Israel Painter, member of
State Legislature, Westmoreland county,
Pa, and j. X. Morehead, member of Con-
gress, Pittsburgh, Pa. Some of these
parties are dead, and they all may be,
since it is twenty years ago that their
names were thus given but certainly
Mr.. Terrence presents strange prima
fdcie case of honesty in the number and
character of his references. 1t is unnec-
essary to quote further from this old adj
vertisement, except to say that upon COM
ing from Canada this horse was called
French Charley, which name he kept for
some years following, and trotted under
it at Philadelphia, Long Island and other
eastern tracks.
The first and second of the negative
statements relative to this subject are
from Wallace's Monthly in reply to in
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Vermont Boy. They are given cerbatin,
from that magazine lest statements fur
ther along in this article might seem I'M
kind to Mr.. Wallace. In answer to an in
quiry from Oskaloosa, Iowa, inclosing
pedigree of Reconstruction, in the May
number 1S76) of his Monthly, Mr.. Wal
lace says:
1.-The pedigree of Reconstruction is
not new to us. Some five or six years
ago. his owner. James Terrence, called
on us at Pittsburgh and expressed great
anxiety to get the pedigree of his horse
straight, and have him recorded. We ex.
amined the matter closely and told Mr.
Terrence that his horse was got by a
horse called Vermont Boy, whose pedi-
gree was still unknown. and that all the
balance was a fraud. He did not take
our criticism kindly, and was evidently
disappointed in failing to get us to smooth
the matter over and allow him to continue
his fraud under our advertisement. We
told him how to proceed and what steps
to take in getting the pedigree straight
but this did not suit his purpose, for il
was very evident that straight pedigree
was the very thing he did not want. AL
the talk about the dam of Reconstruction
being by Rysdyk's Hambletonian is sim
ply. a fraud made out of whole cloth. Yer
mont Boy, sire of Reconstruction, wa:
quite good little horse and could trol
better than three minutes and keep it ur
all day. He was owned about Pittsburgh
for several years, but nothing was known
of his Blood
Again in the October (lssO) number OF
the Monthly, in answer to request tc
give the pedigree of Reconstruction anG
his record, and that of Little Crow, Mr.
Wallace says:
Reconstruction is not registered bu1
some years ago we investigated his pedi
gree and found there were some bogu:
claims connected with it. He was by &
horse called Vermont Boy that was owned
at one time at Pittsburgh and was some
thing of trotter, and all that we know
of his pedigree is that his sire was called
French Charley, probably from Canada
and also something of trotter. The
dam of Reconstruction has been repre-
sented as daughter of Rysdyk's Ham
bletonian, and here is where the fraut
comes in. We think Reconstruction ha.
record of about 2 :35, and it is unfortu
nate that his owner should have sOugh
to mislead the public about his breeding
We know nothing about the horse Little
Grow, but if he is trotter we worlt
like to know what he has done and how
he is bred."t
The third and last of the negative state
ments is from the Chicago Breeders Ga
zette, and reads as follows:
"a. w. L., Chicago-Reconstru
was got by a horse called Vermont Boy
that was kept many years in Mahasks
and Jasper counties, in Iowa. Vermont
Boy was taken from Pittsburgh, Pa, tc