Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-04-19
lNTERES TING INFORMATION.
GATHERED FROM AGRICULTURAL RE
PORTS AND FILES OE PAPERS.

run . ANU FILCO OF FATGHos
In Ewing's Journal of Agriculture,
Chicago, page 345 of volume w., cor
respondent signing "W." says he came to
Vermont in 1918, boy, and at that time
Royal Corbin of Craftsbury owned
horse which he called Young Traveller.
1.-THE same horse that was afterwards
called the Paddy, as | believe. | think
Corbin obtained the horse in the north
ern part of New York. The horse was
small, of dark brown color, nearly
black in winter. His nose was light
brown and called mealy. His ears were
small and beautiful and his eye and nos
ril were uncommonly fine; his chest
deep and his shoulders high; bone and
muscle good, not as good forward as be-
hind
Onpage 800 volume VI: The Black
Hawk horse, Henry Clay" is owned by
Hiram Wilson, Crown Point, n. Y; iron
gray, six years old.
The Indiana Agricultural Report for
1852 has nothing of value on horses.
The State society report for the same
year shows that the second premium on
stallion four years old was awarded to
Il. & j. w. Golf, but does not state the
name of the horse or address of the part
les. 1t appears in another connection that
j. w. Gotf is from Dearborn county.
In 1869 the horses are not named. Loder
of Rushville gets several speed premiums,
but the horses names do not appear.
The Iowa Agricultural Reports from
1860 to 1863, inclusive, were examined.
In 1860 is an account of the seventh an
nual State fair. In class No. 10, road
sters, the first premium for best stallion
ed by j. A. Green, Muscatine county; Sc
cond, "Tom Hyer'', owned in Linn
county There were y entries and II
stall ions over four. Young Bashaw'
won in the contest the last three heats
"Tom Hyer" taking the first heat. Time
2:46, 2 AS, 2:44, :43. In class No. r.
farm horses, the first premium for the
best stallion went to Bulrush, entered by
j. w. Mills, Marshall county; second to
Black Eagle, w. w. Aldrich, Cedar
county. The committee say: There
was fine show of stations. First il
point of speed was fine bay of the Greer
Mountain family of Morgans, but the
committee think he should have been Ell
tered in the roadster class.
Page l47, in an Essay on Hon ses", by
j. W. Hoyt, is the following "'The char
acteristics of the Arabian will strike any
horseman as being indicative of blood
The broad forehead, the prominent anC
brilliant eye, small, thin ear, the prom
inence and detiniteness of the blood
vessels, the high withers and backwardly
inclining shoulder-blade, the powerfully
muscled forearm and thigh and thin, fiat
wiry leg are prominent at glance" Thu
general description is so apt to the Nor
gan horse that we copy it.
1S6l-In class No. l0-roadsters-th
premium for best stallion is awarded t
"Tom Hyer", entered by j, 5. Wolf; ant
the same horse takes the sweepstakes a
best in class No. Ii.
1S62-In class No. l0-roadsters-th
premium goes to 'Tom Hyer", entered
by John S. Wolf, Cedar Rapids, as hes
stallion, and the second in the same elias
to "Black Douglass" j. ii. Estabrook
Fulton, H.; second on one-year-old, t.
j. c. Rowley, Floyd county. In elias
No. ll-horses of all work-irst premium
goes to "Rob Roy, entered by j. NJ
auckland, Platteylle, Wis, and the sc
cond to "Lightfoot'', entered by j. NJ
Higgins of Buncomb in stakes No.
-sweepstakes-the premium for the bes
was awarded to j. c. Simpsons "Blacl
Bird. The committee commend "Gre
Hawk Morgan, owned by Reub. Over