Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-09-27

tised as "full bred hunter" II hands
high, of bay color. In 1900 we have
the full bred hunter" Sportsman, an
imported sorrel, l6t hands high, sired by
Lord Hamlton's Forester At the same
time Apollo, bay of 15a hands, by i'm
ported Shakespeare, and bred by Col.
Taylor of Virginia, stood here.
In 1901 we had Conqueror, bay, of
l6t hands, an imported horse, sired by
Eagle, son of Eclipse, his dam being a
hunting mare belonging to Lord Son
ders, whose grandam was by Useful Cub.
In the same year we find advertised Bas
sett's Gray, a horse of l6 hands, by
Badger, who was by imported Badger.
The sire of Bassett's Gray's dam was
Milligan's Lofty, who was by Old Lofty,
imported by Gov. Penn. Young King
William, a sorrel of l6t hands, by King
William, dam by Old Cup, is also adver-
tised.
In 1901 there was an imported Barbary
horse, Arab, in this vicinity, 15a
hands, described as "beautifully varega-
ted with four very rich and distinct col
ors, which are formed into very beautiful
circular spots There was also here at
the same time Arabian, bay horse l6
hands high, sired by Paymaster, horse
imported by DR.. Norris, who bought him
in England from Lord Ossory. Here al
so then stood Florizel, a dappled bay, 16
hands, an imported horse bred by the
Duke of Bedford also Young Diomed. a
dappled gray, sired by Gray Diomede
who was by imported Medley.
In 1906 dappled bay, l6 hands, i'm
ported, sired by Postmaster, is adver-
tised; also Superior, bay, l6 hands, by
Mercury, who was by imported Apollo :;
also Highflyer, an imported bay horse.
l54 hands, by Old Highflyer.
In 1907 we find here Independence. bay
of 10 hands, by imported Paymaster; in
1909 Merry Andrew, a bay of lG hands,
whose grandsire was imported Rocking
ham, Ethiopian, black, IL hands, trac-
ing his pedigree to imported CRANKY :;
Piamingo, a sorrel, 154 hands, whose
grandsire was imported Eclipse, and
Young Badger, gray of lG hands, de-
scended from Apollo. In 1910 Gray
Medley, gray of Is hands, by imported
Medley, was here. and in 1911 great
black horse, Nebuchadnezzar, Il hands
high.
All these appear to have been thorough
breds, unless two or three imported
horses described as hunters were other
wise, and the number of them in our
midst renders it unquestionable that the
horses of our country were largely adj
mixed with their blood; and ii is a fair
presumption that the Conestoga draft
horse is indebted to such large, full-bred
animals as Nebnchadnezzar, Tally Ho
and North Star for some share of his
fame. There are, however, four or five
draft horses referred to as sires, in the
latter part of the century, which we take
to have been the type and progentors of
the COnestoga horse. What their pedi-
gree was we do not ascertain, as they are
themselves only mentioned as the sires
of the horses advertised. One was called
Chester Ball; he is named as the sire of
Rockingham Bay, horse l6t hands
high, bred in Rockingham county, Vir-
ginia, which stood here in 1904. Chester
Ball is also named as the sire of Manor
Brown, draft horse of 16 hands, kept
by Thomas Evans of Lampeter in 1909
his dam also being out of "Ball" mare
raised by Christian Stehman of Manor
township; family which, by the way,
when it first settled on the Conestoga,
about 1870, spelled their name Stoneman.
English Ball is the rame given to the
sire of brown horse of l6 hands, called
Farmers Favorite, which stood here in
1905. The grandam of Favorite was an
EsOpus mare, and his dam was by
Chester Lion. We are uncertain whether
here, and whether Chester Ball and Eng
fish Ball were one or two horses; proba-
bly, they were distinct, and Ball was
added to the name of each because il
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tor of the strain. English Bail is
described as an imported draft
horse. With Chester Lion we have three
sires of Conestoga horse revealed to us,
and in King Herod we have a fourth King
Herod, who was also called Stumpy, is
given as the sire of Prince Herod, a horse
II hands high and seven feet and two
inches in girth, three years old in 1904
his dam being by Old Albany Brown
who therefore makes fifth of the last
century Conestoga stock horses. We
have still another, who minges the Can.
adam blood with Conestoga stock. In
1903 Abraham Kendig, lat the Conesto.
ga, formerly Swenk's, bridge" one mile
from Lancaster, kept horse called Can.
ada Lion, who was sired by Canadian
horse, his dam being by old Chester Lion
Canada Lion, we are told, was well known
in " the team of Mr.. James Cochran OF