Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-10-04
MACY'S BLACK BESS.
HARRISON, n. Y, Sept. "a, Is
MR.. JOSEPH BATTELL.
Bread Loaf Stock Farm,

MIX. JOSEPH BATTELL.
Bread Loaf Stock Farm,
Dear If Mr.. Chas. W. Green,
formerly of the New Jersey Central rail-
road, ever owned Shoreham Black Hawk
| did not know it, although l do not
think it at all improbable, as Mr.. Caleb
Tompkins, who owned Shoreham for
years to my knowledge. was on intimate
terms with Green. Tompkins bought
Shoreham of a man named Swift; further
than that l can not remember, but will
try and find out what l can. Shoreham
Black Hawk was of the regular Black
Hawk type, about l4-3 or Is hands, as
remember him, black, very handsome,
could show some speed and had perfect
limbs. His dam was Henry mare. My
mare, known as Macy's Black Bess, the
dam of Aemulas. was the best of his get.
She was mare that had a great deal of
notoriety throughout West Chester
county, n. Y, and was said to possess
more beauty, speed and endurance than
any horse in the county. | really never
knew just how fast she could go. | drove
her myself over the White Plains track
Ga half-mile track in 22G4. She trot-
ted a number of races on the fair track
during fair times, but at that time the
track was not under the rules of the as
ISOLATION and l never knew that any
record was given her. used to put the
mare in to help the fair along, and with
one exception always drove her myself
before light Brewster road wagon just
as she was in the habit of going on the
road without training or preparation,
against anything that might come. At
one time the Jockeys were determined to
find her level, so sent over to the island
(Long Island) and got Jimmy Watson,
Brown Dick and Toronto Chief to trot
against her, although the rule was that
! no horse should be admitted except those
owned in the county. However, l got
wind of it three weeks before the fair
and put Bess in the hands of Johnny
Murphy, Dexters rider. He trained her
and drove her in the race and she came
out ahead, but what the time was | have
forgotten; perhaps you could find out
from Steve Odell, who drove Jimmy
Watson, the supposed to be winning
horse. His address is Williams Bridge,
West Chester Co., n. Y. ! will try to
find out myself and if possible let you
know. l used the mare for my own
pleasure driving and never trotted or
ran any horse ever owned for money
that may account in part for my failing
to remember the time, and it must be
twenty or twenty-five years ago. How
ever, it kicked up such rumpus among
the sporting men, it was all the talk for
several years among them and they real
ly never knew just how fast Bess could
60 and | must say candidly never knew
but they all remember it. If can reach
Odell he will know, for his crowd lost
all the money they could rake, scrape OF
borrow and he never sees me at this late
day without saying something about it
Mr.. Morgan must refer to Black Bess
but did not breed her and | never bred
any mare from Shoreham that could trot
in 2 1854 that remember of. There was
one popularity about Bess that l must
mention; at slow speed she padded
slightly, but when coming up the home
stretch or when scoring no one could
detect it and she could trot faster thar