Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-03-01
INTERESTING INFORMATION.

IN ERES ING I'M ORMA ION.
The following extracts are from files
of the Breeder and Sportsman. The first
is from the issue OF Jan. l3, 1888, Vol. ii,
No. L
CONCERNING THE MoRRILLs
The Morrill, horse was bred by James
Morse, Hartford, VT; foaled 1854; got
by Young Morrill,; large, fine-looking
bay horse, 15f hands, 100 lbs. He
showed great speed at times, but his gait
was little mixed. Zoe weights would
made him one of the fast ones. He was
sold and taken to Virginia in the fall of
1860. He left excellent stock and was
the sire of Quechee Maid (?), record 2 :25.
Breeders now see that they should have
kept the horse at Woodstock.
Draco made his first season in Yer
mont in 1857, at Royalton. His good
size and great speed Che was but six
that year and got a record of 2:25)
and an easy way Of going attracted
much attention, and he was quite liber-
ally patronized. He made the seasons of
1863 and 1864 at Royalton. One of his
sons, called Young Draco, was kept sew
eral seasons at Woodstock. He was a
very fine, stylish-looking bay, had a
genteel way of going, and could trot
close to , 40.
Gen. Grant, or the Saul horse, made
several seasons at Woodstock from 1864
to 1867. He was owned by James Saul
of Stafford, and was by Young Morrill,.
He was large, well made, fine-looking
bay, nothing coarse about him, l53 hands,
ITO pounds. He was IA very fast walker,
but had mixed gait. His stock proved
good. Many of his colts were fast and
SOLD for large prices. 1t was in the fall
of 1862 that John Morrill,, afterwards
called Woodstock, showed quite fast.
He was five years old at that time show
ed trial in , IA. The fall of 1863 he
showed one-half mile, private trial, in
:lIt. gentleman of means bought
him in 1864 at 4,400 He was renamed
/
season. Part of season stood at Wood
stock. He trotted in 1865 public trial.
before 5000 spectators, in :33: first half,
l IA. The season of 1865 he was kept
in stud at $50 TO insure. The season of
1868 he showed at the State fair at Bur-
lington. and competed with Daniel Lam
bert as best stock horse. Daniel was
given first premium, Woodstock second.
Woodstock made the season OF 1869 at
Stowe. The high service fee prevented
liberal patronage, but his colts showed
fast. 1t was in 1871 that his son. ROYAL
John, made record of 2:2Gi. In Is79
Woodstock changed owners, the service
fee was reduced to S25 and he was well
patronized. He was awarded that season
the first premium at the State fair as
best stock horse. He died in 1877. Her.
nit, 2:4O, has proved his best son in
transmitting speed. Robert Bonner,
40 left good stock. and so did Killing.
ton, Pap. Woodstock Princes stocR
is showing well.-[ Hartford (Vt.) Cor
New York Sportsman.
MORGAN STALLION IN CALIFORNIA.
l.. p. Baker, Ills Kirkham street, Oak
land, Cal, is owner of the excellent Nor.
gan stallion Ohio Boy, or Flying Cloud
We shall hope soon to give full descrip-
ton of this fine horse.
THE ORIGINAL HlATOoA.
Page IS OF volume tor 1883
w. p. Dunlap, Maquoketa, Iowa, says
his father, Col. j. w. Dunlap of Rock.
ingham county, Va, at one time owned
the original Hiatoga, sire of Rice's Hia,
toga of southeastern Ohio. Col Dunbar
bought him in 1885, and Mr.. w. p. Dun
lap kept him two seasons and then sold
him to Charles Seger, who took him tc
Ohio, where he died within a year. The
old HiatOga was a coal black, with a long
white star; both hind feet white. Nearly
all of his get were colored like him, al
though there was an occasional sorrel
He was highly priced as saddle horse
and was fair PAGER. His breeding is
not known. He was a strong, muscular
horse, weighing between 100 and l2OC
pounds. Some of his descendants were
taken by the Dunlap family to Iowa.
Breeders Gazette.
DAM OF GEN. TAYLOR.
j. L. ID. Eyclesheimer writes from
Fondulac, Wis, dated Dec. II, 1872: The
dam of Gen. Taylor, by the Morse Horse
we know nothing about, except that she
was a good road mare in New York. We
got her at Lansingburgh, N. Y, anG
raised from her eight colts in eight years