St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-29
AMONG The HORSES.
A Morgan Mare, Thipty-thpee
Years Old, With a Suck
ling Colt.
G. A. B. Shave, Of st. Paul,
Investigates This Remark .
able Circumstance.
r
No Question as to the Age
of This Wonderful
Equine.
Foals at the Sherwood Farm
Some Training Notes. :
HoOf Prints. >

A remarkable circumstance is thus
related and corroborated by G.. A. B.
Shave, of st. Paul: Hearing that j. G.
Wright, of Fairfield, To-, had mare
thirty-three years old, with sucking
foal, and in wide and extended obser-
walton and experience with brood
mares, no similar case had ever come to
my notice, l have been diligent, and
taken pains to acquainted myself with
the facts, and for the information and
entertainment of the very many readers
who will be interested to learn the re-
suit of my researches; for l esteem the
case as very remarkable. The follow
ing are replies to my interrogatories:
FAIRFIELD, To-. April 11-G. A B. Shave:
j. G.. Wright, of this city, received word from
you making INQUIRIES about his Morgan mare
that raised colt at the age of thirty-tWo
history of the mare than any one living here
now, he requested us to answer you, and will
do so to the best of our knowledge The
mare was brought here from Galesburg the
year of 1863 she has raised seven colts since
here; all fine colts; one that's now in Kansas,
that trots in 2:30; we have Bashaw mare
that was foaled by her the spring she was
twenty-seven years old, and think she is the
colts, and fine colts, too; one mare colt one
year old this spring, sired by Silver King,
owned in this city, record, 2:39: We are just
breaking our mare and she is showing great
speed, less than three minutes. The old
mares last foal was OH the 9Th of June, 1888,
and Mr.. Wright has the colt now; he has
parted with the old mare; she is still in this
vicinity, and 7 think she is good for one more
colt. We send youa copy of letter. or main
parts of a letter that we received from Mr..
Gale. which explains all as to her age, rails
ing, pedigree, etc. Yours respectfully,
A. c. JONES d Co., Druggists.
GALEsBURG, Ill, Feb. ii, lsS9.-Messrs.
A. c. Jones & Co., Gentlemen: The black
mare, suppose you mean, was foaled the
spring of 1856, and sired by Young Green
Mountain Morgan; her dam was bought by
the father of John Blue, Henderson, ILL.,,
in April, 1855. at $50; was a good mare,
as the price paid shows. and was dam of
number of good colts, but her pedigree could
not now be traced. Young Green Mountain
Morgan was foaled in Vermont i'll 1850;
sired by Green Mountain Morgan, by Clifford.
by Woodbury., by the original Morgan; dam
by Green Mountain Morgan, by Woodbury.;
dam of Young Green Mountain Morgan was
sired by Defiance, he by Sherman, by the
original Morgan: and it proves that the
same mare, her raising a colt at the age of
thirty two. should be put on record. l have
never, personally, known of such case
being recorded. Respectfully yours, q:
GEoRE w. GALE,
P. S.-We know her to be the same ident-
cal mare described above, and know that she
raised a colt at the age of thirty-two years;
colt was foaled June 8, 1888, and now both
the mare and colt are living and in good con-
dition. A. C. JONES d Co.
State of Iowa, Jefferson County,. C. A.
Jones' of the firm of A c. Jones & Co., on
my oath say that the statement above made
by A. G. Jones d Co. are true. Witness my
hand, April II, 1880, c. A. JONES'
Subscribed and sworn to before me, by C..
A. Jones, on this 18th day of April, 1889.
Witness my hand ana nOtarial seal. -
j. ID. JONES, notary public
Jefferson county, Iowa.