Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-11-21

"These horses were part thoroughbred,
and the horse Whip, sire of Betsey Ba-
ker, dam of Old Traveller, belonged to {
this class. And while, therefore, as APP
piled to certain sections of the country, D.,
it may be, and probably is, true as stated
by Mr.. Wallace, that in many instances
when the pedigree of remote ancestor
cannot be readily traced he is put down
as "a thoroughbred or nearly so.' Yet
this aspersion has no force when applied
to the early history of this State, as at
the period of which | write there were
no race or track horses of any kind in the
State, except those have mentioned.
"Timoeon, sire of Boston, was owned
in Virginia, and about the year 1920 was
brought to Green Bottom Inn. a small |
place in the northern part of Alabama,
and about five miles from Huntsville, |
where he made two seasons.
"Stump-theD was bred by Mr.. |
William Lowe, then a resident of Belfast, |
Bedford Co., Tenn. He died many years
ago, and am indebted to his son, John
son Lowe, now an elderly gentleman,
residing at Fayetteville. Tenn, for the
facts respecting the breeding of Stump
the-Dealer. He says: AT the time Tim
oleon stood at Green Bottom Inn, Ala.
between the years 1920 and 1926 q am
unable to fix the exact date, my father,
William Lowe, owned a pure thorough
bred mare, sired by Potomac. her first
dam being by imported Spread Eagle
second dam by imported Janus. can
not now give her other dams hut may be
able to do so.
"'My father desired to breed this mare
to Timolen, and engaged, or requested
my uncle, Daniel Barksdae, now very
old man, living, the last / heard from
him, near Athens, Ala, to take the mare
where Timoeon was standing and breed
her to him. My uncle did take the mare
and breed her to Timoleon. and the next
year she foaled a light, or yellow, sorrel
colt, with white feet and ankles behind
half way to his hooks, one white fore
foot, large star and white snip. My
father named this colt Stump-the-Dealer
"'When he matured he was about l53
hands high, with flaXen name and red
tail. He was very stylish and highly
, finished horse. When the colt was old
enough my father had him trained, and
! he ran and won many mile heat races,
, defeating some of the best horses of his
q day. not only remember him perfectly
and hin, i'm of his hut
f purchased him in the latter years of his
: life, and he died my property at our old
homestead near Belfast, where he was
- foaled, about 1913 or 1919.
q 'Stump-the-Dealer was always known
n as a pure thoroughbred, and his breed.
: ing. as | have given it, was never ques.
toned in this section. The dam of Stump.
=, the-Dealer was, as have stated, by Po
q tomac, son of Diomed. She was also
bred to Constitution, "A son of Diomed
q and produced colt called Potomac, thai
: was one of the best horses upon the turf
: of his day, and rarely lost Il race. He
ran celebrated race at Elkton, Tenn.
~ about 1884 or 1925, against Jerry. The
- race was mile heats and repeat. Poto
y mac was then about ten years old he
y carried $50 pounds and won the race.
= 'Stump-the-Deale sired several first
> class race horses, and his get was notcC
h for their gameness and endurance in mile
# heat races. Big Stump. one of his sons
/ was foaled near Petersburg, Tenn.
have seen him run dozen or more mile
:, heat races, and he could defeat anvthn.
- that was brought against him
he This direct evidence of Mr.. Lowe
a corroborated by the facts that Stump
the-Dealer was a race horse of the high
he est order, that his sons were race horses
lie and that his dam, when bred to Consti
At tuition, produced the fast and game Poto
e, mac, would seem to effectively dispose o
II the alleged primd .fdcia case suggested b,
1t Mr.. Wallace, and to conclusively estab
lie fish two propositions, viz, first. tina
Is Stump-the-Dealer was a pure thorough
IS bred, and, second, that he was sired b,
ne Timoleon, sire of Boston, and that hi
Sc first dam was by Potomac, son of Die
ID, stCOuu uilll W DDltd'
" Eagle; third dam by imported Janus.
"The Importance of this question t
n the breeders of this State will be appre
n, ciated when it is considered that Adams
H. Stump, son of Stump-the-Dealer, sire,
T. Julia johnson, the dam of Tom Hal, VIII
ir sired the ~ eat campaigners Hal Pointe
ir q :09i), Little Brown jug (2:lli) an
r. Brown Hal (2:l2t) and that Adams
n, Stump also sired the dam of the almos
of matchless Bonesetter (2:l9), and tina
y Sugg's Stump, another son of Stump-tht
IN Dealer, sired Old Traveller, the fountai
Sc head of one of the best pacing familie
" this State has ever had, and that thi
pit same blood coursed through the veins O
rs old Gen. Hardee, believed by those VIII