Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-03-07
OLD OCrOROON.
From Dunton's Spirit OF the Turf.
TRENTON, KY. December & 1880

Ih-NlON, NJ, december D, lSSD.
Dear In a recent issue of YOUR
paper one of your correspondents sought
information concerning Old Octoroon,
horse that replenshed and multiplied
the horse family in this section of the
State some % years ago.
Neither Todd, Christian nor Logan
have any stud book or any accurate
record of the stations that have made
seasons in these counties during the
past fifty years; nor will they need any
thing so long as Mr.. Webb C.. Garth. of
this county (Todd), continues to breathe
the vital air He has passion for
horses-has bred and dealt in horses
has raised and trained and run 'em wit
ness Joe Sparks for one) has bred game
chickens and sit en- He now owns
blue-blooded herd of Jerseys, and is
breeding saddle horses and trotting
horses. Messrs. Garth & Banks own
the trotting stallion Robber Bov. by
Mambrino King: dam by Harris Glen
coe; I'd dam by Young America; Bird
dam by Pioneer (by Blackburn's Whip.
Harris Glencoe, by Glencoe, Jr; dam
by Mambrino Chief.
"Oh, yes" he said. in response to our
inquiry, Il can give you the pedigree
OF Old Octoroon-that is, can give you
the pedigree imputed to him by Dick
Madison, and | know of no circumstan-
ceS calculated to cast doubt on Madi-
sons statement, which ran as follows:
Old Octoroon, by Comet Morgan: he by
Crittenden Morgan; he by Burbank. son
OF Justin Morgan; OCtoroon's dam was
by Drennon, a son of Davy Crockett;
I'd dam said to be by Bulrush. son of
Justin Morgan
"MadSon," Mr.. Garth continued,
'won the old horse in game of poker
in Louisville, Ky, about the close of
the war and brought him to Trenton.
The horse was then i'm his prime-was
large, handsome, stylish. with trappv.
speedy stroke at the trot: of dark.
chestnutty brown color. nearly black.
His colts were uniformly a good lot,
and were superior as stylish road horses.
y son of the old horse called Young
Octoroon was in the stud around here
for number of years-that was after
1870. Young Octoroon's dam was by
Old Joe Brown, he by Davy Crockett;
his I'd dam the DR.. Runyon Saddle Mare
from upper Kentucky
In Mr.. Garth's opinion the like of
Dick Madison and Young Octoroon will
never be seen again. Dick was ''hum-
mer." He was 1.-the, active, well-form-
ed man.
81 will tell you what Dick Madison
would do" continued Mr.. Garth after a
retrospective silence of some minutes;
she would go to the neighboring fairs
to Russelville, Clarkville and Paducah
and he would get on the outside of
six. eight or ten drinks, and then on
Young Octoroon and he would win
pacing races, rackiug races and trot;ing
races with that horse; and to cap all,
he took that same horse down to SPRING
field, Tenn, and afterwards to Nash
vile and beat the bang-tails in the hur-
1t is quite entertaining and amusing
to hear old residents here talk of the
capers cut by Dick Madison and Young
Octoroon, and the talk of these old fell
lows substantlates Mr.. Garth in that
Young Octoroon could race like streak,
could trot like streak and beat race
horses over hurdles.
p. S.-Mr Madison, | understand,
lives at Jackson, Tenn B., in Kentucky
Stock Farm.
Maj. Joseph Vaulx, near Nashville,
owns an Octoroon horse he purchased
near Guthrie, Ky, that is is evidently n
"chip OFF of the old block" if you are to
Judge by color, style and speed at all
the gaits.