Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-09-26

pretty sure Mr.. Bates raised the Robin
horse from a colt. Presume 1t was foal-
ed his. Have heard him tell of his run
ming at the stack and getting the straw
on him when he was young colt. Don't
know whether they called him Morgan
horse or not. Always called him old
Robin am very sure they said he
raised him. If was going to say what
really, | should think he was of Morgan
descent. He was Morgan-shaped horse
anyway. | shouldn't doubt he might
have been got by Woodbury. Morgan.
Sarah Brown of Colorado was the oldest
daughter of James Bates. She is about
! 20. Moses, son of Moses, went West.
He may be alive. Arba Holman, So,
lives now with his son, Cyrus Holman ;
formerly lived with Mr.. Bates. Olney
owned a brown horse, 100 to 1900 lbs
His son, Jonathan Bates, South Charles
town, n. H., would know. Fair-looking
horse. Seems as if it was Bonaparte
they called him. Old Harry Nutting
was here this fall He was connection
of Bates is between so and 90; born at
Shipton. George o. Henry would know
his address.
Thomas j. Olney says that he had
heard his father say this Napoleon was a
very speedy horse, that he could trot as
fast as an ordinary horse could run.
Think he got him near Ticonderoga
about 60 years ago. Father said he was
a very powerful horse; was terrible ugly
at first.
Mrs. Olney says her father had a large
bay horse; think they called him Bona
parte. Think rather thick built. Don't
think they had him many years. 1t
must he more than 80 years ago. mar
ried 56 years ago. Seems to me he trad
ed him off with Elisha Thompson, who
lived here and moved to Landgrove. His
mother and my father were brother and
sister. Elisha Brown of Grafton might
know. Widow jenkins might know
No; don't think he got the horse at Ii
L
came back from Hague. | was IL then.
He didn't have it until we moved on the
place, 66 years ago, more than three or
four years after that. Called nice horse,
lived at Crown Point. went there
when | was four years old and lived
there nine years.
Mr.. James Whitney says: My uncle
Joseph Whitney had "a horse called the
Traveller; reason, because he came along
Man pretended he came from Pennsyl-
vania on this horse. Chamberlain OF
Weatherstield always supposed he
hooked the horse. lie was very fine
horse. Uncle owned Traveller number
of years. He got excellent stock in this
town. He was black, about u hands
Traveller was owned in Pittsford, VI
after he went from this town. 1t was il
lS2S or 30 he was owned there. He went
to Hitchcock's. Uncle sold him and he
went to Pittsford. think Hitchcock
had him there four or five years. Then
he went to Potsdam, n. Y. My grand
father had brother, Joshua, that settled
at Potsdam. Uncle bought Traveller OF
Chamberlain of WeathersTield. 1t might
have been Chauncey. His father lived
there. 1t was somewhere about 1S2(
that uncle bought the horse-perhap
further back. He was ugly. Chamber
lain was afraid of him. He hadn't been
out of the barn for two years. A young
man rode him into the town of Wealth
ersfield. They paid $500 for him. Faith
er said if ever horse was worth thou
sands of dollars, he was. They sup
posed no was about four or five years or
older. Colts dark, three degrees. There
father elijah Whitney, owned gray
stallion colt by Traveller. Traveller 5
gray colts were from 1000 to 400 lbs
NY fathers horse about 1000 lbs. gen
tie, quiet horse. He had him 10 or Il
years; quite speedy horse. have
always had the impression that Robin
sprang directly from old Traveller. JOS
eph Whitney also had kideer, horse of
Messenger stock. | was born in 1923.
Can remember him. was eight years
old when uncle went away to Lower
Canada. kideer was the last horse he
had. know Traveller went to Pittsford
am pretty sure Robin sprung from that
horse someway. He was Just about that
pattern of horse, only he was bay.
Robin got colt that proved to be a fast
trotter, called The Spirit. He trotted
fast in Cambridge, Conn. He was from
a Messenger mare that came from Maine.
In 1914 the Barnard Horse was colt,
that was when he came out to the farm.
| know Million Messenger had two bay
mares in 1912 when he built our barn
| that no draw Lumbar with Na HiIn Z