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the same horse. The horse raised from
him was better modelled horse than old
Star; had more bone and more neck"
Moses Jansen says: 81 had an idea
that Star and Bashaw descended from
the same family"
lie Fevre thinks Sir Henry and Eclipse
blood was mixed up in Star, and says
Star was long in the pastern joints and
had ring-bones.
Sea Gull was owned by Garrett Dubois
of Libertyville. He was a beauty, but
ugly; was probably thoroughbred and
got good stock.
Jesse Stearns, Esq, of New York city,
who followed up this investigation,
writes:
"None of the Coburns or Colburns in
the Brooklyn directory know ANYTHING
about Ira Coburn, about whom you in
the others have written. In the course
of my investigations had an interview
with Mr.. Z. j. Nodine. who keeps a sta
bic IN Pierrepont street, near Fulton, in
Brooklyn. Mr.. Nodine is a man oyer
seventy years of age and is regarded as
quite an authority on pedigrees by the
horsemen of Brooklyn, having been a
breeder himself and in his younger days
a driver and trainer of trotters. He says
that Seely's American Star was brought
to his stable, which he kept in New Iork,
when the horse was five years old. He
was brought there by Mr. Blauvelt, or
/ Blauvel, his owner and breeder, from
| Pompton Plain, New Jersey, where the
horse was bred. The horse was entered
/ in one or two races; but slipped on the
pavement shortly afterwards and it was
thought that he had permanently famed
himself, but had only dislocated or
strained his hip or thigh, and recovered.
Mr.. Nodine afterwards had charge of the
horse two seasons at the Centervile
track, l.. l., of which he was then mana
ger. Says he was thoroughly acquainted
with the horses breeding and pedigree at
]
a running horse; that nobody by the name
of Coburn ever owned him or had any
thing to do with his breeding; that the
horse had Il wide gait like IA thorough
bred, and he is positive that there was
not drop of Morgan blood in him. He
knew him till after Seely owned him and
up to the time of his death. He says he
learned the facts about the horses breed
ing from Blauvelt, his owner and breed
er, and that the Blauvelts had Il stock
farm at Pompton Plain, y. y, where
they bred running horses, but this horse.
showing indications of trotting, wa.
brought to New York and entered in
some races. Moline drove him in sever
al himself. Mr.. Nodine says he has Civ
en- Wallace what lie knew about the
horse, but that Wallace has got several
things wrong about him.
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EARLY HORSE ADVERTISEMENTS

This appears in the Middlebury Mercury
of May ,, 1901: PREsIDENT-To cover,
the beautiful full-blooded horse Presi-
dent, ten years old, bright bay, l54 hands,
strong and bony. The noted horse, Old
Figure, was the sire of Presidents his
dam from Wildair out of an imported
mare of the most esteemed blood. Pres
ident will commence the present season
the second week of the present month
at the stable of the subscriber, the next
week at the stable of Azariah Painter in
Nergennes; 81 the leap, s. the season
and SIG to insure.
NATHANIEL SIIERILL.
Mddlebury, May |, 1904.
President is advertised in May, 1907,
to stand at \. Stowell's in Vergennes
and Joseph Rogers in Ferrisburgh by
Amos W. Barnum of MOnkton.
I'm the Mercury of May lG. 1901. is adj
vertised Revenge-The noted and full
blooded horse Revenge will stand at the
stable of Moses Spencer of IIinesburg
at 81 the season, So the single leap and
He is a beautiful dapple gray. about Il
hands. Justly made. and his stock recon-
mends him sufficiently. Cattle on the
lst of October next or grain by the LIST
of January next will be received in pay
ment. Good pasture, etc.
In the same paper Driver is advertised
During the present season the noted
imported horse Driver will stand at the
stable of Gamaliel Painter in Middle
bury. Said horse has been kept in Con-
necticut for six years past. He will be
let to mares at s. each. lie is beauti-
full bay, l54 hands, bred by the Duke of
Queensbury, sired by Saltram, son of
Eclipse his dam by Woodpecker, son of
King Herod, who was the sire of Guido
and many of the first studs and mares
of England. Drivers grandam was own
sister to the celebrated llighhyer. lie
is as high-bred horse as any imported
into America, beautiful in form, car
riage, etc. Also will stand at the same
stable the beautiful horse, Young Driver,
at the moderate price of 81 the season
sired by the aforementioned Driver and
out of full-blooded English mare.
Young Driver needs no further recon-
mendation than to say that he is the
same horse the subscriber has kept for
two seasons past.
JEIIIEL STORRs.
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on the same string? or is it according to
the Scriptures, that 'the inquity of the
fathers are visited upon the children I'M
to the third and fourth generation"
Linsley further says: "Mr. Hill obtained
aflidavits from the breeders who had
every opportunity of knowing the facts,
and fully and efiectually settled this
fact that Sherman Morgan was the sire
of Black Hawk" Had it been as fully
and effectually settled, as Mr.. j. Bat
tell and his assistant, Mr.. w. II. Bliss,
have settled that Ethan Allen was son
of Hills Black Hawk and could not pos
sibly have been sired by Flying Morgan,
many of us would meyer have heard of
that wonderful (?) teaser that we are
asked to accept as the sire of Black
Hawk, simply because he was black
horse. 1t IS nothing to this aforesaid
company that the dam of Black Hawk
was a black mare; but what about the
colts he sired with characteristics and
markings of Sherman Morgan? Mr.
Linslev says: "AlmOst without excep
ton, his colts, when not black, were
either bay or chestnut; the latter color
being quite common"
Now while we have nothing but praise
for Clifford Morgan, or that branch Of
the Morgan family, it must be admitted
that his success was not as sire o.
speed at the trot, even though his son
Beppo, was the first horse to trot il
= :2S; but as a sire of stylish roadster
and parade horses of exquisite form ant
active under the saddle, he had no equal
The dam of Hills Black Hawk was
natural trotter, and transmitted thes,
qualities in remarkable degree whei
united with the nervous energy and Ell
durance of Sherman Morgan, and to thi
happy cross are we indebted for one o
the most beautiful family of trotters thi
country has ever produced.
Yours truly,
w. II. BLACK.
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ELECTUARY ANOWHIPSTER.

Messrs. Herrick & Ellsworth of Wor-
cester, Mass, are evidently getting into
shape to take advantage of the Election
eer boom, which is steadily increasing
every year. Their stallion Whipster,by
Whips (2.27D, dam, Maybird, she by st.
Clair, out of the dam of Manzanita -four
year old record 2.l6), Is bred right to
get trotters that can stay up and win
races. The dam of Whips was thor
oughbred, and from the most plastic
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LETTERS FROM CORRESPON-
DENTS.
MORGAN JACKSON AND LONG ISLAND
JACKSON.
BUFFALO, y. Y, FEB. s, ISIS.

BUFFALO, y. Y, FEB. s, ISIS.
Mr.. JOSEPH BATTELL,
Dear Sir-Your favor of the 23d ult.,
with enclosure. received. | return the
latter with but little more information
than is contained in my letter in the
Spirit and in one which wrote to Wal
lace's Monthly for January. In Wal
lace's Register, vol. |, is a Morgan Jack
son. but he was foaled in 1851 and Long
Island jackson in 1870, so clearly that
is another horse. enclose Il letter from
DR.. Kitchener, which, if you wish, you
may copy and return to me.
Please let me know when your new
book is to be out, price, etc, and will
send for one.
If | can be OF any future assistance to
you, | will be pleased to have you call
on me.
Very truly yours,
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AMASA ID. HOWE,
DAM AND oRANOAM OF THE MARVIN
HORSE.

RIPON, Wis, Aug. 2G, 1889.
Mr.. JOSEPH BATTELL,
Dear Sir-Iours of August Il, direct
ed to George Marvin of Randolph, Wis,
asking for the pedigree of his Morgan
horse, has just been forwarded to me by
his widow CHR. Marvin died last fall)
asking me to fill it out, as | was as well
acquainted with the horse, perhaps, as
any one living.
| herewith enclose the blank filled as
far as am able to do. knew the dam
and grandam of the Marvin horse very
well. The dam was dark chestnut, II
hands, about 100 lbs, bred by said
Geo. Marvin, foaled in 1858, sired by a
red bay horse brought from Ticonderoga,
n. Y, by man by the name of Good
rich, and called Sir Henry. The gran
dam was owned by Geo. Marvin also and
called Morgan and looked like one
was little smaller and lighter chest
nut.
Any assistance | can render you al
any time you are at liberty to call on
me for. | am frequently asked when
your book will be published. Many are
getting anxious for it. The interest in
Morgan horses is fast reviying here in
this State. My horse, lack Chandler
has done good seasons business. Per,
haps | could ascertain the pedigree OF
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NOTICE.-Estate of
Peter Himball.

the Hon. Probate Court for the District of Adj.
olson Commissioners to receive, examine and
adjust all claims and demands of all persons
against the estate of Peter kmball, late OF
OrwCN, IN said District, deceased, and ali
claims exhibited in offset thereto, hereby
give notice that we will meet torthe purposes
aforesaid mt the Town clerks Office in Orwell
on the 81 day OF May and 9th day OF
September next, from one o'clock p. IN. until
four O'Clock p. m, each OF said days, and
that six months from the 2d day of April
4. ID. 1880, is the time limited by said Court
tor said creditors to present their claims to
us for examination and allowance.
Dated mt orwell this 9TH day OF April
A. ID. 1890.
f. NJ. WRIGHT, iCo,,,
Is e. ABBEY, N'ii
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THE FLYING MORGAN PADDY CO.,
ELGIN. HI. March 3. Is!

ELGIN, H., March 3, 1890.
Edtor RegiSter-It has been high
ly interesting during the past few
years to watch the maneuvering and the
strategem resorted to by the Flying Nor
gan Paddy Co. in their efforts to gain
converts to their long since exploded
theories. That they have been persist
ent and untiring in their efforts no one
can deny, and deserve better case, but
they must produce reliable and trust
worthy witnesses before they can hope
to succeed against such an array of evil
dence as seems to be always at hand by
those claiming Sherman Morgan as the
sire of Hills Black Hawk and he in turn
the sire of Ethan Allen. As | under
stand it, the editor of the American Cul-
tivator conducted investigations in re-
gard to the sire of Black Hawk, without
fear or favor, and with determination
to leave no stone unturned that would
add Il ray of light to the true sire of this
noted horse; and this he did to the sat
isfacton of all reasonable men, and PROV
ed the "Flying Morgan Paddy" pedi-
grees spurious. Mr.. j. ii. Wallace
proved the same at an earlier date, and
even Mr.. Thomson himself at one time
established to a certainty the exact date
of the service by Sherman Morgan from
which Hills Black Hawk was produced
I - ii
him 500 for the product of this eXhaus-
tive research. Now it would seem, from
some of the letters published on this sub
iect, that the writers are actuated by a
spirit of spite and revenge toward this
horse rather than desire to learn the
facts in regard to his breeding. would
like to ask, when did this great animosi-
ty against Black Hawk first spring into
being and who was the sire of it? Does
it date back to the days when Black
Hawk and Clifford Morgan lead their
alcade ever witnessed in the State of
Vermont, when each owner claimed SUI
periority for his own favored grandson
of Justin Morgan, and ut Il time when
both branches of this family could claim
such ardent supporters? Was the eX-
element so intense and the envy and
jealousy engendered to such an extent
at that time that it cannot be forgiven
or laid aside even after forty years?
Mr.. Linsley says in his essay on Nor
gan Horses, celebrated horses, like
great men, must have their enemies, and
this horse had his" Can it be that the
same parties are still alive and harping
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Very truly yours,
j. &. REECuER.
THE CHASE MARE.

BLUE RAPIDS, KAN, July %, 1889.
Mr.. JOSEPH BATTELL,
Dear .Sir-Yours of the 18th received
today. DR.. Leonard Chase lived in
Springfield village and had son by the
name of Bartlett Chase. who, if he can
be found, might recolect about it, but
very likely not. DIR. Chase had a mare
about that time that was sired by Nor
gan Bulrush; so Mr.. James Whipple
told me, and he was good authority.
| tried to buy her for breeding, but he
was able to keep her and would not sell
at any price. | think she was consider
erably on in years, but was good, and
he used her in his practice. She might
have been bred before he got her, but |
don't think he ever bred her. There
were one or two colts that were kept
for stations from the kilburn horse
owned near the mouth of the Black
River in the neighborhood of Nathan
White. | have forgotten the owners
name; write to Nathan White, Sprin-
field VT; you may get information that
you want. The Christopher Ellis colt of
which you write was not from the Chase
mare. but was from brothers mare
and sired by old Clifford Morgan; and
he when three years old-it is possible
when two years Old-sired my colt, as
| wrote YOU: and before the next season
Ellis sold for $500 and he was taken to
York State and called Major Clifford.
He was chestnut sorrel in color. Ellis
raised another stallion colt the same age
as mine from the same horse, but from
another mare and not from the Chase
mare. | don't know what became of
him. The Ellis farm and the old Chase
farms joined and the latter was owned
at this time by the doctors brother. If
Ellis got colt from the Chase mare that
was kept for stallion, he sold it young.
| never bought horse of him. | did
not live in the immediate neighborhood
with Ellis, but knew him well. 1t is
possible that Mr.. White can help you
trace out colt from the Chase mare or
let you know who can. | remember the
mare well. She was low brown mare,
weighing, | Judge, a little less than
1000 lbs, Il good roader, and the doctor
thought a good deal of her.
Yours truly,
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.SCIOTO, @ II:
TRREE.YEA2.OLD RECORD. 24S.

SIRE, Young CoiumJus, Jr., 6429, rec
ord, 2 80 (sire Of Tot, .fre-yeor-od
record, 2:24 By Young Columbus,
%, (sire Of II in the 80 iist). Dam,
Black Neil By Patrick Henry, 1881,
by mrs Black Ha,ct, 5; % dam By
HemeRlcdy'S Diomede.
SCTOTo, which was foaled MAY Is,
1884, is a trotter Of great courage and
very stylish, and if he cannot go in
2 80 no charge will be made for his SER
vices. He has never been in trainers
hands, and was driven for speed only %
days when he made his record of , AS.
The first time he was ever started to try
his speed (and before he was broken),
he went half mile in 35, and has
shown quarters in SO. Scioto is a
handsome black. has very heavy name
and tail, is 1913 hands high, has the
best of legs and feet and weighs 100 lbs
His get are black and bay Ono marks.
Scioto ,rW Stand at my place. one mile
south Of Mid1lebury rHlage on the creek
ROAD, at SO the season, lcuh the usual re-
turn priruege, season TO close July II.
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ours truly,
Il. II. GRAVES.
oARIeALDI AND MAGMA oHARTA, JR.
UTICA, MICII., July II, 1883.
JOSEPH BATTELL, ESQ,
Dear Sd-Iours received with blank
enclosed. gave the blank to Robert
5. Campbell of this place, who owned
the half brother of Blue Dick and is
the best posted man on pedigrees we
haye in this section of the country, and
he said nc would fill it out and send to
you. saw Mr.. Chapaton, who was
Il brother-in-law OF McCummings, and
he informs me that McCumminSs took Il
colt from here to California that he cali
ed Macneal Chief; that McCummings
bought of a Mr.. John II. Croft, who for
merly lived here. Mr.. C. said that Nc
Cummings told him the said colt trotled
very fast in California. The colt was
called by Croft, while here, Garibaldi.
If you wish to find the pedigree of this
colt, you cal address Mr.. John II. Croft
at Spickardsville, Mo.
Mr.. Chas. c. Leech owned colt of a
chestnut color; in the fall after the colt
the name of Williams. This was y or
% years ago. | think this colt was
known as Magma Charta, Jr. This was
not the colt bred by Ed. Leech; Ed.
Leech's colt was bay.
Yours truly,
FRANCIS WRIGHT.
THE PETER MooER STALLION.
COVENTRY, W., Jan. 2l, 1850.
Mr.. BATrELL,
Dear .Sir-ln reference to the Peter
Mooer stallion, he was considered to be
as fine IA horse in his day as ever Yer
mont produced. His sire was Green
Mountain Champion, or Knights Horse,
so called. he by Sherman Morgan. He
was very stylish, high-spirited horse
but very kind disposition; his color was
dapple black, not white hair on him,
highth lj-3, weight 1910 lbs. | know
nothing of his dams pedigree, only that
she was fine mare, and good road
ster, coal black, about 1900 lbs. | have
known but little of him for the last
thirty years; think, as near As | can
recollect, he was foalcd about the yeal
II; my opinion is he lived to be about
p years old. This is all the information
| can give you in regard to him, but this
his services were confined principally tc
Glover, Albany, Crattsbury, Barton ans
Coventry of Orleans county. No on,
owned him but Mr.. Mooer He was
great roadster, but never had any train
ing. | have owned two of his colts
both very fine ones. | would like tt
give you more information if could.
could not fill out the sheet enclosed il
( your letter, as did not know about he
pedigree. Mr.. Mooer always called hin
by his sire's name, Champion. | don
know of only one man could refer YOU
to, who could give you any information
/ in regard to the horse, except Mr.. JOIN
ID. Graves, West Glover, VT.
raise some horses; am raising Pat
chen horses, and have raised some mic,
ones. and have an interest in the bus
ness and would like to give you NOR
Information if could.
SCION G.. PERCIvAL.
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A. N. FISHER.

MIDDLEBURY, W., April l, 1890.
p. S.-Scoto is the only horse adver-
tised to stand in Middlebury that can
beat 2:l5. 14-2m.
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Children Cry for Pitchers Castoria
w. III. BLACK.

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss she chung to Castoria,
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria
, 1890-01-30
A REdIsrRATIoN Law.

The legislature is making arrange
mcnts to adjourn. A resolution has
been passed in the lower house fix-
ing the date OF adjournment ON the
27th OF February ut 10 A. NJ. IL this
meets the approval of the senate the
session Of the first legislature of the
state of Washington will soon come
TO an end,
The labors Of this body are very
important and second only to those
ofthc constitutional convention.
While it is true that II large
amount of legislative work has been
accomplished thus far, yet when u
glance is taken NJ the message of tine
governor Il long list Of acts are dis
closed which the constitution dl-
reefs the legislature TO consider
which have not as yet been tnkonup.
One Of the most important of
these Is the registration act.
Now that the political issues are dl-
yided by party lines II is highly i'm
portant that no question shall arise
us TO who shall constitute a LEGAL
voter. Under proper registration
act all these questions are determined
before election day and all efforts of
on-residcnts TO impose upon the
citizens OF this state by presenting
themselves at the polls under false
approximations will be of no avail.
The willy repeater has made his APP
pearance at the polls in times past,
and II has required considerable
trouble and expense TO check his
criminal intrusions. When party
lines are closely drawn the malorl-
ties nre liable TO he small, In fact, 30
close as 20 court contests whenever
great political interests are at stake.
, 1890-01-30
MARRIAGE AND pIvoRCE.

The popular qucs ion now under
DISCUSSION by the leading writers of
tic age, "-hould divorces be grant
odg" Ia presented to the reader
through the press In nearly every
lunguagc Of the world. There is
much 10 he said ON each side of the
question that can be supported by
precedent and prcscript, which in
reality have but little, ii anything,
To- do with the circumstances of
particular case. IL Is sufficient to
say that the laws of all countries
recognize the necessity Of granting
divorces In certain cases, upon the
principle Of administering justice
to all persons.
The recent inquiry instituted by
this government with vlew to cS-
tabllshing n national divorce law,
which would do away with the va,
rious conflicting state statutes on
this subject, is doubtless the cause of
the present discussion.
70 obviate the difficulties which
50 frequently arise in domestic rela-
tions, II good plan would he to pass
n law which would make IL more
difficult for the contracting
parties to enter into II matrimonial
alliance, and easier to obtain
divorces. II the rights of marriage
wcru respected hy a due appreciation
of all that marriage implies, there
would be fewer applications for di-
vorce. The evils which are sought
20 bc avoided could be abatcd by
strict gn;orccmcntof ofstatutory meas
ures which would impose conditions
ofnge, character aud parental con-
scut.
The tendency in the past has been
toward Unrestricted conditions Of
the marriage contract and rC-
.trlc;cd grounds of divorce. South
Carolina, II may he said, has no dl-
vnrco law, while muuy Western
states grant divorces on frivolous
grounds. The extremes In all ill.,
stances should bc mOditicd In order
that life may he projected from
living curse and marriage guHran-
tced the blessings and Happiness Of
the family aud home.
, 1890-01-30
GIVE HIM PLENTY OF ROPE.

Grover Cleveland is an unwilling
patriot In one direction at least. II
lac can hold the democratic party to
the idea of free trade for n few years
more, he will split the solid South.
As SURF rs manufactures increase IL,
that section, the ideas of the people
there will change, just as they have
changed so remarkably throughout
Washington and Oregon.
Ten years ago, before the advent
OF railroads and the establishment
of fmanufactories, when our people
produced little else than wheat, they
entertained decided ieanings toward
free trade. At that time but one
transcontinental railroad had been
pushed TO the coast, and 1t lay far
to the southwark. This isolation
gave us little or none
OF tile benefits OF protection,
because we were forced to pay ex-
torfionate freight rates. TO buy In
protected markets, and to depend
almost entirely upon England as
purchaser of our surplus grain. The
Foreign ships that sailed into our
ports to carry wheat TO Liverpool
csplo il ballast of stone and earth,
no that the wheat grower had to pay
double freight rates, In order 10 get
bis product 10 foreign market.
4hesc conditions created "A scntl-
nient 10 favor OF free trade, the
fariners heiicving that they Nculd
tfcfcby bo enabled TO buy the manu-
factured goods Of Great Britain at
lower priecs than Were paid for the
horuc products, and at the same
time gain the advan tage of lower
clinriers from the shIp-owners who
Unsupported their grain abroad.
Noy. however, tho conditions are
Eudicslif different, and with the
, 1890-01-30

,,,i,o ono tlu.l, for his nr,rcsaiou
'"No Wv, "'''" ~ ~ iau'nris'l,,
i'crv Wu '"o 7,''''i,''a Vi Wv" 'i,9
stuplui'y "hu Nlcious','s's' Wloso
equai we can not TeiheilpeT ever 'o
have read:
THE coroners jury summoned to IN
vesnsHle tue shoot'nk 9l 'blS Mau, ,,Ir Lc-
. u,'vu ,, ,i, i"p, y, Ju'',,a,V ,' ..oo, nc
caio I Of of iv.,iS. % ~, .ccinr n chance 10 sell
n les nnnor. cn,n, on, with a long
windcl cdltoriil caused the rearrcst of
Harry Bucr and long trial costing the
county thousands Of dollars, an ncquittal
and large sales of papers viii be tho re-
SUIT rms y justice according 'o ,nc @
'nE'nm ,,l, way o' p' ioon,s u, , ,''H Inch on
,Ia 80 ,as', - 49, 80