Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-10-31

kept him till four years old and sold him
to John Roney of Tennessee for $500.
The history at this point is toe long to
detail. Billy's was the finest figure ever
put up-in fact he was a walking diction-
airy of all the perfection horse flesh is
heir to, in one volume, neatly bound.
After selling Billy | went to Buffalo and
shipped him to Nashville. His fine fig
ure and style excited universal admira-
ton and he was followed to the depot by
scores of men. This was at the time of
the Civil war and had to ship by way
of Toledo, indianapolis and Louisville,
thence to Nashville. | paid $50 extra to
brakeman for extra care. He was taken
to Jacksonville, opposite Louisville, di-
rect, and there was gobbled up and hid
for four weeks. Roney telegraphed me
lnquiring about him and | did some tele-
graphing, but to no effect. Finally
Roney sent me 500 to go over the lines
and hunt for the horse. | followed him
up, stopping at every division of the rail-
road, and found the horse had gone di-
rectly through, until | got TO Jefferson
vile. There it was all confusion. Mos
by had made a raid, torn up some rail-
road. | found the general agent of
the railroad and made known my GRAND.
He sand he was himself "a horseman and
that he remembered this horse arriving
at that place and that he sent a man to
take him across to Louisville, and that
was the last he knew of the horse. [
crossed the river to Louisville and the
next morning began the search. | then
looked through the lists of the different
Masonic lodges in the directory and
found the name of one Stockings, owner
of a large sale stable. He was opposite
the Gault House. | took him into his
office and told him my tale of woe. You
should have seen that man and heard
him talk. He took me to the Gault
House, paid my bills, crossed over to
Jetfersonville, found the horse and before
night had safely struggled him over into
his stable. God bless that man. On
coming away he gave me a willow flask
containing half a gallon of the best Bour-
bon whisky. If | could relate all the
incidents of that trip | am sure the story
would amuse you. Roney at last got the
horse, and, after driving him through
the streets of Nashville, sold him there
for $4,000. This is my last direct infor-
nation of Billy Barlow. | have lust
looked over the history of Whalebone
and am much pleased with it. | concur
with many of the views in regard TO
Morgan blood. | could give quite a his
tory myself of that royal family. have
seen Green Mountain, Bulrush and Sher-
man Morgans aud know of their superior
merit. | was born in Vermont. In con-
c%lusion | might add that | am today
nursing Il fine standard colt which | shall
soon register. He is by Stewart & Dew
ey's Louis Napoleon by Charley East
man, which contains a large amount of
Morgan blood. Yours truly,
WASH. SHERMAN.
L. ;. Since writing the above | have
found one of Mr.. Roney's letters contain
ing more information. By it | find that
Billy Barlow was sold again and went
into the stud at Bowling Green, Ky.
Roney thinks the price paid was $500.
| can say this much, that when | owned
Billy could challenge the State of New
York to show in style and finish such a
figure his entire conformation in every
respect was unequaled: and you might
say to those making inquiries about him
that If they will paint in their magma
tons of Billy the finest horse they ever
saw and then add 30 per cent to that.
they can see him in all his beauty.