Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-12-12


Mr.. Jones, son, | think, of the late
David w. Jones, said "Potomac was
raised by grandfather Daniel Young of
Oyster Bay. think he was foaled as
far back as 1900. Van Rantz owned him
afterwards. don't think he stood him
a very great while. | think no doubt he
was Messenger; that was my imgres-
sion. He was bay and one of the best
horses of his day. He ran from a quar-
ter to four miles, and they matched him
against anything. His dam was thor
oughbred." From man iscript of his
father, David w. Jones, born 1893, Mr..
Jones read: "Rachael was a year older
than Potomac and Tippoo Saib was GER
tainly as old as Rachael. Potomac was
foaled 1895. Nothing is known of the
pedigree of Amazona. She was brought
to New York from the South. A strong
made, bony and coarse mare, evidently
deficient in blood but of fine action and
fast. Sophronisba was bred in this vic
Unity and got by colt by Imp. Baronet.
| do not recollect the blood of her dam.
|
She was of better form than the dam of
Abdallah, but showed decidedly less
speed. Top Gallant was not bred by NJ.
7. Cock, but by Mr.. Lenister, who lived
few miles distant. He was got by
Coriander out of Hamltonian mare.
Coriander and Commander were not the
same, but entirely different horses,
though of the same sire, Messenger.
The first was a clean made why bay of
medium size. Commander was a gray,
over l6 hands and in bulk, form and
style coach horse. | rccollect with
satisfaction the marked characteristics of
the sons of Messenger standing at the time
in this county. The descendants of
Mount Holly grew up compact, smooth,
sturdy and strong, without any particu-
lar angles in style, but the frame so adj
mirably knit together that you could
scarcely determine where one joint ended
or another joint commenced. The Cor
ianders were not large. but, like their
sire, clean, why, it might be said brill
liant. The Mamblinos when young were
somewhat leggy and lathy, but speed
Ter, stylish and of slashing action. Chan
cellor, Betsy Baker, Cororet and Lady
Salisbury were by Mambrino; Tread
wells gray mare. Paul Pry by Mount
Holly, and Top Gallant by Coriander.
Young Commander, nick-named Bull, by
Commander, got the following: Screw
driver, Whalebone and Bull Calf
The old gentleman, Leonard Lawrence.
born Jan. l, 1875. breeder of Lady Suf
folk, says: Engineer I'd was rather
coarse. He was the sire of Lady Suf-
folk her dam was an old mare that Gen.
FLOYD used to ride on parade
Mrs. Lawrence. born 1902, wife of Leo
nard says "She was very splendid and
dark brown mare"
Mr.. Lawrence says: - | think | got
her of Charley Little, young man that
traded horses all the time. At one time
she belonged to Richard Floyd, the doe
tor that died South. | don't know where
he got her. | never understood what her
blood was. | never knew anything
about it. got her IN haying time and
had her six or eight years.
The old lady says: "We did not own
that mare only two or three years before
Lady Suffolk was born. | do not know
anything at all where Mr.. Floyd got her.
Lady Suffolk was foaled i'm 1888 her dam
was fair size, rather large"
Mr.. Lawrence's son, born 1927, says
81 remember very well when they traded
for the dam they traded bay horse for
her with Charlie Little. The old gentle
man thinks the mare was lG or Il years
old when he got her and says he paid 81
lady thought the dam was very
stylish and rapid; her impression was
that Gen. Floyd raised her. She says !:
81 remember her when she was very
well. Richard Floyd used to ride her !;
he came often to our house. She was
very stylish. He rode her know when
she was young. We always called her
cCuuy' lhC SCuCidi IouC lcT Ou PAL dut
training days. | rather think she belong
ed to his son. My first recollection OF
her is seeing him ride her from church.
l recollect her, being so gay, prancing
about. The young men rode horseback
to church instead of in buggy. The
Floyd family is all gone; there isn't one
of them left. fused to have good many
rides after that mare in my younger
days"
Jos. II. Goodwin says that he owned
the dam of Cassius NJ. Clay, Jr. (Strad-
er's) bred her to Cassius NJ Clay and sold
the foal to Mr.. Jones for Mr.. Spaulding.
The dam was fine looking mare, l5-l,
with thin tail, got by Abdallah. 81 got
heI on the Van Cortland farm. An Irish
man bred her. | bought her of a man
that was working the Van Cortland farm