Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-01-03
EMPRESS
AND OTHER CALIFORNIA MoRoANs.

JOSEPH BATTELL, Esq, Ripton, Vt.
Dear Sir The postmaster has handed
me letter and blanks from you bearing
date of Dec. 10.
The mare, Empress cap, was bred
by a. G. Deitz, Oakland she trotted
here and know the mare well. | also
know the mare Katy Tricks and she trot-
ted in several parts of the State. She
trotted here five-mile race several years
ago. | do not know so much of her
breeding, but Mr. Deitz will be able to
give it to you, as he has had occasion to
have the pedigree worked up for En-
press.
The horse, Cond, trotted here few
years ago. As have always understood,
he was out of Katy Tricks and by Alb
botsford--I think that is the pedigree he
trotted under here, and | am quite sure
Mr.. Deitz will be able to give you his
pedigree also.
Whipple's IIambletonian was brought
to this State by man named Steve
Whipple: he was brought from New
York. | knew the horse we'll. lie died
a short time ago at Palo Alto, owned by
Senator Stanford. He was by Guy Mil
Ter and Guy Miller was by Rysdyk's
Hambletonan. Mr.. Whipple also brought
out from the East horse named Specu-
lation. He was by Rysdyk's Hambleto-
MAN and is owned by the great sugar
man, Spreckels.
will send these blanks and your let
ter to Mr.. Deitz and ask him to forward
you all information. You may drop a
line to him direct.
The tilly by Motion you wrote about
some time ago, the one that Mr.. Geo.
Hammond purchased for ne with a num-
Der of Daniel Lambert mares, is breeding
very well and | recently had her regis
tered in Wallace's. | will have several
colts from her which think will short
ly be trotting in the POS, as they are
showing well at the present time. Also
out of the carload of Lambert mares Mr..
Hammond bought for me, several are
turning out to be good brood mares. You
will hear from them before long.
| had two mares by Daniel Lambert
served to Ben Franklin and one of them
is horse colt. trotted him as a four
year-old in 304 and was able to trot
halves in IL; could have made much
faster time, but that is as fast as the race
required. VIII trot him again next year.
They are crossing on to my Nutwood,
Electioreer and Dictator stations very
we'll.
am getting out catalogue and will
send YOU one in the course of thirty DAYS.
If there is anything in the horse depart
ment you wish to know from time to
time Tin this part of the country, will
be able to give you information, as have
been located here about thirty-five years
and have been acquainted with all the
horses in this part of the State, including
all the Black Hawk and Morgan stock a s
well as other strains. l have been breed
ing and raising horses for twenty-five
years myself and today am the third
largest breeder of fine stock in California
-trotting, running and roadsters.
have about two hundred brood mares at
the present time.
take the Middlebury REGISTER and
am reading up your articles and keeping
track of matters every week. When you
get out your book, shall certainly be a
subscriber.
have number of brood mares of the
Black Hawk strain raised in this State
by MacCracken's Black Hawk, Morgan
Rather, and MacCracken's David Hill.
MacCracken's David Hill died owned by
me, as also did Chieftain and Morgan
Rather.
Morgan Rattler's pedigree has never
been written up properly. He was quite
a prominent horse here and left number
of his offspring that have proved to be
great brood mares. The grand-dam of
Tempest (2;l9) by my horse Hawthorne
was lilly by Morgan Rather; and we
have the horse John G. Shelley out of her
and by Hawthorne q :29t) and there are
quite number more that have shown
great deal of speed.
Morgan Rather was brought from st.
Louis in the COS, and as the party that
owned him here has died we have