Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-06-13

gan; Sd dam sorrel, bred in New York
State, got by Arabian Morgan.
FANNIE, dark sorrel, 1000 lbs. foaled
1869 or 20; bred by James Martin, Bel
videre, Ill.,, got by Daniel Webster, son
of Green Mountain Morgan: dam sor-
rel, bred in New York State, got by
Arabian Morgan, son of Billy Root.
BREEDING INTERESTS IN MAINE.
Editor Of the Horse Breeder There is IL
able to be good demand for mares by
Winthrop Morrill,, out of daughters of
Whalebone Knox, as breeders are beginn-
ing to appreciate their merits, and the
breeding business is quite sure to take Il
boom next season. | think the owners of
Present are expecting to show a first-class
trotter in their horse next season. and
they have good reasons for expecting
much of him. His dam was bred by =.
Leteroneu of Oakland, Me-, sired by
Whaebone Knox; first dam. Lady Mans
field, by Winthrop Morrill,. Present is
quite card for the Morgan element.
Mr.. William B. Fletcher of Starks writes
me he has brown mare by Whalebone
Knox at the farm that has some fine
colts by Spauldng's Rolfe. Mr.. And
rews of Boston owns her. She can beat
80.
Whalebone Knox is still living, and is
as full of vim as he was ten years ago.
He is now in good condition. and see no
reason why he will not get colts for a
number of years. He stood in the town
of Palmyra, Somerset Co., the years of
1885, 1886 and 1887, and left some fifty
colts in the three seasons in the towns of
Palmyra, Hartland, st. Adams, Pittsfield
Harmony and Ripley. Several of his
patrons were by Dirigo, Brown Harry,
Winthrop Morrill,, Gen. Lightfoot by
Knox, Sanborn Horse by Knox, Morrill,
Horse by Knox. and one other son of
Knox. There will be some valuable ones
out of the lot.
He got three-fourths of the mares in
foal that were bred to him the first two
seasons. He will be limited to but few
hereafter. His get have more finish than
the get of any other son of Knox, and
are higher toned as rule. He has more
action when trotting, trots with vim and
resolution, and is bg-gaited horse. 1t
was handed down from the Clark Horse
(Whalebone Morgan) through Pollard
Morgan.
Lewiston Boy had the high knee action,
but was not so big a gated horse as
WhalebOne Knox. He was horse that
would go up to the top speed in going a
few rods, and | think he could pull
skeleton wagon at the rate of , 30. Knox
horses are somewhat out of fashion lust
now, but that does not make them any the
less valuable. WhalebOne Knox has av-
eraged remarkably we'll as a sire of speedy
roadsters that have size and style.
Several hundred of the get of Whale
bone Knox and the get of stations that
have had, and what have bred outside.
are scattered all over New England, and
a good many are now being traced back
to the breeder. As have my books to
refer to the past twenty years, | natural
ly would now be having good many in
quires, but am always willing to give
any information | have gratuitously, if
the inquirer will enclose stamps.
have been interested in horses from a
mere boy. | was born in Skowegan on
the plains where the trotting park now
stands. | well remember the mock races
they had on the plains years ago. They
had some fast PAGERS that came from Can
ada. Samuel Jacobs owned Highlander,
large Norman stallion, that could trot
a three-minute gait. He was high,
pounding-gated horse. Mr.. Crawford
also had Norman, "A large, yellow chest
nut stallion, that could trot three-min-
ute gait. He had the same high, pound
ing gait as the other. This must have
been forty years ago. Ihave kept run of
most of the stock horses that have stood
in Maine. and the stock that they left,
and by reading all the stock Journals, in
addition to my own experience and OBJ
seryation | have kept along with the
times.
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