Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-11-14

some morse as old Billy Root. Never
saw him make a false step.
E. ii. Hoffman of Lyndonville, VT,
says: "There was a son of Billy Root cal
led Red Jacket, bay with white in face and
some white feet. Billy Folsom was
owned by Austin Folsom of Lyndon
vile Centre"
In the st. Johnsbury Caledonian of
1850 the advertisement appears of Golden
Farmer, bay, 1900 lbs, called pure-blood-
ed Dutch signed, C. Patterson, Water
ford.
A horse called Gen. Grant, described
as dark bay, 1G hands, foaled 1858, of
beautiful form and great style, is adver-
tised at East st. Johnsbury in 1866 by
c. NJ. Huckings and his pedigree given
as Hambletonan. We are informed by
several that this pedigree was entirely
fabricated; that the horse came from
Massachusetts and was probably son of
Daniel Lambert. a son of the horse,
called Gen. Grant, Jr., foaled 1869, 151
hands, 100 lbs, is advertised 1S7-by j.
IL G.. w. Childs of Waterford. Stanton
Horse is advertised by VIM. B. Stanton
in 1866. The same year Mountain Chief
is advertised at Danville, East Hardwick
and Lyndon by X. B. Flint, and Maj
Morrill, at West Concord by G.. |. Hig-
gins.
In the Danville North Star of 1911
Young Henry Dundas is advertised to
stand at Barton for from 81 to 81, by John
Leonard, Jr The Dutch Weasel is also
advertised, by Richard w. Fenton, to
stand at st. Johnsbury Plains, at SIPS
to $3.50; five-years-old, 10 hands, stout
built, sired by the famous Dutch Horse.
The Hunter is advertised at Burke,
Wheelock and Lyndon the same year by
George Fylock, and Eclipse, dark bay,
5-year-old l6 hands, at Craftsbury and
Hardwick by Royal Corbin. Fearnaught,
chestnut, is advertised in 1872, by d.
Bartlett of Peacham.
Mr.. Fisher of Danville, born 1913, saws
that John Barker about 1880 had a bay
horse called Belfounder, 15-1 hands, 100
lbs. Varnum of Peacham owned Pap
lneau, gray, l5i hands, about 80 years
ago. The horse came from Canada. He
owned him two or three years. had a
a colt by him whilst he owned him. |
married in 1886. 1t was four or five
years after that, l think, that | had the
colt. 1t was a mare colt and sold her
in 1858, and | guess she was then nine
years old. He hadn't had the horse long
when bred to him and think the horse
was but four or five years old. He was
a young horse. Narnum went West and
is probably living. lie bought Morrill,
stallion twenty years ago and took West.
Hunter was a tall white horse, lG hands.
not very heavy, slim. My father had a
mare By the old Justin Morgan, IA very
good mare, chestnut, $50 to 1000 lbs.
My uncle, John Fisher, had gelding of
the same age by the old Morgan: sold
him when twenty years old to party in
Ohio. The Lock Goss horse was Nor
gan-shaped horse. Lock Goss owned
him in 1882, and did considerable busi-
ness with him. | worked for Il neighbor
of Lock Goss that year, and | think the
horse was seven or eight years old then.
lie never had any other horse that
know of. Oliver Bowers bred Cock of
the Rock. This Mr.. Bowers was a Rev
dictionary soldier at the battle of Bun
ker Hill. His sons Henry and Stephen
were both older than | and went West.
w. f. Allen of Winooski. VT, saws:
VIM. Thomas of Burlington, VT, claims
to have got the dam of Grand Isle in
Bridport, VT, whilst he worked across
the lake, and that she was by Daniel
Lambert. Inquire of Harry Thomas,
Burlington, Vt.
DR.. Huntington, Rochester, says he
bought small chestnut mare, Is hands.
800 lbs, of John Flanders of West Roch-
ester, who bred her; got by Bowers
Horse, dam said to be Morgan. Sold
this mare to Walter Billings about twen-
ty years ago.
ii. b. Hatch, Bethel, thinks that Mr.. |
Packard OF stony Brook, Stockbridge,
would know what became of the VOL
colt Morgan. Epaphro Seymour of Brat
tleboro, VT, bought chestnut stallion
that Ben Abbott of Stockbridge Bred |
got by old Clifford, splendid horse. |
Dan Cushing handled Green Mountain
Morgan for Mr. Woodbury.. Never own
ell him. Capt. Austin of Bethel owned, |
many years ago, thoroughbred stallion. /
l3t hands, 1000 lbs, that came from
Long Island; was said to be by Duroc.
Old Deacon Cleveland traded for the
mare and colt in New York. Freeman
L. Mathews of Pittsiield, merchant,
brought Duroc from Long Island; he
was race horse, chestnut, l54 hands.
1000 lbs. Lady Sutton trotted twenty
miles in an hour and was the second
horse to do this. The Dana horse of
Wood Stnply unS hrouso h,,I, tnnn