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

house in Park Row near the Park Thea
ter at that time"
Mr.. Sweeney says: "Mac was very
fast. have seen him trot many times.
Dutchman was horse you wouldn't
take for trotter at all he was about 10
hands, plain, fine bay with round barrel
and stumpy tail. He trotted low, was a
great laster, square-gaited horse, a plain,
nice-looking horse, well proportional.
His pedigree unknown. Bill Woodruff
would know all about him.
"Ripton was a very light bay and very
stylish horse, beautiful trotter, three
white feet; not made up quite so well.
Dutchman was brown horse. Wash
ington was matched against Moscow; he
was trotter, but weak in the lolns.
Dutchman was low headed. Mr.. Under
hill at Jerome Park could give you infor-
nation"
Mr.. Bishop, oath street, New York
city, says: "There was history of Mes
senger and his get published in the Balti-
more American somewhere between 1923
and 1880. Jacob Boram of Flushing, l..
l., raised Lady Blonde by Abdallah. He
drove her, but she got to kicking and he
sold her to Latham Mitchell, Manhassett,
l.. l., who raised two colts from her for
which | offered him $500. One of them
was called Farmer Boy and could trot in
, 40. She afterwards raised two Flying
Cloud colts; then bought her of Mitch
ell and sold her to George Hall of Brat
tleboro, VT, and she was afterwards sold
for Sl700 at auction. | brought Abdal-
lab back from Kentucky in March, 1871 !;
left him the other side of the Allegheny
mountains lame until the season was
most over. He was sold for $1,000, and
paid $1,000 for William Simmerson and
Ed. Cromey, butchers. He stood at the
old Union race course at John X. Sned-
ker's one or two seasons. Cromey sold
his share to Conklin Carl of Brooklyn,
who finally gave him to - Marks of
Long Island. He stood near Freehold,
n. j., and stood up in Orange county.
Nearly starved to death in Orange coun-
ty; was very poor when brought back.
| think he went to New Jersey before he
went to Orange county. He used to
Kentucky. | bought the mother of Ajax
for S25 of George Thurston and Isaac
Snediker. She was in foal at the time
with Ajax. A man named Obed jackson,
who kept store near Fulton Ferry, bred
her and sold her to Snediker. | sold her
for $50: her colt looked like a mule. A
man named Edwards bought the colt
when coming four years old for SlG0 and
sold for the same price back to William
Brown, who kept hotel at Bath, and he
sold him next season to Samuel Copp of
Brooklyn. Hiram Woodruff got him. \
man by the name of +. Stanworth, Il
blacksmith at Flatbush, but farmer at
the time, bred Hector out of little bit of
IA sorrel mare called Dolly, owned by
Joel Conklin, Il livery-stable keeper at
Brooklyn. He sold to II man by the
name of Nick Cornwall of Brooklyn,
who sold to Langstaif, the baker. saw
Langstaff ride him in 1884. He was a
little bit of a horse, would weigh less
than 900.
"Brooklyn Maid by Abdallah was bred
by Garrett Stryker of Gravesend, l.. l.. ;
trotted two miles in IA against Homer
sold to Lewis DePau to go to France. She
trotted her first race against Lady Gin
ton for $500 a side and won in seven
heats, the last heat :3S. She was fine
looking chestnut mare of l6 hands.
Fourth of July was bred by Edward
Crumley of Brooklyn before Abdallah
went to Kentucky. After these horses
got to trotting Abdallah was bought
back. Treadwell sold him to Richard
Mari, merchant. This might have
been in June before he went to Ken
lucky. The first colt he got when three
years old was Lady Blanche, bred by
John Treadwell, who matched her
against Awful for $500 when she was
five years old. Awful paid forfeit.
"This mare was 10 years old when Alb
dallah came back from Kentucky. This
l had from Mr.. Treadwell. Hopkins
owned the mare until 20 years old 4;
she wouldn't breed. Hopkins, who
owned Lady Blanche, had colt from Alb
dalah. the very image of him, stallion
then 10 or 20. He lives now in New
York. There were plenty of other stall
lions from Abdallah. There was a gray by
him bred by old Daniel Abbott of Brook
Ign. George Nelson killed him when
driving when he was four or five years
old VIM. Henry Sickle of Redbank,
Monmouth Co., n. j., knew all about
Abdallah."
Mr.. Wray, son-in-iaw of Mr.. Nor
ris, who formerly kept livery in
Houston street and owned the dam of
Goldsmith Maid, says: "Mr. Higgins,
the proprietor of the Cosmopolitan hotel,
knows all about the efforts made to find