Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-03-27
EARLY ADVERTISEMENTS ETC.

EARLY ADVERTISEMENTS, ETC.
From the Nashville (renn.) Gazette
of 1900, vol. |:
Gray Medley, foaled 1913.
Spotted Medley, by Gimcrack, son of
imp. Medley; six years old, 10 hands.
1s0l.-Gray Medley again by imp.
Medley dam by True Wing.
1S02.-Zisco, by son of imp. Panta-
loon.
1S03.-Chariot. Young Flag of Truce,
gray, l54 hands; foaed 1897; got by
Tippoo Saib, son of imp. Lath; dam of
Tippoo Saib, COL Mead's Brandon; dam
of Flag of Truce by imp. Arabian Rang
er.
Flying Chiders, by Dare Devil, in Ken
lucky.
lS04.-None.
From the Federal Republican, d. c.,
1913:
Magic, imp.
From the Federal Republican, Balti-
more, Nd:
1Sl1.-Oscar. Bright Phoebus.
From the Cambridge (Md.) Chronicle,
1929: Full-blooded Hunter, Emperor,
dark bay, nearly l6 hands; by Emper-
or, imported by Mr.. Tabs of Virginia,
dam by First Consul.
The New England Galaxy of 1924
says: New York is the only State that
has appointed board of agriculture to
give purpose and method to her county
agricultural society. We believe there
are but two papers in the United States
entirely devoted to agriculture-the
American Farmer at Baltimore, Md,
by j. F. Skinner, and the New Eng
land Farmer at Boston, by L. G.. Fes-
sender.
lS25-G.-None.
Boston Weekly Advertiser, June.
175S. (No. 42)-None.
17Gl.-None.
17G3I-5, none.
Several horses, about Ia hands, adj
vertised to be sold; a very likely negro
boy, also negro woman, etc.
April %, l7GG-Sterlng, more than
half blood, at Roxbury, for one guinea.
TO he sold to settle an estate, a negro
girl etc. Then follow hundreds of ne
} groes advertised for sale, and declared
} to be in prime condition.
-73.-No horse adj
vertisments.
Boston Evening Post, l76G.-Sterling
Conn. New London Bee, 1877, 1900 and
, Norwich Packet, 11Sl-2.-None.
; From the Newport Or. L. Mercury of
, 17G7:
: Black Turk, or the Raven. bred by
: Col. Hopper of Maryland, foaled 100
, l5-l. got by Othello. great-grandson OF
Godolphin Arabian. In Narragansett
at So.
, March IS, 1868, appears the following
notice:
y purse of 500 to be run for on Thurs
day, the 9TH of May next, on the course
( of Easton's beach, free for any horse
t mare or gelding bred in this colony
carrying weight for inches; If hand.
5 carries nine stone and for every incl
over or under to carry seven pounds
/ etc. This isprefaced as follows: Where
e as, the best horses of this colony have
: been sent off from time to time to the
; West Indies and elsewhere, by which the
a breed is much dwindled, to the grea
: detrinent of merchant and farmer
r therefore, number of public-spiritet
/ gentlemen of Newport, for the good O.
the colony, and to encourage the farm
ers to breed better horses for the future
+ have collected purse of 500 to be rur
9 for, etc.
n This also appears: Newport, June
1763.-On Thursday last arrived from
the coast of Africa the brig Royal Char
: lotte with a parcel of extremely fine
: healthy. well-limbed Gold Coast Slaves
men, women. boys and girls. Gentle
). men in town and country have now al
l. opportunity to furnish themselves will
/. such as will suit them. Apply, etc.
e Stolen from VIM. Conn of Hopkinton
Y a blackish brown horse about 1873, pref
c ~ large head, trots and PAGES.
:, ington with some breeding Mares
$ 1863.
Y The Smiling Ball, formerly known b,
!, the name of the Robinson Horse, in New
;. port for 81. Well limbed. good size
g color. carriage and breed.-IIenry Gard
# ner, Jr.
d From an historical sketch by Henr,
d Onderdonk, Jr., in the Brooklyn His
torical library it appears that Gov
o Nichols in l7GS appointed horse rae
l. in Hampstead, l.. l., "not so much, h
It says, for the advertisement of youth a
o for encouraging the lettering of tn
e breed of horses"
e An article from the Farmer of Lon.
h Island of 1929 states that Top Gallan
l., was sired by Coriander and Ariel b,
4; Eclipse, the grandsire of both Messen