Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-09-11
HISTORY OF TEMPEST, JR.

Edtor Horse Rcrie,c ~ our issue of
July q contains the statement, in ans
wer to :. 7. A., Clarion, Pa, relative to
Tempest. .Jr., "that the whole existence
of this phenomenal sire of PAGERS seems
to be clouded in mystery" Let US see
how much mystery there is regarding
him. In the fall of 1851 George Lyman
of New Albany. Ind, at that time an
official of the l.. y. \. IL G. X. r..
bought Of Frenchman in Detroit, who
stated that he lived at Three Rivers,
Canada. sorrel pacing stallion called
Tempest. All the pedigree Mr.. Lyman
remembers is that he was told that he
was by Redbird, son of Bellaire, dam
untraced. Both he and \. c. Martin.
now of Charleston, H., who afterward
owned Tempest, describe him as a horse
about II hands high, very stout and
muscular and possessed of extreme speed.
either at pacing or trotting. He died in
1876, the property of y. c. Martin, near
New Albany, and left the following sons.
which are known to me: Tempest, Jr.,
to which further reference will be made;
Fearless Tom, who was taken to Texas
and lost sight of; Gray Harry 2:244,
owned by W. II. Smiges, Wabash, Ind,
sire of Little Lot :2O5 and Little Hone
} :2l4 Henry b., sire of Edinburg , :23
the Boone Thompson Tempest. sire of
NanZant :299, and IIoosier Bill. former
ly owned by Henry Burnham, Mechanics
burg. o. He fell dead in a race at Hart
ford, o., and lastly horse called George,
owned by F. NJ. Kinds, Kinds borough,
H. He sired the Wyeth horse, sire of
Monkey Rolla 2:l54, and Kinds claims
several others, but | have not been able
to find any evidence in support of his
claim. Tempest, Jr., the subject proper
of this letter, was very dark ches tnut,
about Isl hands high, heavily boned and
powerfully muscled and of great natural
speed at pacing. He was bred by Samuel
Wymans, who lives, or did live. at Han
cock, Harrison county, Ind, foaled in
the spring of 1859. His dam, Kit, was by
Henry Clay, or Wild Deer, as he was
sometimes called; second dam un traced;
but | have been able to learn that she
was ownei by William Alvir, late of
Salem, Ind, and given by him to his
daughter the day she married John
Breedlove. | still hope to trace her
breeding. | am indebted to a. c. Martin,
tn Al al, i;
gree of Henry Clay: He was sired by
Martins Copperbottom, a large pac-
ing horse that his father bought of
Mason Singleton, somewhere in Ken
lucky, and his dam by Potomac, sire
of Diomed. Martins Copperbottom, by
Craig's Copperbottom, dam by Clifton
Pilot, etc. Tempest, Jr., was taken by
Morgan raiders on their trip through
northern Indiana, and ridden to near
Glendale, o., where he gave out, being
too young to stand rough usage,
and was turned loose on the high
road, badly used up colt. Wyman fol-
lowed and recovered him, with a large
ulcer, resulting from a saddle gall, on
the left side of his spine, full of maggots.
In healing this left mark which he car
ried to- his grave. The following year Wy
man sold or traded him to C. G.. Jamison,
Kossuth, Ind, who owned him one or
two seasons, and then sold him to Alex
Brannaman, Clear Springs, Jackson
county, Ind. He sold or traded him to
Emperor q Lockhart, Valvina, Ind.
They sold or traded him to John Holtz-
apple, near Salem, Ind. He sold or trad
ed him to a man named Coins, near
Campbellsburg, Ind. A. G.. Martin got
him of Coins and brought him to this
state in 1873 and traded him to w. r.
Taylor, hosedale, Madison county. At
his sale he was sold to j. 4. Craig of
Mechanicsburg, O., who sold him to Dan
lei Reese of this county, of whom pur- :