Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-05-29

been owned before at Longs in Cam
bridge, n. Y, and that was one of the
best horses in this country. 1t was 20
years ago, when | was 10 years old.
Magnum Bonum lived TO be 80 years old,
and broke his leg. This was the old i'm
ported horse and he was of good age
when | saw him first. He was about the
prettiest horse | eyer saw and pretty
stepping horse. We raised three colts
from him one year and two the next.
lie was a horse 1872, 100 lbs. and looked
little like the Morgans. The Hyde
Horse was Nimrod from Magnum
Bonum mare. Williams owned the old
Nimrod. He was small horse, splen-
did little horse, keen as keen could be.
Harrison Daniels tended the first Morgan
horse | remember Horse was owned at
Rutland, CHI, 1000 lbs. He had him here
years, about 1910. Horse had small
stripe in face and heavy curly name and
tail. Was an active horse and regular
Morgan. Mr.. Conner, Rutland, raised
several colts from him. The horse came
from over the mountain and was owned
by Gould or some of them. The Nor
gans, Hamiltonians, Magnum Bonums
and Messengers were all good horses.
Chatterton owned son of Magnum Bon
um that was a good horse.
For Fishes Morgan Tiger see B. j.
Fiske, Rutland, or Henry Remington,
Rutland.
Mr. Hulett, Pawlet, born 1898, says !:
Fitch Clark, Pawlet, had horse called
Bellfounder, CHI, white face, l5-2, 1000
lbs, about 1850. remember the Judson
Horse, owned by Nathan Judson, brown,
tall and rangy, 1913, 100 lbs. He stood
in Pawlet. was 10 years old.
Mr.. Clark, Pawlet, born 1928, says
| remember the Judson Horse when
was 5 or 8. Fitch Clark brought Barney
Henry and son of his from Fort Ann
way and had them one season at Pawlet,
Dandy and Wallingford-son ugly. My
uncle raised colts from Jim Biggart's
Henry year was - OS43). Wilson of
Jamaica brought stations here - years
ago, one bay, very thick set, lG hands.
1900 lbs, called Green Mountain Nor
gan. He got the Haines Horse, owned
by Jonathan Haines, Middletown. Ed.
Sherman, Tinmouth, VT, had a stallion
lbs. owned him till he died. about 1880.
Another Wilson horse was bay, 900 lbs,
the other chestnut, 1000 lbs, all Nor
gans, | think.
Amos Brown, Pawlet, VT, says; My
grandfather owned fine bay mare. a
pedder stopped over night with him
having stallion, which was turned into
a lot, got with the mare and she had a
cream-colored tilly that would now be
nearly 100 years old if alive. The ped
dler stayed but one night. Father re-
membered the peddler and his horse and
has often told me about it. My father
and uncle kept these cream colored
horses.
Silas Hulett, born 1907, says: The
Brown horses were ambitious kind of
horses; tough little fellows; generally
rather smallsh, 800 to 1000 lbs. They
did not generally have black list on
back. There were a good many Morgans
here 30 or 60 years ago.
5. Ii. Andrews says: Eclipse was here
with Barney Henry, tended by Bagley.
Joshua Hulett, born 1911, Pawlet,
says; The La Touche Horse was got by
La Touche at Schuyerville, n. Y, an
oldish horse when he got him; white
l5-2, 1000 lbs. Philip Clark's Messenger,
, gray, 1872, 100 lbs, was by him, and
about the last colt he got. When Uncle
!. Daniel Hulett died mare went into Kel.
ly's hands, years old when he got her
, Uncle Daniel went up to Middletowl
with Tom Newton and bought twenty.
; four weanling colts in one day, and after
his death these were sold unbroken. The
, Kelly filly, dam of Rounds Horse, was
| one of these colts. | went to Middletown
for Rounds to trace her pedigree, but did
not succeed. Erwin Lille knows abou,
horses were cream, good horses, not very
large.
} Mr.. Bromley, Pawlet, says: DAME
Hulett died August, 1898. Onias was q
son of Daniel. Jr. Silas Hulett carried
on Daniel Huletts farm, and Daniel died
, while Silas was there. Daniel, Jr., dice
, December, 1896. He bought the colts al
, Middletown year or two before. Onia,
Ilulett died in the fall of 1910. He LIVED
on the farm in 1888 with Amos Bromley
: Mrs. Lucretia Bromley would know
= about it. kimball had his horses, Greer
e Mountain Morgan, Messenger and Clan
= Morgan here in 1856. Green Mountain
4 was here two years before. Morgan
Messenger was here one year. DAME
e Clark died fall of 1912. He had gray
D horse by the La Touche Horse, whicl
: was or years old when he died.