Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-07-31
THE DREW FAMILY

Twenty-Five and thirty years ago no
family was more highly priced in Maine
than was the race of horses which forms
the subject of the present sketch, and
while much of the matter is not original
with me we shall try to bring together
the facts, which will, by being brought
under one heading, cause the thoughtful
breeders of our State to look with inter
est upon the descendants of the Drew
Horse yet left within our limits. This
was bay or brown horse, foaled in 1872,
to give a pen picture which shall do him
justice even from the best description
which can now be given, says a contem-
porary.
He was slightly above u hands in
height and weighed about 1000 pounds
The circumstance which led to his ad-
vent was an accident, he being what 5
termed catch colt. He was fine in form
and finish, according to local historians.
with good style and action, though I'M
trained to trot. He is described as hay
ing shoulders which were extremely
high, broad and deep, throa at well cut W,
with nice crest, face little rounding
(and this characteristic may be observed
in some of his descendants even at the
present day, body small hips long,
limbs large, light name, tail in waves,
and coat of soft, short hair. In regard
to his breeding on the side of his sire but
little is known. \ three-year-old colt
was brought from New Brunswick to
Maine by A. G. Hunt, who lived in Exc
ter, Me-, on farm adjoining that where
Hiram Drew, known as the breeder of
the Drew Horse, resided.
The colt was said to have been brought
from England in his dam, and was called
a thoroughbred standing 1G hands high.
lie was allowed the run of a pasture adj
joining Mr.. Drew's farm, and upon
whose territory he was several times
found. Here he got with the dam of the
Drew Horse, a 15t bay mare, and got by
a grandson of American Eclipse which
was brought into Maine from Connecti-
cut, and the subject of our article is the
result of the mating. Drew's dam in 1913
was taken to Massachusetts, where she
was known as Grace Darling, and after
wards known as Boston Girl, under
which appellation she is said to have
taken a mark of = 81. This we find in
j. w. Thompson's Vol. H., "Noted Maine
Horses"
But two of the Drew Horses get have
trotted in 2 80 or better, these being the
bay horse Gen. Mcclellan, ;2G, dam by
Shark, who is not represented in the = 80
list by any of his get, and Dirigo. , 30,
who has six. Stella, , :23 to wagon in
1867, and Ben Mcclellan, , 30, are in
cuded in the list by Wallace, though the
pedigree of the latter is enshrouded in
doubt. His son Dirigo has six and Win
throp one, that being the second dam of
the phenomenal yearing Freedom, :29i,
while his list of producing daughters
shows the dams of Iolanthe, :3O Iron
Age, 2:l94; Midnight, 2:lS4; Minnie
Moulton, 2:27A, and Volunteer Maid,
2:27.
Dirigo, once known as George B. Me-
Clellan, was foaled in 1853, out of a mare
whose pedigree is unknown. He made
his record of ?; 30 at Belfast, September
2l, 1864. Becoming impotent and phys
ically disabled he was destroyed in 1854.
All of his get in the list are geldngs,
which are Bully Brooks, ? :2s; Camors,
with the gelding of the same name by