Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-09-25

Koulikhan was sold In Philadelphia for
fifteen hundred silver dollars.
April 2, 179l The well-known, beauti
full full-blooded bay horse Cumberland, at
the stables of Stephen Hanson, near Yer
Planck's mills, and at the stable of Mr..
Aaron Stockholm, at Hopewell Cum
berland is out of the noted horse Old
Rainbow, and his dam was the beautiful
full-blooded mare Fair Rachel, which
was as fine mare as any on Long Island.
Cumberland is full fifteen hands and one
inch high, remarkably well made, strong
and bony, either for draft, saddle or
hunting. ~ f~xt~S,
April ,, l79l : The noted English horse
Tom Rogers, at the stable of Job Slo-
cum, Pawlng town. Tom Rogers was
sent from England by Lord Stirling to
Gen. Burgoyne. He is fifteen hands
high, lengthy, strong and bony, and high
carriage.
Poughkeepsie Journal, April ., 1891
The well-known, beautiful bay horse
Ranger. Ranger is full sixteen hands
high, remarkably well made, strong and
bony, either for draught or saddle. At
the stable of John F. Vermont, four miles
below Poughkeepsie, near Lattimore's
ferry.
March %, 1892 Bosphorus. at Oswego
and Staatsburgh, alternately, at the
stables of Hezekiah Collins and George
Ackert Bosphorus' sire and dam were
imported by Coy. Sharp (of Maryland) !;
he is a jet black, full fifteen hands and
one inch high, with bone, muscle and
figure sufficient to attract the notice of
breeders of good horses. Bosphorus was
got by Brilliant, out of the Maid of the
Mill, his grandam Selma, his great
grandam Old Selma, bred by Lord
Godolphin. Brilliant was got by Badger,
his grandsire was got by Lord Ched-
worth's BOsphorus, justly esteemed the
best twelve-stone horse then in England,
the Maid of the Mill was got by Othello,
and her dam by Childers.
April ,, 1922 Nimrod at the stable of
Thomas easy Gin Rawlings town on
Chestnut Ridge in Dutchess Coz. MIN
rod is eight years old this spring, got
by llerod out of favorite well-bred
hunting mare got by Atlas he is a
brown horse, sixteen hands and a half
high, of great beauty, bone and strength,
and extraordinary carriage; moves equal
ly gay, lofty and fine as any horse in
the State; is a very fast trotter, free
from all manner of blemishes, and is
a full-blooded imported horse, being kept
only two seasons in America. one in New
Jersey and the other in Rhode Island.
Poughkeepsie Journal May II, 1892
At the stable of Thomas Mitchell, Esq.
of Pawlng-town, in Duchess Co., the
full-blooded horse Old Motion. He is {
: most beautiful bay, with Il black name
tail and legs, full fifteen hands high, anC
is allowed by competent Judges to be on,
of the best horses in America. As Motor
is so well known, and his stock sufficiently
proved in the United States, it would b,
"A DEPRESSION to trace his pedigree farthe
than he was got by Wildair, which hors,
covered in this country four seasons, wa
then by particular orders repurchase d
carried to Europe, and was in the yea
1888 covering at thirty guineas pc
mare.
Also the beautiful young horse Hercu
les; he is one of the best coored horse
in the State, was got by Old Motion, ant
> his dam was the fine mare Clarissa, VIII,
l was bred by Judge Jones of Long Is
land, and got by that elegant full-blood
ed horse Old Lath. As the blood of thes
horses is so well known, there needs n,
encomum on his pedigree. Hercules i,
= four years old this spring.
March ~, 1888 The noted Englisl
imported horse Tom Bogus. Tom Bogu
will be at the stable of Henry Smith il
= Beekmantown, on Monday, the 22d o
: April, and then will be removed to thu
stable of Job Slocum.
March ~, 1893: At the stable OF Isaa,
Merritt and Isaac Huestis in the Min,
Par ners, Washington town, that beauti
full. blooded bright bay horse Grand Sa
: chem. He is five years old this spring
1 was got by that famous horse the Figure
: and the Figure by the noted imported
: horse Old Figure, his dam by the full
: bloOded horse Othello and his grand
E dam by that well known horse Lath. II,
is II hands three inches high, of grea
= beauty. bone and strength and extraordi
nary carriage.
! Poughkeepsie Journal, April 10, 1893
Grand Turk, at the stable of Jane
Cooper, in Fishkill, and at the stable o
Richard Everett, in Poughkeepsie
: Grand Turk is the first saddle horse il
the State; is a chestnut sorrel, siXteel
hands high, and is seven-eighths Nara
: gansett, strong and bOny, and his car
riage equal to any horse. The giving
long pedigree of horses has become s,
> ridiculous that the owners of this hors,
: will not trouble the public with any