Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-06-19

slim built and one of them was vicious"
VIM. Murvin, Bedford, says: ~ came
here in 1892 from England. There were
some Morgan horses here then. The
Black Snakes were here, very good hors-
es, but ugly. There was a spotted Ara
bian here owned by George Vincent of
Cooks Corner The fastest horses in
those days were racking horses, owned
by the Frehchc~b
d. C. AIeggs Of Farnham says: "Joe
Frichette of st. Caesare owned the sire
of Morse, bay horse 1G hands. The old
Belnl horse was owned by the Cooks in
Farnham, who got him of John Garden,
st. Caesare. He was st. Lawrence
horse, bay, II hands, 1000 lbs, a good
horse; was here two or three years. The
Buckskin stock were not fast, but valu-
able. James Ritter of Cowansvile owned
Crozier, running horse. The officers
at Chambley used to have thoroughbred
horses and when they were old used to
sell them. Jupiter Star was bay, l51 hands,
1000 lbs, owned at Sorel, Can, by Burke
and got trotters."
Abel Walker of Whiting, VT, born
1901, saws: screen Island Black Hawk
was bred by me, foaled some 80 years
ago and got by Amos f. Walkers old
iron gray horse Financier. This last
horse was bred by Amos f. Walker, dam
a dark brown, very smart mare that
think he bred; dam of Green Island
Black Hawk, Morgan mare, dark bay,
good size, bred by me, but | do not re-
member the sire. Her colt was good
size, tall, dark bay and very smart. \
young man named Avery that worked in
this neighborhood took him up to Grand
Isle one or two seasons and sold him there.
| owned stallion by Black Lion, son of
Black Hawk, and the sire of the dam of
this horse by Black Lion was the sire of
Green Island Black Hawk. Write to Mel
ger Walker, son of Amos f. A bay horse
of good size called Wildair stood about
here when | was II years old, owned by
man that lived north of Burlington.
Bromley Seeley of Whiting, brother of
Jonathan Seeley of Mddlebury, owned a
pretty good brown horse. The sire of
Amos +. Walkers horse was an old horse
called Financier, not owned by any Walk
err, but stood one season think in an adj
ircent town. The Walker Horse was call
ed Young Financier."
Smith Seeley, Middlebury, VT. says
81 remember the mare that belongs
Ethan was from. a small mare and looked
like a Morgan. Ed. Morton bought a
chunked bay mare. should think Nor
gan mare, of IIedding of Salisbury, VT"
Mr.. Satterly, Ferris burgh, says "There
was a Swift that lived in Bridport, near
Paris Fletcher's, that raised several
Black Hawk colts. | remember pretty
black colt that he had
Smith Seeley says: "James Vallette
raised black stud colt and from bay
mare. $50 lbs, and sold to some one in
Brandon. This was soon after he moved
onto his farm. Horace Cushman would
know about It,"
Mrs. Edward Norton. Nergennes, says 4:
"1'he bay mare bred bv my husband and
sold when four years old to Mr. Bradley
of Middlebury was Il daughter of Green
Mountain Morgan. We called her Dolly
and thought very much of her. This is
the mare that Mr.. Bradley traded to Alex.
Hope, Middlebury, VT, he to Fred Plum
| ley, New Haven, VI, who took her to
! Boston and sold her to sam Moore and
he to Lambert Maynard, both of Bos ton.
She was the dam of Hotspur ~ and
winner of p races, the best, by the record,
OF Ethan Aliens trotters. Louis Hope,
brother of Alex, had already told Us that
the mare was by Green Mountain Nor
gan, but as the pedigree has been given
differently we thought best to see Mrs.
Norton, with above results. Green
Mountain Morgan also got the dam of
Prince Allen, :2G4, son of Honest Allen.
as we learn from the breeder of this mare
in New Hampshire. Mr.. Wallace credits
this last dam to Green Mountain Eagle
and the other, at different times, to Abdal.
lah and True John-all wrong, but about
as correct as the average of his pedigrees
the trouble being. as in most of such
cases. that he knew nothing about il
and made no effort to learn.
Gen. George w. Grandey says: 81
furnished Liberty mares to go to Illinois
in ISIS. Liberty was Il tall, stately, ele
CANT looking English stallion, very SUI
perb style of "A horse, 100 lbs"
John Stanley, Georgia, VT, says MY
father, Edward \. Stanley, bred tn,
horse that went to Ohio and was after
wards known as Davis Flying Morgan
He was got by the Latin Horse"
5. Satterly says: label Palmer o
Charlotte had black horse, 10 hands
100 lbs"
Mr.. - Jericho, VT, says "Dr