Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-19
TO be continued.l
HORSE HISTORY OF STEPHENSON
CO., ILLINOIS.

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FREEPORT. H., Jan. p, 1892.
JOSEPH BATTELL, ESQ,
Dear .Sir:-Your envelopes and paper
came this morning. and | will write YOU
the first of a series of letters, of which |
hope you will not tire, as | have much
to tell you. | should very much like to
spend a few days with you aud talk
over the horse history of Stephenson
county, H., with which | nm very well
acquainted (not to flatteI myself but
have been hunting up pedigrees in
said county for four years and know by
experience what a task it is. | think if
every horseman would do and try las do,
to give all | know, you would not see
the words pedigree unknown to so
great an extent. | will first give all |
know in regard to the Morgans in my
book. | have a large blank book In
which keep track of all stations that
have been brought in the county since,
and a great many that l find | did not
get in my book. | intend to keep a COM
plete stallion record of this county. |
know it will be of value some day. AZ
ter giving you all of the Morgans | will
give you some for the noted American
Horses:
/. aaron Burr.-I have all | can get
in regard to him. | got it from his OWL
er. MIR. ii. W. Knowlton, Pecatonica,
Ill.
,. BHly RanddU-I have seen Billy:
he Is still alive and owned at Lena, III.
He is of the typical old fashioned Nor
gan kind-thc only one | ever saw.
3. billy MOrriH-I never saw him.
| know his breeder and both of his OWN
ners. His pedigree is correct. Later
on | will give you what | know of Weas-
el, the sire of his dam. Black Hawk
Morgan, the sire of his ID dam, was
owned at Rockford. III. Cannot give
his pedigree, and know nothing of Rob
Roy, sire of his third dam. Billy was a
very fine horse; was never trained, but
has trotted quarters in ID seconds. lie
was the sire of a fast PAGER whose name
| will get and send you.
4. Billy Morrill,, Jr.,-I have all | can
get in regard to him. The sire of his
dam was Il Morgan horse, but | cannot
get his pedigree.
>. Black ~Buly-There are a great
many mel who would like to know the
breeding of this horse, but cannot get it,
as he passed through a great many
hands and his pedigree has been lost.
But it was a known fact that he was of
the Black Hawk Morgan family.
g.. Black Iiger-This pedig rec Is cor
rect, as | got it from Mr.. l.. ii. Pickard,
Harlan, Iowa. | have since learned that
his dam was by Tradwell's Abdallah
(sire of Hambletonian 100. Little jim,
his sire, was owned somewhere in Hi
nois, | think at Rockford.
Z. Boeer-Thompson Cockrell, his
owner, never knew much about him,
but others think he was part Morgan.
S. BOTer, Jr..-I have all | know in
my book in regard TO him. | will give
you what | know of Captain Beau
mont and his sons later on.
0. Captain Golddust-Was by Milton
Golddust, also known as Milton juno
ton, as he was owned at Milton June
ton, Wis. | never saw him, but have
seen some of his get he was a very fine
horse, so it is said.
10. Charlie.-Better known as the
(Fetterhoff hOrse), or as Fetterhofrs
Black Hawk. His dam was a gray
mare and was said to be of the Gray
Eagle blood. Mr.. Daniel Blodgett of
Beioit, Wis, owned his sire. He bought
Blodgett's Black Hawk and Keokuk
SAG lin Wallace's Register) in the East
and brought them to Beloit, and the
gray mare Charles dam was sent up
there from this county to be bred.
II. COmet-Cannot get his breeding.
He wasa typical Morgan of the long
ago. | never saw him.
II. Reedy's COmet-He was a hand
some and very stylish Morgan horse.
Mr.. Reedy could not get the pedigree of
his dam, only that she was part Nor
gan. His death was a great loss to our
breeders, as he was a good sire. Mr.. A.
Fowler OF Lena, H., says that Comet