Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-11-17
PEDIGREE OF PRINCESS.
From CIarIke's Horse Review.I

From Clarkes Horse Review.J
son contributed AN article to we'll
known turf publication in which he took
up the pedigree of Princess, $3.50, dam
of Happy Medium, and intimated that
there was sufficient of the facts bearing
upon the ancestry of this celebrated
mare obtanabe to show that this fam
Gus old matron was sired by a running
horse called MogadOre, that was grand
stead of Andrus' Hambletonian, Mr..
Simpsons language being:
There is no question that Young Mo-
galore was the sire of Princess. This
fact can be established by absolute
proof. Those who are acquainted with
Mr.. Billings would require no further
evidence than his word. But IA year or
two ago all the parties were living and
probably are now.
The position of the Oakland writer is
controverted by Mr.. Bixby, who pres
ents in communication to the American
Horse Breeder the following statement
from Linus b. Adams, a resident of Rut-
land, VT, and the generally accepted
breeder of the dam of the sire of Nancy
Hanks, 2 :04:
In 1915 owned medium-slzed mare
called the Wilcox Mare, that Dough: of
| Nathaniel Cliff. The mare became lame
and bred her to the Ezra Andrus horse,
called Ahdrus' Hambletomian. held
ha Il a nd tnnfI no
service fee. Some time in June, 1916,
this mare foaled Il brown flllv with star
and one white hind foot. | kept the flly
until the fall of 1852, when two men
came to the house, aud traded the colt
for two-horse farm wagon. giving the
colt and SIS for the wagon. One of
these mems name. think, was COwdry,
and the other do not remember.
Some four or five years after this a
man came to my house, saying his name
was Billings, and asked me if | traded
about such time IA young mare for "A
farm wagon. told him | did, showed
him the makers name on the hind axle.
and said that the wagon had proved a
very good one. Mr. Billings told me
that he had owned the mare, that she
had proved very fast and valuable one,
and he had sold her for a large sum
SoOO. DtlltNtJ. he Sdlu He Ildu DeeI
looking for the breeder of the mare and
traced her to me, and wanted to know il
bred her. and | told him all knew
about her breeding.
In talking with Mr.. Billings about the
mare, he asked me if I knew anything
about one of her hind ankles ever having
been injured. He said that since she had
|, been trained for trotting, one of them
had troubled her by swelling and max
ing her a little lame at times. | said yes,
and told him the circumstances. She
: was very difficult mare to catch when
turned out, so put pair of chain fet-
tiers on her, thinking | could catch her
easier. When let her loose she broke
the chain, leaving large part of it at
tached to her hind ankle, jumped over
the fence into the road, and ran almost
wild. She bruised one ankle badly. and
afterwards, if | gave her hard days
work, it would swell and make her q
little lame when she first started out.
, Some time after Mr.. Billings was al
; my house IA man came, calling himself
Thompson. and said he was looking VI
the pedigree of the mare Princess.
told him the same that | did Mr.. Bill
; lings.
/ According to the Information of Mr.
. simpson, the two brothers who TRADED
: the wagon for the mare supposed to be
/ the Princess of later years, obtained {
filly that was four years old and pacel
, at the time the trade was made. This, i
| true, would indicate a case of mistaken
r identity or a lapse of memory on the
the part of Mr.. Simpson, as Mr. Adams
{ says the filly which he traded for (
2 wagon in the fall of 1852 was dropped il
< June, 1916, and would consequently have
t been six years old at that time. Mr.
= Simpsons theory may possibly prove t.
: be correct one, but the old pedigre,
I which makes Andrus' IIambletonian tn,
3 sire of the dam of Happy Medium seems
1 to have the better foundation.