Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-03-02
JOSEPH BATTELL,
Middlebury, vt.
PRINCESS, 2:3O, DAM OF HAPPY
MEDIUM, GRANOAM OF NANCY
HANKS, 2:O4.
From Amer can Horse Breeder

MEDIUM GHHNORM OF NAiNOI
HANKS, 2:o4.
From American Horse Breederl
1t has been matter of just pride to
every Vermont horseman that one of
the most famous mares he world has
ever produced, all things considered,
was bred, fOaled and spent more than
six years of her early life among our
green hills. 1t is doubtful if kentucky,
with her noted "blue-gra trotters ;
California, the land of sunshine and of
flowers, the home of Electioneer, Palo
Alto, Arion and the Sidneys; New York,
that gave us the wonderful Flora Temple
and the mighty Dexter, taking into the
account the circumstances that surround
ed her, her performances and her pro-
geny, have ever produced the superior
of Princess q 800. 1t is honor enough,
and we have a right to be proud of the
fact that we produced the dam of Happy
Medium, the sire of 81 in the 2 80 list,
among them such stars as Make Cobb,
the first trotting stallion to get record
of 2:134, and the peerless trotting queen,
Nancy Hanks cop.
That all attempt should be made to
rob Vermont of this honor is perhaps
not to be wondered at, when we reflect
that scarcely a noted trotter has ever
appeared upon the turf that there has
not at some time been controversy
thoir na1inraa If If nt all oh
scure. But that such a man as Joseph
CaIrn Simpson, on the slimmest Of all
evidence, or no evidence at all, should
publish in his pretended history of this
mare the statement that "there is no
question that Young Mogadore was the
sire of Princess:" "that fact can be
established by absolute proofs sur.
prise and a disappointment to all lovers
of the truth. 1t shows how little some
men care for their reputation for hon
esty and truthfulness. am glad to say
that after quite a spirited controversy,
and at a considerable expense of time
and money, | am able to completely
overthrow Mr.. Simpsons "absolute
proof" and establish beyond all con
troversy the fact that Princess was by
Andrus Hambletonian, and to give a
true history of the mare from the time
she was foaed on the farm of Lucius
B. Adams of Middletown, VT, till she
went into the hands of ID. A. Gage of
Chicago.
In the early forties there lived in Mid
dletown, Vt, a young farmer, Lucius
b. ACams, who owned Il bright bay
mare called the Wilcox mare. that he
got of one Nathaniel Cliff. The pedi-
gree of this mare is probably correctly
given in Walace's Register as by Bur-
dicks Engineer. Irregular COrrespOn-
dent of Glens Falls, n. Y, states in a
letter published in the Breeder of Dec.
2, 1893, that "if any of your readers will
turn to vol. IN, page 375, of Wallace's
Monthly, they will find detailed and
accurate statement of the breeding of
the Isaiah Wilcox mare" Irregular
Correspondent" at the request of j. II.
Wallace, investigated the breeding of
TINS mare some wears ago.
Mr.. Adams says of this Wilcox mare
''She was about hundred ponds heavier
than her daughter Princess, a bright bay,
lighter color in the TANKS, and consider
able white about the face and nose. You
must remember that when she came into
my hands she was well along in years
and had seen a great deal of hard work
and had become slow, but for all this
never drove such a roader for an old
team horse IN all my life. You could
use the whip some at the start, and then
lay it by and ride as fast as you would
care to. She had great strength and en-
durance, and never showed WEAKNESS,
and have no doubt that Princess took
her great strength, resolution, endurance
and courage largely from her dam" Mr..
Adams says that the published likeness
of Princess bears a strong resemblance
TO the Wilcox mare.
In the spring of 1915 Mr.. Adams bred
this Wilcox mare to Andrus Handle
tOnian. Some time In June, 1916, she
produced from this breeding a dark bay
filly with one white hind foot and some
white in the face. Mr.. Adams says !:
''She was foaled In the pasture. In the
morning when was driving up the COWS,
saw colt skipping around the mother.
On going up to them | saw 1t was