Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-03-30

and his dam was never claimed to be "a
Duroc mare" AS given in this entry.
Then, again, he is registered as foaled in
1914, and Judson'. Hambletonian Is
given as having died in 1871. 1t is quite
possible, indeed probable, that both
these dates are wrong, and that 'Sir
Henry" might have been the sire of Rat
tier, but, as stated, the entry could not
have been that in DR.. JudsOn's book of
1881.
On lint, queer and interesting, indeed.
are the entries in this old day-b book.
Typical New England names enough
there are to furnish drdmdtis persona for
another "Old Homestead" County
Fair" and Peaceful Valley" aud We
can imagine that some Of these old YER
mouters were quite of the types of
"Joshua Whitcomb,' "Seth Perkins"
and ICY Prime" Human nature at least
was the same then among country
horsemen" as now, for some of the bills
were paid promptly, some were not paid
for years, some in part, and some never.
Nathan Stoddard "bred the best mare
in the county," but apparently forgot to
pay the fee; James Cook "bred one
mare" and paid in hay and in lime /;
"Old Man Tailor bred gray mare and
~ am to have the colt at four months
and "A half old and pay twenty dollars
but whether the bargain was ever con-
summated the record does not show.
Experience Barrows was a good GUS
toner, but Experience did not seem to
have the best of luck, "no colt no pay
being the general record; but esquire
Bacon of Sunderland" had better luck
and Ezra Robinson also seemed friendly
to the doctors horse, and Dorastus Fitch
paid promptly. Deacon Harmon and
King Beebe both bred the same day, but
the deacon, after the manner of deacons,
stood the doctor off till the fall, but sold
Judge More" was punctual. and Squire
Hanks paid leash in hand" while Jacob
Edgarton paid in wheat, and Judge
IelllDOne dIlOWeu >. JuusOn 10 Seltle lot
him Sc bill with So note. Joel Bas-
sett paid spot cash the same day that
Ozias Clark settled half his bill in apples
and so on in their exact way the yell
low leaves on which the ink has been
dried for more than sixty years tell their
quaint story of "horse business" in Yer
mont in the early thirties. MAC.
We publish above article in full from
Clark's Horse Review. The fact of
especial interest is the appearance of
the old stud book. We held, ourselves, a
part of the stud books of the Andrus
Horse. AS usual, all the parties blunder
when they go to guessing, illustrating
Socrates assertion that "opinlons are bad
all although MACS" remarks about
the dam of the Bishop horse are I'M
do Ibtedly correct. There is not only
not the slightest evidence that she was
by Shark, but, on the other hand, posi-
tiv4 proof, from so high authority as
Mr.. Cadwallader, that her breeding was
unknown.
Mac. who never looked up the his
tory of Andrus' Hamitonian, thinks that
Mr.. Thomson. who looked the matter
up quite carefully, is wrong as to his
breeder. There is nothing uncommon
in this. 1t is, indeed, very natural FOR a
man to place his own ignorance above
another mans knowledge.
Mr.. Thompson, however, is right. We
more information than Mr. Thomson
gathered and know that he is right
about the purchase of the Andrus
horse by Mr.. Andrus.-ED. REGISTER.