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


HambletOnian-lS30 to 1892 inclusive.
Therein is the record OF The sowing o1
seed which contributed to the iihre and
bloom of the sweet flower, "Our Nancy
The recent statement published ~ y"ui
paper verifying the long-accepted breed
in Of Princess, VIZ, by Ahdrus llalnOle-
tuniau, by Judsun's llambletUniau. lends
interest. Regarding the record in the
stud book of the service OF Judsons
lIambletonian 10 the Andru> mare. you
will note that Mr.. Andrus was an honest
man. His account Is marked paid.
Observe the description OF the mare
Mr.. Andrus' best "Englsh mare. Now
TO what deem more important, ;his old
tale of tales" by what was writ in "black
and white" shows that Sir Henry, sire
of Biggart's Rather. that figures in the
pedigree of many II trOtter aud Judsons
HambletOnan were one and the same
horse. and not, rs Wallace has them.
separate horses. The subdivision of the
-tud record, thus, "the second season OF
The horses" proves cOnclusively there
was but one horse, and the son OF the
owner, who is now living, states this to
be true. DR.. Edward Judson was simply
prOfuse in nOmenclature-"TO service to
Hambletonian,'' "rO service to Sir
Henry" $50 service to Fitz Henry" $40
service to Henry the First, 10 service
to Henry" "'Io service to Old MagnuS."
etc. He was well known AS Sir Henry.
On page twelve You will find James
Biggart, June 8, 1880, bred his Duroc
mare to Hambetonian or sir Henry.
Therefore believe JudsOn's tlambleton-
ian is the sire of Biggart's Rather, and
the records now separated should be
credited to the one. Enough; your eX-
pert who is more familiar With the names
of ancient horses and hOrsemen may
find within the covers truths that,
though over sixty years bound, may
bring "murder out"
William Judson, the son of DR.. Ed
ward JudsOn, in sending me this book
wrote: 81 was quite young when the
horse died Che was twenty-one years old
when he died). MY recOllectiOns are
that he was black, except one white
fetlock. have often
heard my father say that when he had
the blues he would drive Sir Henry and
he went so majestically that it would
cure the blues" JudsOn's HambetOn-
ian, as | understand it, was bred by my
grandfather, Sheldon Judson, near Paw
let, VT, and sold to his brother, DR.. Ed
win Judson.
I'm the first volume of the Wallace
Register Andrus HambetOnian, the sire
of Happy Mediums dam, is registered
thus:
Hambletonan (Andrus'), br h, foaled
about 1910; got by Judson's Hambleton-
ian; dam not traced. Owned by Mr..
Andrus, Pawlet; sold to G. A. Austin,
Orwell. sent west by Mr.. Wetherbee.
1854, and died in Muscatine county,
Iowa, in 1857.
We think that Mr.. JudsOn is wrong in
his presumption as to the entry that
marked the getting of Andrus' Handle
tonian, and that MIR. Thomson is wrong
in his history. The Andrus people,
brothers presumably, bred frequently
to DR.. Judson's horse. The first entry
charged to an Andrus books "Willi m
Andrus to the use of horse to one mare
If with fOal SO: If not, 49," but fails to
say whether the mare caught or not.
This was July >, 1890. The next entry,
and the one that Mr.. Judson believes re-
suited In Andrus' Hambletonian, is
dated May, 1881, and reads: "John An
drus (of Danby) DIR. to the use of Henry
(the first) to his best English mare, SO.
Received pay for above, 49," Under
date of May Is, of the same year,
Ezra Andrus (Of Danby)" is charged
with ''the use of horse to two mares.
Sc" and the record shows that on Feb.
10 of the next year he paid the amount,
the natural presumption being that he
got two toals. Again, June l, 1882,
probability, from dates, ETC., the same
two as were bred the previous year,
and this time there is no question about
the result, for old DIR. Judson writes
under the entry; March, 1888; received
pay for two colts" Dated July 6,
1882, is charge against civilian Par
IRISH or +. Andrus" for "the use of the
horse to one bay mare by the warrant"
and as the warrant was paid 1t seems
sure that the mare had foal. 1t would,
therefore, seem that Ezra Andrus bred
certainly four, and possibly five, colts
from Judsons Hambletonan in the
"Vereu by the old stud book be-
years W.:
fore US.
The history compiled by Mr.. Thomson
shows that the owner Of Andrus' Ham
betonian was Ezra Andrus, not William
who bred "hs English mare" the one
whom Mr.. Judson presumes to be the
dam of Andrus' Hambletonian. Mr..
Thomson says that Ezra Andrus Gin
lS3l) bought Andrus' HambletonIan
and his full brother, but from the record
is it not far more probable that he bred
the two, asst is shown that he bred in
three successive years to DR.. Judson's
horse, and that foals resulted IN at least
1882 and 1888? Having bred two mares
to Judson's Hambletonian In the spring
of 1881, why should Ezra Andrus wish
to buy TWO colts by that horse in the
fall of that year? The presumption
from the old book is that Ezra Andrus
bred the sire of Princess; that he was