Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-05-03
THE DRENNONS.
EDITOR MIDDLEBURY REGISTER


Before begin ming the history of the
Drenno1 family of northern Illinois. |
will say that |, like Mr.. Battell, think
that large portion of the Canadian sires
of the early day, such as st. Lawrence.
Copperbottom, Tom Hal, Pilot, Davv
Crockett, Faro, and others of note, carry
a large percent of Morgan blood in their
veins, if all things could be traced nm.
Possibly many of the them trace their
lineage to the Hawkins Horse, son of
Justin Morgan, that was owned in Cam
ada for many years. The Drennons of
Stephenson and Carroll counties. Uli-
nois, originated from Taylor's kentucky
Drennon. lofty bay horse, foalded
about 1856, bred in Kentucky, sired bv
Brlnker's Drennon, son of Blackburn's
Davy Crockett, fast Canadian PAGER,
As to the breeding of his dam, am I'M
able to state it, as his pedigree was lost
in fire (when Mr.. Taylors stable was
burned. He was brought from Ken.
lucky to Freeport, ILL.,, by S. F. Taylor,
about 1862, and was owned by him for
several years and sold later to Elijah
Bailey of Mount Carroll, ILL.,, whose
property he died in February, 1870. He
was typical saddle and harness stallion
Of high order, and left excellent stock.
Prominent among his sons kept for
stock purposes was Barnes Drennon
Dr., bay horse, foaled 1868, bred by Will
liam Barnes, Yellow Creek, Ill. His
dam was Fanny, by Hawkins's Morgan,
son of Hale's Green Mountain Morgan !;
second dam Hattie, by a Bulrush Morgan
Horse (probably Luke Farwell's Little
Rather, a Bulrush Morgan Horse).
Drennon Jr. was fine horse and left
good stock. He was sold to David
Young of Lena, ILL.,, and died his pro-
perty in 1877.
A fine son of Drennon Jr. was Ken
lucky Bay, handsome bay horse, foaled
1873; dam Lucy, by Captain Beaumont,
son of Henry Clay, by Hills Black
Hawk; second dam Lucy, by Gray Hawk
Morgan; third dam Lucy, by Duroc of
Jefferson county, n. Y. (The above
dams were all bred in the Barnes and
Waterman families.) Kentucky Bay was
bred by Adelbert Barnes and taken by
him to Red Oak, Ia, where he died in
1890. He was very stylish horse and
left good stock in Iowa.
Probably the foremost of the sons of
Kentucky Drennon was Browns Taylor,
who took his name from the owner of his
sire. Taylor was bay horse, foaled
May 81, 1866, bred by C. j. Brown,
Dakota, III. His dam was a fine chest
nut saddle mare, called Nell, brought
from Missouri, and was of Morgan and
thoroughbred blood. (She was also the
dam of another fine chestnut stallion,
called Fred, who was by Jehu, son of
Pyles' Arabian, by Farwell's Arabian
Nell was splendid individual and pro-
duced excellent stock. Her two stallion
sons were among the finest stock horses
ever bred in these parts. Taylor was
always owned by his breeder, and died
his property, May o, 1892. Taylor was
horse of fine finish, with lots of natural
style; typical Kentucky show-hor
and thoroughly broken to harness, single
and double. lie was an excellent stock
horse, his get being of good size, with
plenty of style and noted for their fine
heads and necks, for which al so their sire
was noted.
Quite number of Taylor's sons were
kept for breeding purposes, probably the
best being Fred Taylor, dark chestnut
horse, foaled 1850, also bred by c. j.
Brown. His dam was Sally, by Captain
Beaumont; second dam by Fetterhon's
Black Hawk Charlie; third dam by SLOT
zer's Shylock; fourth dam by Potter's
Greyhound. His dams were all fine
mares, and all from noted slres of Nor
gan and thoroughbred blood. Fred
Taylor has always been owned by his
breeder, and is still living. lie has been
horse with lots of style and action and
good sire. He has won several premi-
ums in the show ring. He was trained
short time, and entered in four races, che
could trot liz , :35 without much train
ing), and got record of 80.
Mr.. Brown also bred Romeo, a chest
nut horse, foaled 1882, a full brother to
Fred Taylor and a fine horse, but he died
when three years old. Another fine son
of Taylor was Harry Haven. roam
horse, foaed 1873, bred by Mr.. Brown.
His dam was Ruby, by Captain eau
mont, son of Henry Clay, by Black
Hawk; second dam by Seeley's Golden
/ sun VI bIttD MtuDtdlD Morgan :.
third dam by BARRIERS Wild Cat, son of
Rhules' Canada Lion. Harry Haven was
a fine horse and left good stock. He was
the sire of the dams of two prominent
stations, namely, Grover and Donald
McGregor.
Still another son of Taylor noted for
his beauty, style and action is Bonnie
Taylor, bay horse, foaled July +, 1855,
bred by A. IL. Brown, Dakota III. His
dam was Maud Richmond, a noted mare
for speed and style, by Richmond Boy
(2:374), son of Tippoo Sab, by Brooks
Black Hawk; second dam Phillips, by
Dick CONSERVATION, son of Imported
CONSERVATION (thorougbred) third dam
Beauty Phillips, by Leache's Black
Hawk, son of Hills Black Hawk. Bon
ME Taylor is typical show ring horse
and the sire of high class drivers.