Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-04-19
THE BLACK HAWKS. NO. 3

on the Black Hawks OF Stephenson
county, was in error when | said there
we're three distinct branches of the Black
Hawk family In this locality. | should
have said five branches Fetterhoff's
Black Hawk Charlie, Rhut's Black
Hawk, Black Billy, The Beaumonts and
two separate branches descended from
Potter's Black Hawk .(LIttle JIM of
Rockford, ILL.,, of whose descendants in
our county will now write.
Black Tiger was a black horse, 1858,
bred at or near Rockford, ILL.,, sired by
Little Jim (Potter &c Mller's Black
Hawk, son of Hills Black Hawk: dam
got by Abdalah, son of Mambrino.
Black Tiger was brought to Freeport,
H., and sold to S. o. Pickard, Eleroy,
H., in 1857, for $500; kept in in Eleroy
in 1858 50; was then taken by Mr.. Pick
ard to Mt Morris, ILL.,, and made two
seasons there. Brought back to Eleroy
and kept there until the spring of 1865,
and taken to Iowa county, Iowa, where
he stood till he died in 1871. Black
Tiger was a fine horse and an excellent
sire of line horses. lie had a record of
. 40 as three-vear- old, and was the sire
of Honest John, , :35, and Flora Hanson,
300.
Honest John was fine black stallion,
foaled 1859, bred by John Parsons, Wins
low, Ill. His dam was the Parsons mare,
sired in all probability by Fuller's Eclipse,
son of Canadian Eclipse, and out of a
Rainbow mare. A. three year-old he
got a record of 3 10 at Warren, H., in
race, and trotted so well that the crowd
named him then and there Honest John.
Later on he was sold to S. o. Pickard,
owner of his sire, Black Tiger, and by
him was taken with his sire to Iowa in
1861 as stated above. and later sold to
New York parties. where he afterwards
took record of , :35. lie left good
stock in Iowa.
Another excellent son of Black Tiger
was Valiant, chestnut horse, foaled 1861,
bred by G. NJ. Macomber, Winslow, H..
dam Fashion, also bred by Mr.. Macom-
Der, got by Cream Silver Tail, fine
cream -colored horse with silver name and
tail owned by Charles Webster Of Wins
low, supposed to be of Arabian blood.
Valiant was very handsome horse. He
was sold in 1865 to John Wales of Wins
low and later TO parties at Lena, Ill. He
left excellent stock. Still another son
was Buckshot, black horse, foaed in
1859, bred by Lewis Rube, Willow, Ill.,;
dam Jane, brown mare, also bred by Mr..
Ruble and got by Kentucky Whip; 2nd
dam, Nance, roam mare, bred by John
Ruble, got by the Irwin horse, bay
horse brought from Ohio in an early day
by David Irwin. Buckshot was a fine
horse and fast as runner. He left good
hardy stock. He was later sold to John
Ruble, who sold him to Henry Gable,
Yellow Creek, ILL.,, afterward taken to
Firth, Neb.
Probably the best son of Black Tiger
as sire and whose blood Is still kept
among our breeders was Black Barney,
black horse, foaled 1864, bred by Elias
Hamburger, Eleroy, H., who says that
his dam was fine mare of Morgan
blood. He was sold when colt to
Jacob Zimmerman, Freeport, H., whose
property he died in 1886. His get are
among the best horses of the country.
Mr.. Zimmerman raised six stations from
him, all fine horses. Principal among
them was Selim |, black horse, foaed
1874. His dam was Codey, gray mare,
also bred by Mr.. Zimmerman, got by
Captain Beaumont, son of Henry Clay,
by Black Hawk; 2nd dam Dolly, by
Bradendall's Tiger Whip, fast quarter
horse. In 1875 he raised Prince, gray,
full brother to Selim /; and in 1882 he
raised Selim IL, a bay, also full brother
to Seiim ]. They were all fine horses
and left good stock.
Another branch of the Potter Black
Hawks owned here were descended from
SCOTS Black Hawk, black, foaled 1874,
bred and owned by Mr.. Scott of
Durand, H., a son of Potter's Black
Hawk and a fine horse. He got
excellent stock, but had bad disposition.
The best son of SCOTS Black Hawk
was Black Warrior, also known as
George and as the Col. Davis Horse,
black horse, foaled 1876, bred by George
Pettingill, Durand, Ill. His dam was
fine gray mare, breeding unknown. He
was sold when young horse to Col. j.
A. Davis. Davis, H., and ridden by him
in the Civil war and from whom he was
shot off and killed. After Colonel Davis
was killed his remains were brought to
Freeport in box car, and in the same car
was also brought his famous Black
Hawk stallion George. The remains
were taken from the car and placed in
hearse, George was saddled and bridled
and followed the hearse without being
led from the depot to the court house.
SO says l.. l.. Mum, a prominent citizen
of Freeport at that time, who soon after
wards purchased George of Mrs. j. A.
Davis, and says of him; Gle was the
best broken horse | ever saw. | kept
him number of years and sold him to
p. b. Ring of Elgin, H., who took him
TO Colorado
Another son of SCOTS Black Hawk
was Scott, black horse, foaled 1856, bred
by j. A. johnson, Durand, Ill. His dam
was fine sorrel Morgan mare, brought