Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-06-16

the best mares on record. All from Old Black
Hawk, making Black Flying Cloud three
quarters Black Hawk. DAVID HILL.
Bridport, Dec. IS, 1886
P. ST. would inform you that Old Black
Hawk died Dec. Ist. D. II.
In regard to the Morgan Horse which got
the fourth dam OF Lou Dillon, and which
understand you to speak of as the Briggs
Horse, do not know that | can help you
much.
In one paper saw him mentioned as the
Wheeler Horse. If this was the horse |
might help some, as the Hon. D. w. Nash, of
New Haven, VT, who knew Mr.. Wheeler
well, and whose father at one time owned this
horse, informs me that there is an error of
about ten years in Volume | OF "The Morgan
I Horse and Register" regarding time when
Mr.. Wheeler took this horse to Wisconsin.
Mr. Nash is quite certain it was about 1855
instead of 1865, as appears in the Register
| This would have taken him to Wisconsin in
time to have got this dam, but, as l under
stand, the Briggs Horse was not the Wheeler
| Horse but some other Morgan horse that
went 10 Wisconsin about 1855 and died about
1883.
Could this have been Smiths Vermont
Morgan, which appears on page 7o7 of Vol.
of the Morgan Register? This, which | I'M
derstand to have been a very excellent horse
by Green Mountain Morgan, went to Wiscon-
sin in 1855 to 1883.
Records which | have found here in old
files Of newspapers, show that King of Cymry
was a rich bay, 10 hands, and imported by
Captain L. b. Mackinnon, to Wisconsin in
1854.
Hills Sir Charles was bright bay, 1874
hands, foaled 1921, bred by James Cook, Oy-
ster Bay, L l., got by Duroc, son OF imported
Diomed; dam said to be by Plato, son OF imp
Messengers second dam by imp. Bashaw and
third dam the celebrated turf mare Lady Full
Ter, from the stock of Capt. Hurd of Virginia.
He was bought in IS25.by Abraham Frost,
Shoreham, Vt, who sold him in 1927 to
David Hill, of Shoreham, afterwards of Bird
port, VT, who kept him many years and adj
vertised him extensively IN Vermont papers
with pedigree as above. Terms S. to 81.
Harvey Yale, Middlebury, VT, born 1902
very excellent Judge of horse, said "Sir
Charles was a smooth, handsome, round
shaped horse l should guess 1872 hands,
Frost kept him at Middlebury one year and
sold him the next to David Hill"
Mr. Frost, Shoreham, VI, in an interview
June rs, 1886, said "Nly brother brought
the Sir Charles Horse to Vermont in 1925,
FIRST blooded horse ever saw here. Sold him
to David Hill"
In connection with this very valuable work
which you have done in the interest of the
American trotter and road horse, ! would sug-
gest that you or our friends IN California take
up the history OF Venus, which appears in this
pedigree, and find out who bred her and her
breeding. For it has been all the time very
plain to me that this was a manufactured
pedigree. 1t is possible that she was by the
half brother Of Venture, but think far more
probable that she is bred entirely Independent
of these lines, and belongs to some other fam
lily, Not that the Willamson's Belmont fam
feeling there is none that is more so. But in
this lies the danger with an untraced pedigree
| Mr. Walace's principle was eminently sound
that you could not know a pedigree without
knowing who bred the animal, but where an
obscure horse is said to be the sire in an un-
traced pedigree it is probably correct other
wise it would not be there. But when the
very best is given 1t at once become doubtful
1t is to be hoped now that we may have a
thorough tracing OF Venus, dam Of Sidney
Dillon, so that the pedigree Of the first two
minute trotter will be thoroughly extended and
without reproach. Perhaps our California
friend, Mr. Gamble, who is very intelligent in
his knowledge and recollection of California
horses, and entirely reliable, will look it up.
Yours very truly,
JOSEPH BATTELL.
Washington, b. C., May 10, 1905.