Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-06-22
HORSE DEPARTMENT.
A Letter From Canada.
(Concluded)


which of its buildings, the miniature
copy of Montreal .u..,.1 -.
but interested the horses
single with three good sized
the buggy They rapidly to be readily ovetaen but stopped
the the hill for with another party which gave me an
opportunity enquire the breeding and the price
Wilkes; Morgan size about
1872; weight 1O4O pounds conformation very near perfect and disposition
Black Morgan Green Mountain
My preliminary
miles Quebec For this trip left sheraooke
arriving a Mary p m u
At first and probably for half the distance the railroad followed the St
which lumber
ground from which large
for Other villages with other Catholic Churches we'll built
of
promising roughe heavily
forests, mainly tout. ''~
highest Asbestos mine with considerable mining
than half of the
world the other half coming largely from Italy 49,.
have this mostly the number
the Superintendent Education for
wonderful valley extending from the northeast miles perhaps hour
including which
hills highly cultivated presents
magnificent appearance with hundreds not thousands of comfortable farm
graceful Catholic church told the place had
My visiting Mary
prominent
ANU! -o I =. ~, W. 1,; ~, V anu CIV M
prominent in breeding
by Mr. Terrence
he by Louis Barbeau of La Prairie
This stallion the pedigree of Thundercud
u Government their breeding in Colorado and also that
McGregor.
when arrived St Mary where encountered attack
of talking protesting
good English that we would not give up until we decided h"t to do an(
young replied quite little
stant.y replied hotel
the road and road that Seeing the interpreter had horse
the
escorted to the hotel
good deal than that for we have seldom abete cooked steak
luscious boiled Evidently the native adapted tn
soil of Canada.
The young talked English promptly hand
his through the village comfortable
house with comfortable barn adjoining
present perhaps
dead for some years. had always horses both breeding buying them
getting imported
England This he Possibly he might
from the States but his business sell them at home take ther
especially Maine and sell them That he had taken
excellent horses Maine including valuable stations and
noned fren hge ABOUT o nanos ana ue as' ~ ne sofa III
This French Tiger he thought belonged the old stock of huny Beau
1t became Vermont Boy alias French Charlie had
France anywhere unless from the States by Louis Barbea
with the best information ha
when recording the horse The Morgan Horse and Register VOL
had Louis Babeau
La Prairie and asked Mr. Barbeau there others had been his name
the He other branch the family who had lived
Montreal and possibly at La Prairie though he had never heard OF any ot.
his father named Louis and he did not know there others who dealt
horses He referred Mr. Baraeau cashier savings bank in Mons
and who quite a elderly
Mr. Barteau showed excellent ong bred stations which
impossible have answered question
any intelligent
, Province of Quebec-than
the Shrtrooke
futile
inquiries Wilkes feeling strongly
! posed purchase
m. dinnx interviewed tn
Joseph Duod Sherrooke He said tn
dam was very superior a mare pounds
O James of her
him Knowton and futer concerning CpperbOom
Washington him.
who had omerl
for
Mr. Pibus and accuae
ohadf
Stuke
Pacific and, through Eastman