Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-08-23
THE AMERICAN HORSE
Dan Patch, I-32.


by w. L. Simmons, Lexington, KY; got
by Young Jim, son of George Wilkes:
dam Lady Adams, bay, bred by Charles
vealie, Washington Hollow, N. Y, got
by Cassius NJ. Clay Jr. (Neaves) son of
Cassius M. Clay; I'd dam said to be by
Jupiter son of Long Island Black Hawk.
Sold to Patton and Tribby, Remington,
Ind.
Pedigree of Pacing Abdallah sire of I'd
dam.
Pacing Abdallah (late Joe Love-
brown, foaled 1861; bred by JAS T. Tai
bot, Millersburg, Kentucky; got by Alex
ander's Abdallah, dam Lydia Talbot,
brown, foaled 1856, bred by VIM. Moore,
got by Taylor Messenger. son of Gen.
Taylor (pacer and trotter). I'd dam, bay
bred by VIM. Moore, given to his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Robert Collier, afterwards
owned by Harmon D. Ayers, Bourbon
Co., sire unknown; said to be a catch
colt. Sd dam Doll, said to be by Yarn
ellis Whip; 4th dam, Tib, by Morning
Glory, son of Meloy's Comet; and 9Th
dam the Gid Houston Mare. Sold to W..
H. Wilson, Cynthiana, KY. Sire of two
trotters (2;2st) sire Up. II dams of Is
trotters, PAGERS.
PACING ABDALLAH.
Talbot Brothers in letter of Sept. 26,
1906 write: Lydia Talbot was by Tay-
lor Messenger. l think our father got
her of H. D. Ayers, Breckenridge,
Caldwell County, Mo. She was saddle
mare very game could trot but not fast
She was dam of Trotting Sister, bay
mare, foaIed 1868, natural trotter; had
she had a chance would have made g
race mare sure. You will see grea'
many good ones trace back to her."
Pedigree of Yellow Jacket, sire of Be
dam:
Yellow Jacket Wells, bay blacl
points, 16 hands, 1850 lbs, foaled abou
1851, bred by George W. Wells, May
Lick, KY, got by Yellow Jacket, pac
ing horse said to have been brought from
Canada: dam stylish bay mare, said t.
be by Cooks Whip. Sold 1876 to Charlie
Williams, Mays Lick, KY, who kept hin
one or two years and sold to r. NJ
Wells, Helena, KY. Previous to 1876 h
had been kept mainly at the farm, wher
he was bred; was also at Georgetown
: O., and Cynthiana, Ky. Died 1878 or
Stock mostly bay or sorrel of kind dis
position, and great intelligence, and fin
) style and action.
We have received the following ex
cellent letters concerning this horse:
, Maysville, KY, Nov. 81, 1905.
Mr.. Joseph Battell.
Dear Sir -
, Yours of the 18th received, an
5 | will endeavor to give you all the in
3 formation asked for that | can, hopin
} that it will be of use to you in your work
I Wells Yellow Jacket was bred, raise
/ and owned all his life by Geo. w. Well
on an adjoining farm to the one | wa
: raised on. l knew the horse when bo
and still remember his appearance, bu
t on account of his popularity and tn
merit and quality of his produce Ia nun
! Der of which handled myself as saddl
e horses) / have heard great deal. II
: was bay horse with black points 1853
hands high, good bone, and full made
;. weighed about 100 lbs. He was a natl
!. raj PAGER but was never allowed to G
that gait, he was trained as Ky. saddl
horse, and was very successful in tn
show rings graduating at all the fairs
reach aad defeating most all the bes
/, saddle stations of his day and his pre-
: duce were great prize winners in tn
o show rings. He sired Thos L. Young
e 2:l91s who was one of the very best PEE
: formers on the Grand Circuit of his da
and the mare Toln Maid, 1898, wa
> claimed to have been sired by him du
# ing a season he made in Ohio but we
II accredited to another horse. Now tn
|, Y. j. have described was sired by du
/. horse called Yellow Jacket also, VIII
e was brought with his dam when co
v to this country from Canada and bougl
s and owned all his life by the aboy
y George w. Wells. Don't think he live
to be an old horse, have always heard h
e was very fast PAGER (but never trained
e and that his dam was very fast maj
s and raced in Canada and some in Ne
:. York. The dam of the bay horse was b
b the thoroughbred horse Cooks WIFI
d This is as far as l know his pedigree
IS Mr. Wells also owned Morgan stallIO
called shooting Star" that he bougl