Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-03-25

4I4. Many or the best horses were
kept and stood at Woodstock As
the farmers of Pomfret did their
trading at Woodstock. they had
access to these horses
There was large number of
noted high-bred ones advertised to
stand at Woodstock In Spooner's
Vermont Journal is the advertise
ment of the horse, Grand Duke, full
blooded, l6 hands, black. Pomfret,
VT, May I'd, 1894 Pascal p Tyler.
In the same paper is the adver-
tisement of Oliver Hutchinson of
Pomfret, for the three fourth blood
ed horse Cincinnatus, May 5, 1894.
In the same paper for May 5,
1897, Henry Ainsworth of Pom
fret advertises Old Valiant, seven
eighths blooded, l6 2 hands, bay,
sired by the imported horse Lath
In the same paper for May 10 1898,
Oliver Hutchinson of P mGret adj
vertises Old Vermont
The Perry horse, bred and raised
by Mr.. Perry of Pnmfret, was foaled
about 1925; was a spotted horse
sired by a spotted horse that came
out of circus, and said to have
been caught wild on the plains; dam
a large bay mare. The Perry horse
was good size, very light, fairly easy
moving horse, as was his stock He
was not popular on account of his
color and the color of his stock.
Some of his daughters that we're
bays brought spotted foals.
Gardner Winslow had the fastest
trotter at the fair i'll 1853 His dam
was by the Perry horse. The Weston
horse was first shown that year at
the fair.
The dam OF Brown larry, 799, by
'rhurston's Black Hawk by Black
Hawk. 5. came from Pomfret, and is
believed to have been sired by the
Perry horse. One of Ills sons sired
The Weston horse. or Gray Eagle.
who made so big a show al our first
Windsor county fair The Weston
horse was !. large gray horse and
quite fast in his day. lie sired some
good ones. The dam of lliland
Gray is believed to have been sired
by the Weston horse. Gray Hawk,
the Harlow horse, by the Walker
horse, left stock in Pomfret, as did
his son Gray Hawk, Jr, or the
Thompson horse Both left excellent
stock and both were taken to Illinois.
Quite number of Morgans were
kept at Pomfret The Winslow
horse, bred by Ebn'r Winslow, by
iIale's Green Mountain. One of his
sons, Sam Slick, or Sam Wood colt,
sired the dam of Magic, 2.25.
Another of his sons, brown horse,
owned by John Mckenzie of South
Woodstock, left trotters.
Ebenezer Bridge owned fine
specimen of a Morgan called Lins-
ley Morgsn's Recruit He was said
to be a fine pattern of Old Woodbury.
Morgan.
There was another son of Gray
Hawk kept at Pomfret, owned by
Gardner Winslow He was gray and
large lie left excellent stock; was
tai en- to Providence r. | in the
springsof 1863 lie gri.u record of
2.54. lie lst one eye Alonzo
rhncher of Pnnfret "wned quite
number of stations. a q he made
stag horses Of part. Oneof them cost
him q law suit of $500. Another
died soon after lie was called the
Cracker horse, by PLATO, son "f Black
Hawk, 5
George Harding has had some
good ones
Sumner Sherburne's promising
young horse. Young Justin Morgan,
A NJ r, 1854, it is beheved will be
heard from, as it is understood that
he is bred strong in the Morgan
bl"d lie is very sho,y> ~, li~h aud
hands ,in.'.
|. II Il Tanimn's h"rse, Judge D.
by I,radlaupl, is leaving he best If
stock The stock Of his Percheron
hurse, Bij.u will he card {, N
The census oi $40 i've he y -
ulation If Pomir-r az l7T4 Numbe,
of horses, 39l; cattle 1892; sheep,
1896; swine. l449; lumber of
bushels Of wheat raised 4435; bar
lev. SIS. oats. 1876, I'VE '352.