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MIDDLEBURY REGISTEK, OCTOBEll 8, 1886. Yol. LI. fjorsc Dcpartmcnt. Tho Middlebury ItKniRrr.n tiow for morc Vbanjiiyettr linn been Rlvlns mucb orlglnRl inid vnlimblo hifonimtloii upon Morgan nnd oUiorcrk'bratcd liorses. lt Inlcmls to con. ttmio iiubllslilns snch lnforinntton from week to woet, rIvIiir nt li-nst n iik to tts Iloroo Dppnrtmantt When siifllclent mntorlnl hn iiociimulntcil we cspuct to plnco it lit book Jorin, imbllJliliiK llrst our volumo upon tlie Morgan Horse, nnd ufterwnrils a ltef? iHtcr of tho moro (UstlnKitlsbeil slres nnd portormoiK. In tbo latter wo liopo to lncluilc nll ! .30 performurs, with tlielrbii'eilhif:, so fnr s onn be uscertnlnt'd i also to illMhigulsli be Ywcon tliliies thnt nro knnwn nnd tliintf tlmt nronot kmiwn, ln cvu ry pt'illgrt'U. In nll eaa cs tho Fvidonco upon whleli the pcdlfjrces nro bnicit wlll lio nlven to tlio ptilillc tlirmifth tlio ooluinnsof TliBJIiiuii.Kiiuin Hr.ulsiBii. Tlils we nre satltlod, li wlmt tlio puhlle wnnts nnd otiglit to liave. Mnny Juilgmcnts nro bottor tlinn 0110. Tiie ltKOlsTnnby rcn-on ot tlils cxtenMvo Inlonnntlon nnd tlils niothod ot givhiR lt, 1 lapldly liocomliiK lnililioiisiiblo. to nll lireod or nnd lioroincn. lt slioultl alo lio nn . crllent lneclltun for ndvortlsors, opeclally tiioo dcnllng ln Morgan liorcs. lrscrvu your tlloi, lor tlioy wlll fonn, with tbo full indo.Tostlioretn, niiiot vnlimblo nnd nvnllnblo cyrloDcilln ot lioio liiiittore. BISHOP'S HAMBLETONIAN. Mr. .Tame Gcrinond of Ilrandoii, Vt., now seventy-slx ycar old, in n recent ln tcrview sald: My tmele, Stnith Ger niond, who kept n publle house at I.an singburgh, X. Y., slx nilles tlils siilc of Troy, and Iaae Itishop ot Granville, X. V., bought ISlshop's Huinbletotilan to gether and owned hiin together as long a hc lived. Hc llrst stood at I.ansing burgh; then lie stood some seasons at Granville and clsewhere; he wonld etand one season at Granville and tlicn one at I.ansingburgh, back and forth. Ile stood one season at I.uther Gray's tavcrn in Washington, Duehcss county. I do not think lio cver stood ln Vermont; at any ratc I ncvor hcard of hls standing in Vermont, but lie mlght have stood in Castleton, for anythlng tliatlknow; if lie did, it inust have beeu beforc I knew niuch of hiin. When lie stood at 'Wash ington HolloTV I was living at Plcasant Vallev, three miles lrom the publle house where hc was ket't. He did a blg hni- iie?s tlierc, the only objeetlon to hiin lio- ing that he wa too old. He lived two or three vear after that ; I think he died at Granville. He lived to be over twcnty. Wlien he was at Washington I va .-ix-teen or 'cventecn years old ; they then ealled hiin ahout twenty ; he wn llve years old when they bought hini. 111 term at Washington llollow were twen- tvdollnr. I think they eonsidered hi book that vear worth lifteen luiiidred dollars. He va a nlee a bay as yon cver uw, with dark niane and tail, legs blaek lroni knce and hoek, not a very large hcad, as nretty a hore as I evcr av .-tand np. 1 av hiin weighed and nieasiired; lie wa 1", - liands high and weighed 1100 iounds. They l'aid over 6100O for hini. I think his get wereniostly bay; don't reini'inber but one gray. The lat uolt we had froni hiin was a -orrel niare; sold lier for g.lOO ; there was nothing on the road that eonld trot with lier. The old horse got trottcrs ; I dont know as they ued to riin theni. but tliey usedjto trot verv fast. MAMBRINO ARCHY, 2:30. At Itarton, Vt., on Thur-day, the :10th ult., the brown stallion Manibrino Archy, owned by Darwin llider ot .Middlebury, won a raee in three straiglit heats, over a halt-niile traek in 2:111 1--J, 2 :.'), J:H:tl--2. He i- by Manibriiio Iloy, fcon of Dr. Jlerr's Mainbrino 1'atelien, and his dain is by Jolm Dlllard, son of Indian C'hief. He has been sent to Ilartlord to try his poers on a tlrst-class uiile track. THE BREAD LOAF STOCK. The following is elipped from the Ameriean f'ultivator of the 'Jd. inst. "'l'he youngest i-ion from Danlel I.ani- bert was a dark brown suekling colt of marvellous beauty, with stripe in faee like hh sire. Tliis youngster is reniark- ably intelligent, of good size, strong at fTery polnt, as highly lluished as the choicest thoroughbred, and has a develop- nieiit of musele upon shoulders, foreann, loin and iiuarti'rs that will gladden thi eye of every adniirer of equinu perfec- tion. This royal youngster is knoivn as 're-cent. His dain is a strong, hand' gouie, blaek, twenty-'ix-year-old daugh ter of Haiimionds Blaek Ilawk, .-on of Jliir- ltlaek Ilawk. Iler dam a by lilaek Lion, anotlier son of IIlll's Illaek Ilawk. Tho dam ol ltlaek I.ion was by niith's l.iberty, vliieh is eiedited with gettingtlie dauis ot .Shermau ltlaek Ilawk and hls son Vermont Hero. The latter got the well-known trotting slre, (ien. Kuox. Crecent i o ned jointly by Iy- nian I'ayne of Cornwall, Vt., and .lo-eph lt:itell of Middlebury that Statu. It is a niatter of surprlse tliat a youngt-ter whose slre is twenty-eight and dam twenty-six years of age sliould show such reniarkable ijualitles. "D. W. Itlis., ot Middlebury, Vt., showed a romising lft 1- liand, four- year-old bay stallion of the Morgan pat tern, got by Thought; dam by Iten Itut- ler, he by ltlaek Ilawk C'hief, son of llill'a ltlaek Ilawk. The owner of this stallion U thu driverwhoiiilotedThouglit to victory. "Xeither Aristos norMotion was upou the fair grounds, the latter beiug preven ted by a severe attaek of distcmpur, They were well represented, howtivcr, as is evideut from the faet that the gct of both were among the prbo winuers. "Itocky Mouutain is a powerful tliree-year-old 151-2-haud, 1000-pouud ehestnut stalliou by Motion, lirst dam by Voung Amerlca, second dam, lilonde, daughter of old Abdallah. Voung Amerlca was by Hoagland's Gray Messcnger, dam, tho dain of .luplter Abdallah, by old Ab dallah, grandam nlso by Abdallah. With such an Inherltance from Mainbrino, tho best son of linportcd Messenger, tlils fellow should trot fast and stand uji in stubbornly eonteatcd races. Owned by .Toscph Itattcll, Middlebury, Vt. "Star Motlon is a speedy bay two-ycar- old, by Motion, dam by ltlaek Itlll, he by llemeiiway Horse, son of 1 1 III s ltlaek Ilawk. He Is owned by AV. C. Danyew, Middlebury, Vt., and has shown a full nille ln three nilnutes, as stated by the attcndant In chargo. ''Flvlng Motion Is a magiiillcciit speci- nicnofthc I.ambert faniily, loaring as ulose a rescmblance to Danlel Uunbert as any of the latter's sons and daughtcrs. lie Ua strong, lialidsomc, styllsh, sniooth-ly-turned, ehestnut yearling, standing 14.3,welglilng 7(10 pound,got by Motion, son of Danlel I.ambert, dam by Abra hani, one of I.ambert's mot dlstingulslied sons, as a sire of trottcrs. He is the property of (Jliver everance, Middle bury, Vt., and was awarded thlrd pie liiliun in yearling class. Wo saw no colt upon tho grotind whleli, dlsilaycd tho Lanibert characterlstics to a greater de greethan this handsome fellow. "Dan Motion is a wouderfully hanil- sonie, strong, bay colt, with magnltlcont loin, great depth of llank, powerlul ijuart- ers andtliighs, clean lioeks, smootli limbs and a hlnd leg as straight as that of a thoroughbred. lie was foaled May 15, 1SS.), got by Motion, dam sald to be of Hauibletoiiiau descent. Ile does not 9how the sllghtesttracc of Ilainbletonlan iu any feature, but, 011 the contrary, from his shoulders back is about as closc a pattern ln fonn of old Justin Morgan as can be found iu a llfctinie, with tho ex- ccption of greater sle both iu longth of barrel and limbs. He stands lifteen hands, weighs 050 pounds, and Is owned by M. C. liiley, Middlebury, Vt. "Flora L. is a three-ycar-old gray lllly by Motion,dam by the Heinenway horse, son of IIlll's ltlaek Ilawk, and promises spccd. She is the pro)erty of Jocph La Iloek, Middlebury, Vt., and has shown a trial iu LETTER ON BLUE BULL. trioni tho Itm-nl Woild. I inopose to lurnlsh you a few "mlss ing llnks" in tlic history of the now cele brated horse, "The Old Itlue I'.ull," part ly from my own recollection and partly from that of older nelghbors who lived ln that vieiuity at the timo: a I have 110 written record, the date- given are ap- proxiinate only, but the faet can all be substantiated. Tlils hor-e was brought lrom I'ennsyl vania by Henry Snively to WayneTown- shin, liutler Co.. Oliio, and sold to .lohn Merrlng of Morgan towuhip (sauu county) about the ycar '2T. Mr.Merriiif; kept him about eight years and alway. advertKed hiin as '"The Ohio rarnier." He was then sold to somo partles in Dear- born county, Inil., where he reniained souie twelve to Illteen yeai. Itetween 1SI." and 1S."0 the old hor.-e was brought back to Ohio and kept by Henry Gri-ley at Xcw Baltimore, in Ilamiltoii county a tew miles south of Mernng's old place, and here he dled, reputed to be eousider ably over thlrty years of age. .lohn Wright, a noted auctloneer and faeetious wag, who lived within a half- mile of Merring's, nicknanied the hor-c "The lllue ltull," on account of hls very peeuliar eolor, build and general appcar ance, and tliis name, lirst applied in de- risiou, secnied so appropriatc that it shortlv becauie the geuerallv reeognl.ed name of tho tock. The lior-c was a deep inoiisc color, generally ealled blue, blae faee, glass eyes, heavy blaek mane and tail, blaek stripe down hi back, legs white to tlio knees, anil from there up had yellow stripes around theui. He was a power fully bullt, heavy-bodied. elose-ribbed horse, with au enorinous lieefy neek, a natural paeer and clumsy ln hls galt. And theso cliaiacteristics were inlierited by many of liU descendants. Thc majority I think were either inouo color or a very peeuliar yellow bay, and striped like thc old horse. Many of theui were uatural paeers, and but few proved to be good riding liorses 011 account ol thelr cluniy and ctumbling gait. They wcru, however, a strong, tough, hardy raee of hores, and served admlrably lor heavy teamiug In thK hilly couutry, beforc the days ol turn- plkes and railroad, but they have now given place to a moro stvll-h class of hores. Durlng the lifo of tho "Old Itlue ltull," 1 never heard of any of hls stoek liaving miich spced or aetivity, except an occa sional colt from a wariner blooded niare but this was thc exception, anil not thc general rule. If exceptional spccd ha sincc been dcveloped Iu his morc reinotc descendants, it has probably been de rived trom some otlier source. .1. G. VALfiHAN. Odin, 111., March 18, lSS(i. HOW THE HORSE EDITOR WROTE UP THE CONCERT. inere was an exccllent crowil prescnt at tho coiicert last night, the grand stand belng well lllled iu every part. An 1111 usual nuniber of the fair sex graecd tho oecasioii, and the varled color of their dresses lent addltlonal cluirm to tho beauty of the sccno. The wcather was delightful and tlic sjiort good. Tho tlrst event 011 the programme was a chorus for all ages, with some tweuty entries, all of whoui camo to tho post. They got rather a bad start, Soprano runnlng away with the lead, Contralto socond, Tenor thlrd, ltasso fourth, and thc others iu a bunch at least twenty lengths away. t the (juarter there was 110 partlcular changc, but golng down the back strctch around tho turn all clocd up, and from the head of thc sttcteh to the wlre there was a tcrrlflc raee, Soprano staj'ing tho longest and wlnnlng by a ncek, anildt itjiroarlotts applause. It was a dead heat for seeond placn among all of thc others. I'lic next heat wasa solo, with Selcetlon, Ollvcttc nnd Soprano as cntrles. It provod, howcver, a walk-ovcr for the latter, a Scleetlon and Ollvcttc falled to show up. Soprano caused a great sensa- tlon, however, by an uncxpcetcd spurt down thc hoinc stretch, and there was great enthuslasni as she dashed under the wlre with a tcrrlflc shrlek. Xoxt cainc tho great event ot tlio day, a qtiartetto between Soprano, Contralto, I'cnor and Itasso. At the start Soprano wa ln the lead for a fow strides, but Contralto passed her, and taklng tlio track, set the paec at a lively ratc; cloc ly followed by Tenor, ltasso ln the rear. (ioing down thc back stretch, Soprano was lct out, and steadlly galned 011 the leadcrs. l!ound the turn all fairly llew, and wlille at the head of the stretch l'enor showed clear for a momciit, So prano iiassed hlm as they sfraightencd lor home, and though ho struggled with desperatc energy, slie caiue straight 011 and ganio, and won a capital raee at tho top of her yoice, the other three com- pletely drowned out. The exeitement was Intense, and the winner, wlio is a handsome bay lllly, was recalled again ind again. A duet between Tenor and ltasso, and anotlier chorus for all ages wound tii the sport. Sji.ico wlll not permlt an extended description of tliese cvents, but Is enough to say tliat they were both taken in good shajio by Tenor, who is a siilendldly bullt but rather leggy geldlng from tho Kast. On tlio wholo, it was a very intoresting cvening's sport, and the audlence left liighly dellghted. INTERESTING PEDIGREES. Thc following artiele' are from Dun ton's Spirit of the Turf : BnOWN TIQE. Can any reader of Dunton's Spirit of tlic Turf give nie any inforniation of a horc ealled ltrown Tige, brought luto Walwortli Co., Wis. (nearly .'10 yeais ago), by Messrs. .led I'eck and Coinanjf Sald to bcby HiH's ltlaek Ilawk. Any such infromation will be thauktully re ceived. H.H.V. OLIVER K, 2M0 1-4 Was bicd by II. A. l'lint, foaled 1SMI. got by King Wilkes -J:-J2 1-1, by (ieo. Wilkc 2:22; dain l!es-ie Turner, by Virgiuiu. by l.exington, by lto-ton; 2d dam by Anieriean lu'lipc jr, by Anieiiean Kclip-e, etc. Oliver K. wa- startod by Mr. M. V. Shauk, at Wellingtou. ()., as a ;i-year-old, and won. And by tho saint' party in 1881 starled but onee, and dc leated Darkness, I.cna Swallow, Ilome wood, Glailys, ;. K. It. and Karo, and obtnined n record in a li-hoat raee, whleli hewon, of 2:211-2. After that he be cauie the property of Geo. Korbes, wlio gave 81,500 lor hini, and ha -inee won 25,000 with hiin. and sold hini to Mr. Chas. Schwart, of this clty. for S17.000. This 1 (juite a good horse trade lrom llr-t to la.-t. Oliver K. has not been campaigned to death, and ought to be a good horse for anotlier ycar at lcast. JEROME. 1'leasi' lind enclo-ed the pedlgree of the horse .leronie, iniiired fora few days ago, as furuished 111c by Captain C. Ileaney, ot Itocliester, Minn. : .leroine, by Messenger ltlaek Ilawk, by X'auga tuek, by Ilill's ltlaek Hawk;dam I.ady St. Clair, by Smlth's ltlaek Hawk, bv Ilill's ltlaek Hawk; 2d dam by Morga dore, sire of I'rineess 2 :H0. The dain of Messenger ltlaek Ilawk was old Kate, by a son of Dover Messenger, dam of X1111 gatuek, I.adj- Barton, by .Mainbrino l'ay inastcr, by Mainbrino. I presuino this is correct, but would like your opinion 011 thc subject. Truly yours, Gkh. II. Kitts. Kd. Wc spc nothing imirobal)le about this pedlgree. There is soinetliiiig "hnprobable" in tlio statenicnt that "Morgadore" was slro of l'rlucess, 2:.'i0." Ki. Kkoisti:!!. 2EPHYR, CH. M. A good lnany jioople have forgotten all about the niare Zephyr, thc dam of .loe Bassett, the she of .lohustoti 2 :00 l-l,and no doubt many Mipposc her to be dead. She is on the contrary alive and hcalthy, and a brood mare. Mr. .loe Bassett handled thc mare when she was a three-year-old, and drove lier a mile iu 2:52 at that age. ltut to cut the story liort,thc niare lcll Into the hands of Mr. K. .1. Gil bert, at Charles City, la., lu 1870, sincc whlch she has been bred as follows : 1881, Daisy, b. 111., by Scattergood. 1882, Mainbrino Zephyr, ch h, hy Keu tucky I'riucc jr. 18SI, Stella G. b 111, by llcadllght. 1880, in foal to llcadllght. Whcther or not Zephyr bred many colts lu WIsconln, wc do not know; but that theso whlch she had iu lowa arc good ones, 110 one will disputc when they coine to ask prices on tliein. Zephyr niust havo been foaled about 1S02, and is as lively as a crlckct now. OLD JUDQE, 2:20 1-4- The apponded lcttcr will pass as good cvldence tliat Old .ludge and Dalton are 0110 and the sanic : Waki:kh:i.d, Mass., Keh. S, 1SS(J. Wm. Dlncan Dear Sir: Have you any colts out of the old nmre Xannio Hedgcs, and If so, pleasc glvo description, prlce and speed If any. I owned Old .ludge 2:20 1-1, and he is paid for (last April, and I havo bill of salc from M. K. Goodwln, 45 Kast 71th street, Xew York clty). I'erhaiis Old .ludgo nlu't a trot- ter, but we wlll seo this sprlng. I have a party who if they eonld buy rlght, would huy a colt from tho old niare. Vours roi)ectfully, .Ioiin P. Kl.lXd. Care of .1. Dun Walton, Wakefleld, JIas." Xnnulo Hcdgcsdled .Iiinc l.'l, 18S(l,from cxhaustlou iu foallng a colt as large as a yearling, preinaturely. She was by Xcd Hawklns, by Shawhan's Tomllal; dam by Itlue ltull. Her produce were: 1871 Old .ludge, by Mainbrino I'ilot, Jr. 1S7(! Carrle Tanner, by Smlth's X'or wood. 1877 Hedgewood, by Smlth's Xor wood. 1S80 lllggs niare, by Alniont I'llot. 1881 Itosemont, by Alniont I'llot. 1S8;1 Montc, by Alniont I'llot. 1SSI I'earl. bv St. Ormond. OEN. TAYLOR. I notico that In your Manual for 18811. Kanny, tlie dam of Delaware 2:28, is given a follow : "Ity General Taylor, by (iulmby Mescnger." Delaware was bred by Zndoek Townsend, and foaled 011 a farin partly iu thc limits of thi clty and partly iu Xew Caetlc liundred. He was foaled in tho sprlng of lSHO; was sircd by Wyatt's Morgan ltlaek Ilawk. His dain was a Hght bay niare, about 15 hands liigh, known lu thU sectlon as Townsend I'anny, and by thcTownscnds ealled Yellow I'anny. l'anny's dam was a bay niare sald to have been rai-cd 011 the eastern shore of Maryland, and known licrc as thc ltarston niare, from tlic faet that belorc Townsend owned her she belongcd to Dr. ltarton. Kanny was slred by Stout's old Gen. Taylor, a bay brown horse 10 liands high. I have 0110 of Stout's biils, datcd 185(1, in which he glves tlio pedlgree of Gen. Taylor as follows : "Gen. Taylor was got by Young Sir S0I0111011, hls grandam by Hainbow, hls great grandam by Hector; Itainbow's sire was Itliud Granby, his dam by old Irish Gray ; his grand slre old hnported Granby ; li'alnliow's dam got by I.oftv, hs grandam bv Juniper. Gen. Tavlor's 1 dam was jrot by .lohn IIlll's Comct; Coni ct was got by Mr. Aloxander I'orter's celebrated running horse Godolphin. of I Delaware statc; Comet's dam was got I by the 1-inile hor-e Old Hickory, owned iby.Mr. Itela Itadger. of I'ennylvania, ! near ItrUtid: grandam by iiuported hore Itadgarctt, g. g. dain by Gray Kigure, . iniporled I10111 Kngland ; g. g. g. dam by ' imporled hor.-e Wild Deer." i At one tiine I owned a lull -iter to I )''la are. and know the above to be cor rect. I often drove Kanny with a niare I i now own ; he could trot iu about l!;00, and. with my mare Ilelen. uiade a good ! double teaiu. Delaware wa .'I ycar old I when I bought lii- ster lrom tho Town- -end. 1'roin the above you will ce that Delaware i older than thc Mauual makes hini. Your. repeettillly. (ii:o. ( !. I.oiini'.l.l.. Wilmington, I )cl. BLACK FLYINO CLOUD. As you liave -olicited your readers to lill up any mi?ing link in the 2 :.'!( sires, I will ak you to make one eorrectlon lrom what you have it iu tlic pedlgree ot Illaek l'lying Clouii. I will lncloe 111 tliU a prlnted extraet of the death ol thc horse eleven years ago, taken lrom tho Watertown, Wis., I'epublican, March .'11. 1875, and in it you will lind his pedigreo as it should be. I will state that I, lu coinpany with It. Grangcr, bought Blaek Klylng Cloud of S. W. Jewett of Wey bridge, Vt., and II. S. llall of Galne, X. Y., when hc was tour years old, and brought hiin to Watertown, Wis., and owned hini two years, and I poitivcly belleve thc inclosed pedlgree to be fully correct. If you wlll correct this pedl gree before publisliing your book you will greatly oblige 1110 and many of the old horso's friends. Yours truly, A. K. Knait, Rochester, Miuii. Mr. Knapi is pcrsotially kuown to us; he is a resident of town and reliablo. (illAVKS Itito's. Rochester, .Minn. IIKATII Ol" A VAI.fAlll.K IIOltSK. Mr. D. .1. Woodward's celebrated stal lion ltlaek Klylng ( 'loud died at the ta ble ot C. II. Kerry, Watertown, Vi., ou thc 2lith day of .March, 1875, of old age. He was a beautiful blaek with white faee and three white feet, standing about 10 hands high; bred by S. W. .lewett, of Weybridge, Vt. Ile was brought to Wisconin by Knapp iV I liangcr about twenty years ago, who sohl him soon af terwards tt 'llioinas Marsball of Oak Grove, WN lor about 8:!00'1. Shue the death '! Mr. Mar ball hc Unt been invncd most of the tlme by a -toek a'-oclation, and by Kerry it Woodard. Blaek Klying Cloud was foaled in 1n51 ; lio was slred by Ilill's Blaek Hawk. His dam was also by Ilill's ltlaek Ilawk; she was bred by i. Kdgar HIU and S. W. Jewett, who owned her dam in partncr shlp. The grandam was bred by Chas. Howc ol Bridport, Vt.; she was by Har ris" Hambletouian, who was from the Munson mare by Bihop's Hainblctnuian ; both by Iniported Messenger. Although ltlaek Klylng Cloud was tliree-fourth Illaek Ilawk, he did not reeinblo that stock very much, belng larger, heavlcr- boned, and haviug a longcr stride; thi hc doubtless Iuherlted from tho Ham bletouian side. IIo po-sesses in a marked degree that peeuliar power of the strong bred horse of stamplug his progeny with his characterlstics. It niade but little diircrence what hc was bred to, hls colts all reseiublchim. They were unlfornily large, niostiy 10 hands hlgh; with loug necks, sharp iiolnted ears, lofty carrlagc, with thc best of legs. and fect, and posesscd of that long slaahlng galt, whlch pleascs the eye of the horscnian. He slred ltadger Glrl, record 2:25 1-2; Clnoii niare, that could trot ln 2:1)0, Cloud, blaek stallion, owned by .1. 11. Hays, of Ilorlcon, Wis., Storm, owned by C. S. Dole, of Crystal Lake, 111.; Krank Korrester, ltlaek Diauiond, Ilan ner Itoy and a nuinbcr of otlier good ones. ltadger Glrl Is thc only 011c of hls colts tliat has evcr been tralned. Hehas prob ably sircd morc than a liundred colts tliat could trot in three mlnute.s. They have usually sold 011 aeeount of their beauty for llrst class carrlagc horscs, some niatehed spans selllng as high as 85,000. They have been taken to all the prlnclpal citles of the Cnited States St. 1'atll, St. I.ouU, Milwaukee, Chlcago, Detroit, Tolcdo, llull'alo, Xcw York, Ito-ton, I'hiladelphia, Italtlmore, I'eters burg, Va., and Havana, Cuba. have each thelr reprcsentativcn of ltlaek Klylng Cloud. Hundrcds of hls colts have been taken to Xew York aloue. Some of the shrewd lior.-einen of that clty have niade sinall foi'tuncs out of a tew car-loads of ltlaek Klylng Cloud colts, whlch they have pieked up through Dodge, .lell'er son and Waukesha countli's. Water town (Wis.) ltepubllcan, Mar. Itl, 1885. FROM THE HORSE OF AMERICA, VOL. II, PAGE 261-OLD ABDALLAH. fKroni Dunton's fplrlt ot tho Turf. Abdallah, b. c, foaled in 1820, bred by lohn Treadwell of .lamaica, L. I., wa by Maiubriuo; dam Ama.onia, by imp. Mesenger; Mambrino was by imp. Messenger; dam by imp. Sour Crout imp. Whirliglg. Old Slamcrkin, by imp. Wildalr, etc. We think it extremcly doubttul about Ama.onia' s belng by imp. Messenger. Ity refcrence to this voluuic on pagc l.'t5 and l.'i'i the Treadwell mare (whleli we suppose and have every rlght to think is Ama.onia) trotted in 1821, a nille ln 2 :1!I, but lier slre and dain are not given iu The Sporting Maga.ine for 1810. On pagc 1 10 will he found the fol- , lowing: "John W. Iliint, (., of I.ex I ington. Ky., has recently pureharcd two very llne trotting stallions, seleeted in tliis vieiuity exprely for hini by tho eclltor of this uiaga.ine. One of them, I Abdallah, was bred by .lohn Treadwell, Ki.. of .lauiaiea, L. I.. and wa foaled ' lu 1820; was got by the celebrated .Main brino (-011 ol imp. Me enger), out rt Mr. T' eiiually celebrated niare Aina.o nia. who lor ten ycar or inore had no ' -uperior 011 the road. Abdallah i- a beautitul bay without w hite, 15 hands. Hc wa- -lightly tralnod at fotir years old, and was considered the fastest hor-e 011 I.ong Island. Xo purses belng oll'ered at thc thue, lor trotting, Mr. T. put him , into the breeding -tud where he proved hiinselt a -ure loal getter and won the highest reputatiou. With tbc exception of Andrew .lack-.-011. for wiioin .-5.000 ha- been refu-ed. Abilallab is the line-t limbed and mo-t blood-llke lior-e we evcr -aw. Kor one ot hi- get. I.ady Blanche. 82.000 ha beeii relii-ed. l'he other hor-e C01111110 dore was bred by Col. Benj. Albertson. ol Xorth Ilempsti'd. Queens county, I.. I.. and foaled in 182-. Ile was aNo got by M.unbiiuo, hi- dam by Tiue Anieriean (a 5011 of Volunteer, who was gol by imp. Mes-enger.) grandaui by T0111 Itogus, iuiiorted by Gen. Iturgoyne of the Itritish army. Coininodore is belioved to have more strains of the blood of Old Messenger in his vcins than any lior-i- reinaiuhig 011 I.ong Island. He I- a ricli blood bay, with 110 other white than a pretty star, over 10 liands high, and of iiniucne sub- stancc and pow er. Hc isa liorse of noble prescucc anil unusually linc action, and his stock is lield in high estimation by the breelers of I.ong Island where everv- thing Iu relation to liiin and his get is well known." Wc cannot belicve that a gcntleinan so well informed as the late T. W. I'orter would have niade such a mistako as to statc that Coniuiodore had inore of the Mes-enger blood in his vcins than any liorse on I.ong Island, when he bad pur- j cha-ed both liorses. Ama.onia was eel j ebrated, and it -eein- rea-onable from her 1 celebrity, that 11 -he was by hnported I .Messenger, the tact would have been stated, and Abdallah been creillted with thi- inore than desirable MefSenger cro--, and not Coiniuodoie. The truth ot the niatter is, the iri of Ainaonia i- 1111 known. Siii-i.'iiinr.n. AT ABDALLAH PARK, CYNTHIANA, KY. iKroui tlui We-tern iioit-mau.) ! Mr. Wllson inforined niethat he would give a matinee with his u u horres and I we returned to the l'ark, where the llrst to draw our attentlou was the bay geldlng Marco, -ired by Smuggler, 2:15, foaled ln 18S1. Thiss'a lilg strong fel low with a very marked incliuation to paec; so much so that Mr. Jones gave liiin his exerciso with hobbles ou and hc worked very easy and smootli. Xcxt was the bay mare I.ottic Thorne, record 2:27, but aiile to trot iu 2:20, by Main brino I'ateheu. Havhig worked her tho day prcvious, her exercUe was niostiy contliied to a jog. Xext Mr. Wllson ap peared behlud the pride of the place, tho majestle Slmmons, who as he cnierged from the stable with his blaek and glossy coat, showed undisimtable evideuce of good breeding and caro. Tlils belng his second thue to harncss slnce thc season has partly closed, he was not In condl- tiou ior iast worK, so preparaiory to brush of a iiuarter, hc was logged filiuwr ut 11111 ffrtnt tltn tlifiwfttmftttt t.J ...l.t..t. 1... .11.1 1.. ! 1 very creditablu showhi with po Piual nn (iiiiuiiui in uih n 1 n 1 t ? iiniju hitentloii, I belleve, to liuve lihn comli tlonetl and drlveii for u fa?t record thi fall. "V 4 - 1 Al. . Illl... My-Mone' bv Sultan. with Mr. WIIpo up, and "Iludd Doble," three years old 1... ..11, a f t 1.. 1 !,.!. . 1 .). I 1 M I.. 11 .fi.i 1 . t miluuu ti 11 1111; 111 o; iiil'v w e r 1 bed out, and brought out aaln and sen ! 1 1.. Lt ,l 1 . aiuiiir a iiiiil1 iu ). iiiu iiir i uarier 1 f8 A peeonds without an eil'urt. whleli i'iiiiiiiii iL 11 1 l'.ii. iiiti 1 1 11 iii;i iii'i: 1 111 1 iu 1 w 1 ycar-old Sultan colt, considcring the fac uiat .'11 yy iion eiiis uui ics llia 200 pounds. it then belng 12 o'elock w repaired to the resldenee to replenih th Inner tnan, and after an introduction to th respectlve nicmbers of the fainily di aniiilc u-tice to tlic rool tliln!:' tirovli ed by the pleasaut ho-tes. Diuner ovei in coinpany with .Miss Wllson, a most ai coinpllshed and eiitertainlng young lad wc returneil to the club hou-e to wate .......-. Al'lll . !..!.. lin; uunj;,iuis " 11KC lllllo, iuui t .u old, by Hambi'lno, dam by Gcorg Wilkes, and Itig Krank, 2:. II, by the Sul ran, rauc ineir oxercise. Aiter uein -ent an eay mile ln 2;-ls, a short breatl llic soell w:l- fivell iilld tllev :ione:ire for a sccond trial, this tinie to giv Wilkes Itrino a fast niile with Mr. .lone nn. On recclvlug the word 20, the went away very tcady, Wilkes in th lead, reaching the ipiartcr in 41) 1-2 sec rm.U TW.,M. tl.n l.n.l- 5t,-..t,.l, ltlir l.Viil.l who is able to trot In about 2 :27, carrie 1.,. i:.ti.. ri 1 . .. ... i.:j, .1. mhm eu an ciiauces 01 ;i iai iniie. xne however reachcd the half lnl:21, tli three (juarters in 2:011-2, finlshing th mile in 2 :-!5, whlch is 110 nieasure of hi speed. It was the hitcntion of Mr. .lone to give Itig Krank a fast mile, but it b irau 10 raiu, snoiiinir an cu.uiees 01 wi nessinjr the fatcst mile of the day. t . ..!,! 1 H. l'!-t T..I. ieo ue iiarueiic, oay siainou, uy .luont T l.nf O .O-. .1..... r ...1.. .1. Innnfti. pcrfeet nioilel of beauty possessing a the speed and excelleiice of sire and dai coinbined. Tho next two colts by Ind anapolis, 2 :21, and two yeariings by Sin 111011-. inen tne great paciug mare ou gle, and a ho-t of other too nuincroiis t niention; all showing !.? and -peed wil plentv ol stvle, denotlng great care i selection. Ilaving to leave at I o'elock, I bid adk ... 1 I ' 1.! - I uui wa- oriveii 10 uie ueioi uv .'i . . . .1. .. . 1... XI .lone-, con-idering my.-elf well repaid fi tlin tli.n. tn.iif in n ti. 1 k. 1 M 1 1 l'ark. DUMU'.X, V. S. HALF MILE TRACK. Draw two parallel linc- 000 feet lon and 452 feet 5 inches ajiart. llall wa ueiwoeu me exireuie euus, oi nie iw parallel llne-, drlve a stake: then loop WirO !ll'lill!HI Tlll. ol.'ll.l' Mlllir .11flll.r. i reaeli to eitlier s,ie; tlien iiiauc a iri as oftell as a fenee post Is needed. Whe thi- operation is liui-lied, at both eii'l the 000 foot parallel llnes, the track latd out. The in-ide leuee will re-t .1... I! 1 1... .1... 1. .. Ml ure half a nille three teet from the lenc The turn- should be thrown up an iuc to tno loot, and uie streiciies may i from 15 to (iO feet wide. SUNDRY LETTERS. LETTER FROM THE REV. JOHN OF THE CATHOLIO CHURCH, MENDHA N. J. MnXKIIAM. X. .1.. Sept. 27. 18S0. Denr Sir: If vou have a nrinted cat. logue of your liorses, I should be please to liave a copy. Ynn ilo well to stiok to the mmil ol Morgan blood. We want really goo roaastcrs nags tliat are at once stynsi iast, lougu anil sensioie. .miw au aouin ant eviH'i-ienee nas snow ii nie inai n oeiiereiass im .iioriruii- aie auno-i iina iable of this klnil. l ntil last .May fiit'iw.i.ikftifir-,iiiiriiA iiiiiw.r iii ti.!iii pulled rein over. rnfortunately he w: niureil. anil I have evcr smce been vau iv Trv'intr in iiii niii iiimi'i. i irn.iiii i initii' iu m s eountv n:is a -on oi risri liolds him, however, at a very tail pric Iu or about Xew ork clty lt is oi the hardest thing- in the world to get iiVMI l,.l.l-ll tU .lll.l.lllln .!. .. ....... ble llgure. I am ouile readv to nial.i ot getting the rlght artlcle. Trulv yours, .Ioiin Baxti it. .Il-l:' ltATTKI.I.. ll.i-.i i'i.ii mit iiiilililn.il n I.ttln wnr on the Morgan'? Where can I get conv'r i i - i ran llor-es the coiulng winter. jKl liK(ii.Ti:it. PHILIP ALLEN, SON OF BLACK HAWK. HlNOKl.KY, IU., Sept. 21, 180. Mlt. .1. ItATTEl.l., IJinr .Sir; ours of .March .lii cani iuc eugravmg oi "t'uiup .iieu nau uo i .i i i.... i... ......... . oeen nesii ovi'ii or iom ine paii i 1 1 1 t i i. .. r ......... . .. iiuiii i iiiniii'ii il :i ivw ii'ais iinii. 111 11- ior a simimiiii eou ne nau inai wus ue e .. in i. 1. . .1.... . bv the old liorse. I have just recelved it, and wheneve ......! it. r..ll ...i.ll..w. .i. . ........ . i... .1 llti......f ...i......... 1.. T....,.i.. '1 II, llllill-lll IHI.-l.ll- 111 I llllll'lll .. . 1 ..6,". And If there woiilil llko to know .iboot btui I wil willhiirlv glvo vou all tho inforniation can. I have owned a great many thou 1 1 . i itf.. i.... i... . i. only ouo I evcr tied to, and would no sell when I wa oll'ered all ho was worth Ile was decldedly the most styllsh, ain the most perlect hlgh-knee acting, au ' rlatie-stepping horse l cver saw, anil ; nor-e or verv I'reat eiuliiraiiee. w lt a i ,,lenty of gainc and pluck. a ' l have lllled out the euclosed blank a