332 THE PERFECT HORSE. 



of Randolph, Yt. ; who sold him, March 8, 1826, to 

 Messrs. Simon Smith and William Walker of Hartland, 

 Yt, for three hundred and fifty dollars. They kept 

 him at Hartland and vicinity until they dissolved part- 

 nership in 1829, when Mr. Smith took Bulrush to Maid- 

 stone, Yt. He kept him one year at Chelsea, and two 

 years in the State of Maine ; and in 1833 sold him to 

 Jesse Johnson and Brothers of Bradford, Yt. The 

 season of 1833 he was kept at Bradford, Yt., and 

 Bath, N.H. ; the season of 1834, at Keene, N.H. ; the 

 season of 1835, at Lyme, N.H., and Bradford, Yt. ; 

 and the season of 1836, at Burlington, Yt. During the 

 winter of 1836 and 1837 the Messrs. Johnson sold him 

 to Messrs. Blake and Foss of Chelsea, Yt., who kept 

 him in that town until 1842, when they sold him to 

 Lewis Jenkins of Fairlee, Yt., who kept him at Fairlee 

 until he sold him to F. A. Weir of AYalpole, N.H., who 

 kept him until he died, in 1848. 



" Bulrush was a dark bay, with a few white hairs in 

 his forehead, and no other marks. His legs, mane, and 

 tail were black ; and his mane and tail were very heavy : 

 the former came down nearly to his knees, and his 

 fore top came doAvn to his nose. His tail was cut off 

 when young, and left about nine or ten inches long. 

 His legs were large, and had some long hair; were close- 

 jointed, broad, flat, and exhibited a more striking de- 

 velopment of muscle than either Woodbury's or Sher- 

 man's. His back was not so short as either of the 

 others' ; but it was very broad, and he was freer from 



