126 OKIGINAL SOURCES OF TROTTING BLOOD. 



B.'s house some miscreant cut it from the frame, and it has never been seen in 

 this locality since. Bellfounder's marks were as follows, viz. : A large star in 

 the forehead, a little white on the end of his nose, a portion of the rear hind 

 pastern was white, and there was a sprinkling of white over the outer coronet 

 of the oil" forward foot. There was also a white mark just back of the with- 

 ers, caused probably by a saddle gall. He was plump in form, and muscular 

 in all his parts. He had a fine, slashing gait, and in the hands of skillful 

 men, such as our trotting trainers of the present day, would doubtless ha\'e 

 attained great speed. The pedigree of Bellfounder herewith given, was the 

 one originally furnished by the importer, and first published, over the signa- 

 ture of Col. Jaques, in the Columbian Centinel of April 7, 1824. This paper is 

 ■on file at the rooms of the Historical Society in Boston. You will notice that 

 it materially differs from any pedigree heretofore published. 



I should have stated, when speaking of the Boott family, that William, a 

 younger brother of James, is still living in Boston. He tells me that James 

 went to Europe many times during his life, and it was upon one of these trips 

 that Bellfounder was purchased. The Boott family estate was in Derby, some 

 forty or fifty miles from Norfolk, and he has no doubt but that his brother 

 went over and purchased the horse there, and knew what he was buying. He 

 has no records in his possession to prove the pedigree, and knows nothing of 

 its truth, save this : having been in England about 1823, and some years after- 

 ward he distinctly recollects that a horse named Bellfounder then existed, and 

 he thinks he was a Norfolk trotter of high repute. He also states that James 

 imported a gelding named Defiance, also a Norfolk trotter. His brother once 

 started with the old mail coach from Providence, which had several relays on 

 the road, but Defiance led them all the way, and reached Boston some time in 

 advance. When the drivers and passengers came to the stable, expecting to 

 find this wonderful roadster dead, he was quietly eating his oats as though 

 nothing unusual had taken place. 



Subsequently, and after the sharj^ criticism of which Air. Gould 

 complained, he found one William Boutwell, an aged and very repu- 

 table man, a cousin of the late Secretary of the Treasury, Hon. Geo. S. 

 Boutwell. This Mr. Boutwell was in the employ of Col. Jaques, and 

 had charge of Bellfounder for four years. He stated that one Samuel 

 Jones had charge of the horse for a short time previous to himself, and 

 that he succeeded William Baxter, a thoroughgoing English jockey, 

 who accompanied the horse from Great Britain. This Mr. Boutwell 

 was well acquainted with the owner of the horse, Mr. James Boott, 

 and often talked with him when he called at the stable where the 

 animal was kept. Mr. Boutwell also furnished Mr. Gould with an old 

 card on which was printed an advertisement with blanks for the date 

 in full and the price of service, but which was filled out exactly as 

 follows, viz. : 



