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and showed no white around the edge of the lid. His ears were small 

 and fine, but rather short, and set somewhat wider apart than many 

 would consider consistent with perfect beauty. His style of action 

 was bold and resolute, and his temperament was so nervous, that when 

 taken out with a bridle it was almost impossible to keep him still. 

 He was a good driver and appeared well in harness ; but he appeared 

 to the best advantage under the saddle. Militia colonels and gener- 

 als were eager to ride him, and no 'musters' or reviews could pass 

 without his being seen; in his case, to be seen was to be admired. 

 His disposition was pleasant and playful. * * * * 



"Woodbury was the largest of these horses, and possessed in a 

 greater degree the bold, fearless and showy style of their sire ; he 

 was more nervous, and less tractable than Sherman, better under the 

 saddle, not so pleasant in harness, and, we are inclined to think, 

 hardly as good a roadster. His form was more symmetrical than 

 either of the others ; his breast was not so full and prominent as 

 Sherman's ; he was deeper in the flanks and better quartered. No 

 horse ever had less fear. Martial music only roused him, the firing 

 of guns in no way disturbed him, waving flags and gay uniforms 

 seemed hardly able to attract from him a single glance, and he moved 

 about as if he was himself the principal object of attraction and the 

 cause of all the attending excitement and display". 



This fact is confirmed by a letter of the venerable Moses E. 

 Cheney, long a leading citizen of Barnard, Vermont, who writes 

 from Troy, Dakota, as follows: "Col. Jacob Kent rode the old 

 Woodbury in 1836 on muster day at Xewbury, Vermont, then owned 

 at Wells River. To all appearance that horse would as soon tread a 

 man under as not, that did not stand aloof. Soon after the Newbury 

 muster, Woodbury went to the State of Alabama". 



In his letter of July 22, 1857, to J. P. Kidder, Mr. John Wood- 

 bury says : " As to the stock of old \Voodbury I can speak from 

 actual knowledge, and think his stock superior to any ever raised in 

 Vermont. Many valuable studs were raised from him, viz. : Gifford ; 

 Eagle, owned by Farnham of Tunbridge, arid sold to Foster, then 

 of Barre, and died soon after, said to have been poisoned ; he 

 was a horse of great merit ; the Gen. Hibbard, the Nichols, the 

 Bliss, the Babbitt, the Putnam Horse, and one owned by S. Danforth 

 of Barnard. I owned said horse from the age of seven to twelve 

 years (four years), and the above studs were sired in that time; and 

 many others were sired after I sold him, in Hartland and about Wells 

 River". 



