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which was paid in boating. Weed kept her till fall, and swapped 

 her to J. W. Holcomb. In 1845 sne produced a bay filly by Young 

 Sir Charles; in 1846, the black mare, Black Hawk Maid 2:37, by 

 Black Hawk; in 1847, Red Leg (a gray colt with a red leg), a fast 

 trotter, by Black Hawk; in 1848, a chestnut filly that died at three 

 years, by Wicker's Sir Walter; in 1849, the bay colt Ethan Allen by 

 Black Hawk; in 1850, missed to Black Hawk, having produced for 

 eight consecutive years; and in 1851, died in foal to Black Hawk. 



The following descriptions of this remarkable mare are given in 

 the language of the persons named : 



Hoyt Johnson, who knew her first when Rising had her, de- 

 scribes her at that time (1835) as " a small, low, thick-built mare, 

 kind and good to work. She had good full mane and tail ; was iron 

 gray when I first knew her. She was a handsome mare, handsome 

 made, round all over; good roadster; long hips; square behind; 

 smooth, handsome limbs; not very long neck". 



Justus B. Rising of Ticonderoga, a nephew of Rufus, who knew 

 the mare at the same time and used to see her in his uncle's pasture 

 (1837) w *th a colt by her side, says: "She was not a big mare; 

 probably in good condition, ten hundred pounds. She was a regu- 

 lar jumper ; couldn't keep her anywhere. She was a good-bodied 

 mare, chunked; that is, there was a good deal of her; about 

 medium height, good head and neck ; a good traveler, never knew 

 of her being fast, but active. She had good mane, and tail nearly 

 down to the ground ". 



Azro M. Bailey, late of Ticonderoga, who long kept a livery 

 stable, was a keen judge of a horse, and knew the mare from the 

 time Warner Cook got her (1838), said: " She was not very large; 

 would weigh nine hundred and fifty pounds in good flesh ; pretty 

 long body ; pretty long, slim neck ; carried her head up well. She 

 was a screamer on the road. I once drove her to Weybridge, Ver- 

 mont, by the side of a chestnut mare. I never drove a better team. 

 I think this was in 1842. She was sound. She was full fifteen 

 hands ; pretty good chest ; pretty broad ; shoulder good ; hind leg 

 rather crooked ; you would call her a little leggy. She had a very 

 good back ; long hip ; legs rather fine, not heavy. She had a splen- 

 did ear, slim, thin, pretty good length, stuck them right up ; hand- 

 some mane and tail, good length, but not what you would call heavy 

 or bushy ; long slim head, wide between the eyes ; not a Roman nose, 

 a mare-faced head, a little inclined to be dishing; a first-rate eye, 

 large and bold-looking, a mare of great intelligence. She was as fine 

 a roader as you ever sat behind ; ambitious, full of vim all day long". 



