. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. November. 1918] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN U AN OLD HORSE SUIT By W. H. Gocher The files in the courthouse at Tolland, Conn., show that on the third Tuesday in December, 1832, there was a horse case on the docket under the title "Dean vs. Rockwell" to recover $500, one-half of the amount for which Rockwell sold a "black pac- ing stud ; It was tried in William Kill's ho- tel at Stafford Springs and decided in favor of Dean. in the writ the horse was represented as being about seven years old, which made his foaling date 1825. Elias L. Ro
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. November. 1918] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN U AN OLD HORSE SUIT By W. H. Gocher The files in the courthouse at Tolland, Conn., show that on the third Tuesday in December, 1832, there was a horse case on the docket under the title "Dean vs. Rockwell" to recover $500, one-half of the amount for which Rockwell sold a "black pac- ing stud ; It was tried in William Kill's ho- tel at Stafford Springs and decided in favor of Dean. in the writ the horse was represented as being about seven years old, which made his foaling date 1825. Elias L. Rockwell, the defendant, was born at Stafford Springs, then known as Stafford, in 1801. He was a short, thick-set man, with black, curly hair. Before he married and located in Norwich, N. Y., Rockwell drove all over the country selling Yankee notions as well as trading and horses in 1830, while in Montreal, Quebec, he heard of a black stallion that was a fast pacer, but so vicious that his owner would not go into the stall with him. Rockwell went and saw the horse. He bridled and rode him and also bought him for $150. Rockwell returned to Stafford Springs with this horse and wintered there. He also equipped him with breeching and pulleys attached to the saddle so that he could control him while at speed, the horse being a bad puller, and exhibited him on train- ing day, the first Monday in May. In the interval Rockwell sold a half interest in the pacer to John Dean, and as soon as the roads were settled, the pair started off with a peddler's wagon, the black pacer and a running horse owned by Dean being attached to the rear. While on their way west the outfit stopped at Norwich, N. Y., and raced the pacer on a flat near that town. From Norwich, Rockwell and Dean continued their journey, selling Yankee notions and making match races until they arrived at New Orleans, La., where the runner died, while the pacer was sold to Major O. Duboise for $1000 after Rockwell rode him
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