Today's post is taken from a newspaper article that I found interesting. The John Gorin referred to is John Henry Gorin Jr, son of John Henry Gorin Sr and and Elizabeth Jones Gorin; grandson of Gladin Gorin and Nancy Hinch Gorin. John Henry Gorin Jr moved from Warren Co KY to Barren Co for a period of years and then back to Warren Co. Many of the Gorin family here knew he was kin but didn't know exactly how they were related. Horse Lore Contributed by Perry Brantley, Glasgow KY. "The Glasgow Times", Friday, 28 June 1901, page 2, column 4. "Mr. W. A. Terry of Hiseville, was in town Thursday driving a mare that not only attracts the attention of the casual observer, but belongs to a family of horses that have served as man's best friend the farmers of this and adjoining counties for half a century and has a remarkable local history. "About fifty years ago, two circuses arrival in Glasgow overland on the same day. One of them was John Robinson's, the other Robert Stickney's. Both were great shows in the days when the circus was greatest, and both had fine horses by the score, for in those days the horse played as conspicuous a part in the circus as the woman in flesh-colored tights who rode upon his back. Stickney had among his many other horses a chestnut stallion with a white mane and tail that almost touched the ground, and the horse attracted so much attention and created so much talk that Mr. John Gorin, who at that time conducted the Maupin Hotel, on the corner of Race and Washington streets, bought him at a very fancy price. "In the street parade given by Stickney's circus, forty horses were driven to one chariot, and the stallion with the white mane and tail was ridden in front. He attracted so much attention from the large crowd of spectators that Mr. Gorin bought him, and the purchase was known to men from every part of the surrounding country before the day closed. The horse was not only a great show-horse, but proved a great breeder as well and stood here at Mr. Gorin's stable for several years, and his colts were known by everybody for their gentle, docile qualities and their phenomenal powers of endurance. The horse was finally sold to parties in Cumberland county, where he did service up to his death at a good old age for a horse. His descendants are even now easily identified by their manes and tails and by other marks peculiar to them which are known to nearly all the older breeders and horsemen of this and adjoining counties. "The mare driven by Mr. Terry is a chestnut sorrel with light mane and tail and has, besides these, those other marks peculiar to the strain which enables everyone whoever saw the old horse to easily identify one of his descendants." Later - Sandi Col. Sandi Gorin - Publishing: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/ GORIN worldconnect website: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/~sgorin