Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1862-05-08
TO REVEREND JOSEPH W0OD.
ROFFE, 81. CL4IRSVILLE.


Kentucky Is thorough bred beyond al
doubt, and you know him TO be 80, notwith-
standing your three COMMUNICATIONS, made
up OF a compound Of impudence, iDsolence,
and malicious SANDER, in which you aim
more at display Of scurrilous words than
truth,-showiDg yourself destitute Of hon
esty, manhood, or good fellowship.
In your first you say the officers Of the b.
G. a. 3. have, by awarding, paying and
publishing the premium to Kentucky as a
thorough bred, cheated, defrauded, and
rnisled, &c This is an nnchasre and ground
less charge. Now for the facts. As soon
as the Committee could be found, present
ed them with Keptucky's authenticated
pedipceS They received Sns>SustionS from
the President, then examined the pedigree,
being fully satisfied withit. They examin-
ed the horse, first standing, next walking,
and lastly on gallop; all Of which they
were well pleased with, pronouncing him a
thorough. bred horse, and highly meritcri-
GUS. This was an intelligent Committee,
and discharged their duty to the best of
Board to do other than what they did? and
where did the exhibition, examination, or
award differ from former exhibitions except
that my horse was exhibited under saddle,
according to rule, instead of being led round
the ring as other horses were on former oc-
casions, TO the disgust Of all, except the
owners2 II, then, there was anything wrong
in this examination, how will it be remedied
IN future, unless the Board appoint your
Holiness Special Stud Horse Censor?
In your reply to Mitchell and Smith, you
deny being invited by a member of the
Board to meet with them to subaantiate
your charges but that wrote you an invi-
tation to meet me before the Board. You
knew this to be false when you penned it,
for you was in possession Of my letter, and
it is in the words of Messrs. Mitchell and
Smith, and you may own the misrepresen-
tation or produce the letter. That letter l
deposited in the Post Office at IL, A. NJ, Of
the 8th Nov, '61; but by neglect of the
Postmaster (for which / complained to him)
it was not mailed till the 9th. 1t tarrived at
your place halfpast 2, P. NJ, and the Board
did not adjourn till 6, giving you time to
} meet with them, if you had desired. But
you did not SO desire, as will be seen by your
letter of the 9th, the same date Of the meet
ing Of the Board, showing you had received
! my letter in due time, in which you say you
: are not amendable to the Board TO be tried
on the subject. Again you say, sand or
q Monday morning DR.. Estep knew that l die
D not receive it in time to meet him and you
s yet he allows or authorizes you three day
: after this to publish me as having been dul!
u notified, and refused to meet you" Now
], sir, part oe this you knew was false, ant
J, the balance is, ] assert, also false. YoI
s:ss, cod anasS Nps leave ns .or pss
that l did not receive it till 8, p. NJ, of tn
day, and the same hour that DIR. Mitchell
says his report was placed in the hands o
the printer; nor did l, nor could l, know
what that Committee would report.
y In your last communication to me, yol
: = say in my Bill for 1861 l wilfully and deli
y berately misrepresent Mr.. Wilkes, and re
peat the same in my answer to you. 50,
!. again that is false charge. / gave hi
u conclusions correctly, and will now give hi
u answer, Uerbdtum. Before purchasing kcr
I lucky, l forwarded to George Wilkes a cop
- - of his pedigree, for decision as to purity Q
= : blood. Wilkes answers: Nv. E. If til
! = pedigree you give is correct, and it appear
y all straight and regular, your horse
u thorough bred, without doubt" Wher
at then, sir, did I wilfully and deliberatel
% misrepresent Mr.. Wilkes2 But you say b
le does not unconditionaly endorse him q
q thorough bred, and even if he had it cannc
u make him so, as you can prove by pre- exis
~ ing and higher authorities. What stupenc
a Gus arrogance! Could braxen.faced imp,
Is dence, with all its presumption, assume 1
es much For you to claim superiority (
rs rs capacity, or better supply Of authoriti'
u than Mr.. Wilkes, (whose knowledge. con
q 3, petency, and honesty has SO popularize
% him as chronicler of the Turf, Fiel
y Sports, Literature, &c, that all editors {
AZ similar papers have yielded the States
at him) is an assumption that none but 20
u u could make.
d Since the appearance Of yonr false charge
.. forwarded to the editor of the Spirit q
ag authentic copy Of Kentucky's pedigree, viii
%, my affidavit that the paper sent was trr
80 :, copy of the original pedigree furnished n
'n Spirit, of Jan. 4, 1862:
go "W. E., Louisville, Ohio.-If the ey
Y, dencc furnished us of the pedigree Of ke
ny y tucky, and which was made under afhda,
Oh ofMr. Estep, can be relied upon, ard the
appears to be no reason to doubt its authe
y ~ ITCHY, then the horse in questiopis thoroug
al bred beyond doubt The fact Of the
ed being no authorised Stud Book in the cou
~, try pecessitates the authentication OF
'ur horse's pedigree in very many instances
~ the production of similar evidence to tn
I iu which have been furnished as. ;,
as He also answers, by letter, as follows:
.on' til3f "OFTTcE Wilkes SPIRIT, [
ds m "NEw York, Dec. IS, 1851. : y
an 'DR. EsTEP: We have answered y.
MI questions through our usual colu'
av for correspondents. There does not app
n, to be any doubt Of the horse, Kentucky
.ar ing a thorough bred. !1ot ,sieB9s1i
III "Yours, truly, .qui'
ole ~ '..GEo., WILKES,
er e "Per Wm. Lindsay.
tae Having now fully and uncondition
BY proven my hofsc Thoroughbred, land Z
ith by the best authority in existence6 a J
re- his merits, without any fear Of injury II
to the attainder Of your base and SANDER
All language, too base to stain the character
lck. & decent horse. If you try toprcve a ne
EN- tive, you must do 30 by other autho
,sr- than the Ehglish or Americth Stud Boz
the as they are not reliable authorities, WI
lder you well know.
md, Your endorsement Of the pedigree
and Sharetaek, in 1885,. was not given " Y
en- protest, and was not so kncwn'to part Of
s as Board serving in 1861 i nor did your pro
;sthei make the owner forfeit his counsel 9 fec
un- save the Society Of one hundred dollar
red Frank Calhoun, George y. Bethel