Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-06-18

Billings at Claremont, n. H., in 1866 and
took her to Chicago that fall. This may
be true but if Mr.. Thomson is correct,
everything else stated in the interview is
certainly false.
Mr.. Simpson goes on to say that Mr..
Billings gave him this hand-bill, which,
he says, sis valuable as establishing the
identity of the horse which was the sire
of Princess; and he adds ''Ihere is no
question that young Mogadorc was the
sire of Princess" The question for the
debating society, if Mr.. Thompson's the
DRY is correct, is:
Rcsolrcd, That Joseph Cairn Simpson
is Il greater fool than 4. n. Billings is
liar.
We should be most happy to publish
something in the shape of evidence that
Princess q :30) was the mare bred by l..
b. Adams of Middlctown, Vt, and
snapped off for a wagon to a Mr.. Dens-
more. and we shall not include as such
the unsupported statement of any party
who has proved himself to be Il notorious
liar.
In all these matters Mr.. Thomson
seems to take the word of liar the same
as that of an honest man, notably as in
the case of dam of Ethan Allen, where
he tied to the word of a VIM. Bevins, I'M
supported absolutely by a single particle
of evidence; and if it had not been for the
REGISTERS researches probably this ro-
nance of the most notorious liar that can
be remembered i'm the town of Hague
would have been handed down to
history as the true pedigree of the dam
of Ethan Allen. Mr.. Thomson also did
this in the face of the testimony that he
had from an honest man. universally rec
ognized to be an honest man. and who
said that he positively knew that she
was bred differently.
And now we will hint to Mr.. Thorn
son. for he seems to be impervious to any
look at as evidence. Mr.. Thomson SAYS
II never saw Princess. but understood
she was Il bay mare without white. not
quite - hands high" Understood from
whom? And what mare does Mr.
Thomson refer to when he says this
He persists throughout his letters in beg
ging the question by calling the Adams
mare Princess. The mare that Mr.
Adams bred and sold at six years old
for wagon valued at about $50. giving
$40 to boot, and refusing to swap back
though offered so and rcmarliing that he
wouldn't give $50 for her. he described
a. II hands high.
Now it is very much in order to have Il
complete description of this mare from
Mr.. Adams; and Il similar one from the
drivers or owners of the mare Princess
In the article, Il very long one. furnished
us by Mr.. Thomson. there is nothing
whatever of the kind We Immediately
wrote to Mr.. Bonner, to the old drivers OF
Princess and to Mr.. Adams for such dcs
cription, but as yet have received no re-
! ply. l. it possible that Mr.. Thomson
can suppose that he has looked up thi.
pedigree and not have this information
Absolutely the first evidence in every
such case, for if they are not alike thai
ends it. If they are, we want, next, adj
dresses in full of all successive owners
These two requirements are so simple
that ii seems remarkable that we SHOULD
be called upon To state them. and vel
they are both wanting in Mr.. Thomson,
account of the tracing of this mare: and
a We understand. this whole pedigre,
rests and rests alone upon the tracing
by Mr.. Thomson.
We shall be pleased. and very mucl
pleased, and will pay for the authentic
tracing of the rotting mare Princes,
ESQ, the dam of Happy Medium.