Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-03-12

been disputed point, but the weight of evi.
dcnce Is altogether in favor of Won Moltke.
He ought to bear the Colonel Wood case i'm
mind, and at least, put II o. after the Gideon.
Frank Van Ness writes me that she is certain.
ly by Won Moltke and that Mr.. France has her
breeding in full.
30. Bronze, br m, 2lI, by Morgan Messcn.
ger Wallace gives her no record.
81. Brown Billy, br <, 20, by Corbeau.
Wallace gives him as by Ahnont, and in his
80 table, same number, gives him as 5. t. b.
by Corbeau.
3s. Brown Dick (R F. W. br e, 2241s, by
Virginius. Wallace gives this horse only un.
der X. f. w, although he trotted several times
as Brown Dick, omts his sire, and makes his
record 49,
80. Busbey, b e, 229d, by Geo. wilkes
Wallace spells this Busby He is Respectfully
referred to the heading of the editorial col.
ums of this paper for the correct orthography
can assure him that Busbey knows how to
spell Wallace. He uses six letters beginning
with an h" and ending with "a "g."
The foregoing are the thirty nine articles of
the creed that Wallaces compilation is so full
of errors rs to be absolutely worthless. 1t is
worse than worthless, it is dangerous; for
breeders in making their catalogues, owners
in making their entries to races gentlemen in
buying horses, are liable to be deceived by If
to their very great detriment There really
ought to be II law to enjoin such publications.
do not believe there was ever before given
to the world publication claiming to be sta
tistical so crammcd with blunders and faults
They slop over in nearly every line. And oh.
serve that my criticisms apply only to the
most prominent horses. There are naturally
far more errors among the comparatively un.
known brigade. Nor have dealt with any
but questions of fact; the sipshod editing has
been left untouched. Mr.. Wallace has an
nounced that he would publish the summary
pages of his magazine, with an index, in n
volume by themselves, and sell it as an annu.
al record his only object being to hurt Chcs-
ter. Very well! make him present of all
the information in this communication, and
by its aid he can make a very good 80 list
for 1855, rs far as the first two letters of the
alphabet are concerned. As Tor the rest of it,
judge ye who have read.
am younger man than Mr.. Wallace, but
have learned what he, apparently, has not in
regard to compilations of this character-that
there are just two things necessary to get
your work right first You must know your
business; second, you must do it yourself |
essential, and have Il sure thing on him in
regard to the second but if he could and did
meet those two requirements, and il vigol
was Nouchsatcd to him. and if he continued to
copy my improvements, while of course he
could never catchm my start beingtoo great,
he might about the year 1900, succeed in get.
ting up rs good an annual record OF trotting
and pacing events as my supplement tor lSSj
w I. LA Ind
say, is now in the hands of the printers. no
work left on it for me but proof reading, and
will be ready by March Il, price a., sent only
by mail ON receipt of amount by
Yours respectfully,
WALTER I. CHESTER,
%. Box 1921.
Turf Field amt Farm.
Mr.. Walter L. Chester of New York.
who writes the above letter, is the au-
thor of the "COmplete Trotting and Pac-
ing Record" now the acknowledged best
authority eXtant. 1t is book of about
1000 pages, clearly and closely printed
on excellent paper and substantially
bound in morocco. 1t contains summar-
les of all trotting and pacing contests
of which a record was kept, from the
earliest times down to the close of 1888 !:
while the second annual supplement, now
nearly ready, carries the work down to
the end of last season. The winners are
arranged alphabetically. the name of
each horse followed by his description
and best record, and pedigree when
known. with summaries appended of all
races which he won. The index of beat
en- horses is complete and is carefully
prepared, as is also the index of sires.
This is a work of incredible labor con-
scientiously done and of the very high
est merit. 1t includes the authentic rae
ing history of about sixteen thousand
trotters and PAGERS in single volume.
The announcement of Mr.. Wallace,
which Mr.. Chester justly criticises. is "A
statement that has been kept standing
for years in Wdildce's Monthly, as follows
1.-The only complete and available rec
ord of trotting and pacing performances
is that furnished by the uonthly. No
other is published in the world.
There is only one way of accounting
for Wallace's keeping that announce
ment in his magazine since the appear
ance of Mr.. Chester's great work; and
that is TO assume that Mr.. Wallace's
pride and ambition point the same way
as that of the teller of the fish stories. of
whom this anecdOte is told He once re-
called company at hotel with fishing
"reminiscences until IA gentleman, perfect
stranger, arose and interrupted him with:
Il want To say to you, sir. before | go,
that you are the very biggest liar ever
had the misfortune to listen to-" "Shake.
stranger" exclaimed the narrator. adj
vancing with beaming countenance and
extended hand, you know how to ap-
preciate true merit if you are away from
home