Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-06-15


horses. He was alone in this taste or en-
terprse of all the citizens of jefferson
county of that time. He bought some
stock, laid out a race track, built stables,
lions, mares, keepers. trainers, riders and
other attenant persons and things that
his new enterprise became, with different
minds of the neghborhood, a cause of
surprise, regret and derision. | do not
know or believe that any other man in
the county had thoroughbred of either
sex. | am sure Mr.. Funk then had Gas far
he knew no other sorts for breeding.
These appear to me to be important items
in this question, as it stands.
Amongst these stations in training or
standing, there were Stakeholder, Archer
(also by Sir Archy), Sea Serpent, by
Shylock, believe, Conqueror, Whip II
ger, with other less distinguished juve-
niles. and at somewhat later date, per-
haps, Havoc, the horse in dispute. |
could, if | were not to enquire too curl
ously,' give you also the names of sun
dry mares, tilies and colts then assem-
bled there.
IL remember Havoc very distinctly,
more so than if | had seen him last year.
He was not bay but a chestnut or 'sor-
rel, as the color was then called. Nor
was he as dark or dull-colored as Wag-
ner was, but a bright, yellowish sorrel.
As to size, he was of the medium size
and shape of thoroughbreds. | think
about of such proportions as Sir Archy
or Sir Charles may have been, guessing
by their pictures in the old Turf Regis
ter. There never was any large bay
horse called Havoc owned by Peter Funk.
Be assured of that fact. On this point
| must stand up for my own superiority
of opportunities to your other Bear
grass boys Major Funk's racecourse
was entirely out of their beat. The Speed
boys were good and did not habtuate
such places. And although Ned Pearce
and John Gray (like the writer were
certainly fast enough for any deviltry
of that sort, yet have no idea that either
of them ever saw Stakeholder or Havoc
(any Havoc in their lives. What, then,
could either of them know of his size or
color!
"He was reputed to be by Sir Charles.
As | have almost ever since kept my
knowledge of pedigrees refreshed by
reading in the American Turf Regis
ter, etc, am now unable to say wheth-
er any part of his remaining pedigree (by
Sir Alfred, Virgo, by Imported Peter
Teazle, Castianina, etc., be a matter of
memory derived from tide reputation of
the neighboohood or from subsequent
studies. But | think the reputed pedi-
gree then was Havoc, by Sir Charles,
dam by Sir Alfred. l am quite sure,
though, it was Havoc, by Sir Charles.
Remembering now that | never in my
life heard one word in the disparagement
of the integrity or honor of Major Funk
(unless the deplorings of the 'unco'- right
eous' of this race-horse business may be
construed into such impeachment do
you not see in what light your present
proposition must appear? We are re-
quired to believe that such man would
bring, from trip to Philadelphia, farm
horse of unknown breeding, "A large bay
horse, and palm him off as thorough
bred Havoc, by Sir Charles, Sir Alfred,
and in II county, too. in which his forged
pedigree Gf believed) would not have
added one cent to his custom. If, there
fore, Mr.. Pope did send Nancy Taylor to
Mr. Funk's Havoc Gas your witnesses
affirm he must certainly have sent her
to the chestnut horse Havoc, by Sir
Charles. Sir Alfred nor will it be pre-
tended that, at that time, when no por.
ton of this interest (Which now lies in
the pedigree of Pilot, Jr) had attached
to this simple transaction, any of these
neighbors' boys were likely to have
known any facts to outweigh these truths
and probabilities.
"Of the actual breeding of Nancy
Pope (the pedigree in question: | know
nothing. All do know or surmise of its
connections is as follows: My eldest
living brother, Larry Anderson, then
through my fathers death, in loco pdren-
It's to me, in June, 1928, married Miss
| Ann Pope, the only daughter of Mr..
| William Pope, who owned these mares.
Sometime previously had become init
mate with his boys, though | had known
the family all my life. The families had
been close friends since the period when
Louisville was st. Nelson. And, from
the time of, that marriage as long as his
family occupied the farm, was as much
at home there as one of his own chill
dren, almost. Now, at the period of the
wedding Certainly marked occasion
and date to me), well remember a gray
tilly there out of Nancy Taylor. She
was two or three years old She was a
dark but blush gray. | doubt if | an