Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-07-12
quarter in "a seconds, 2:l6 gait, in the
fourth heat at Cleveland, Ohio"


neatly registered, under the certificate of
the full board of censors, to the credit of
a sire that was not in the least related to
him as will presently appear. j. II.
WEIGH, having only one in the 2 80 list
as the result of a long life in the stud,
had not been so prolific of that kind of
horses that those interested in his stock
could afford to see this principal jewel
drop from his crown without struggle.
Their protests brought out the following
confirmation of the registered pedigree,
which contains so much matter pertinent
to the question of the true paternity of
Civilization that it is quoted entire. 1t
appeared in Wallace's Monthly for June,
1888. The article quoted consists of
letter of S. A. Foulk to Mr.. Wallace, and
Mr.. Wallace's opening and closing COM
ments thereon. 1t will be observed that
j. II. Welch and Washington are the
same horse.
CIVILIZATION, 2:254, is BY sTILLsoN.
Since we announced in our last issue
that Civilization, 2 259, that has hitherto
been credited to j. Ii. WEIGH. 2165, was
by Stillson, son of Messenger Duroc,
some attempt has been made in certain
quarters to insist on the old pedigree.
The following letter from a man of stand
ing and reliability, who knows the facts,
speaks for itself:
URBANA, OHIO, May l6, 1888.
Dear Sir Il wish to make an eXplana-
in rI n |
Civilization before it was agitated that
he was by Stillson. never was able to
see resemblance between him and 9TH
ers of the get of j. Ii. WEIGH, and when
heard that it was represented he was
by the Plumwood Horse, that was by
Pete Jones, by Ethan Allen, and whose
dam was represented to be by Abdallah,
Is, thought this explained the matter,
and jumped to the conclusion that this
pedigree was the right one, particularly
after an interview with Mr.. Ed. Humes,
who told me the Plumwood Horse was
his sire. But afterwards when | learned
from him that he only had his brother
Samuel for authority that the mare had
been bred to him, | had no faith in it.
There is no doubt in my mind that Sam
made this representation solely to lay the
foundation for repudiating the fee of
Stillson. The spring the gray mare
dropped Civilization he represented to
those having Stillson's book that she did
not get in foal. When he first sold Civ
ilization to Mr.. Conklyn he said he was
out of the black mare, and by J. Ii.
WEIGH. Conklyn was told by others he
was out of the gray mare Shirley, and
went to Sam Humes about it. Then he
said he would tell the truth-he was out
of the gray mare. When Conklyn told
Mr.. Baughman that he (Conklyn)
bought the colt, the latter asked him
what the dam was, and he stated, as he
had been informed by Humes, that the
dam was the black mare. Baughman
then said if he was out of the gray mare
he was not by j. II. WEIGH, but by Still
son. Baughman told me the mare got in
foal by the service of June 30. When
Mr.. Patterson went to DR.. COnycrs and
asked to see his stud-book entry after
hunting for it in the book for a consid-
cradle time he said he could not find it,
and Il few minutes after Mr.. Patterson
left town he announced he had found it,
and it showed the dam of Civilization
was served July 10. Now is it not sim
gular that after this pedigree had been
fully questioned as between Welch and
PlumwOOd, Convers did no. have his
book where he could lay his hand on il
with the entry marked? There had been
plenty of discussion on the subject to in
dnce a man TO be prepared to meet il
with day and date. have been Informed
that when the question first came VI
COnvers told Humes to stick to the Welch
pedigree, and he would back him up with
the books. a man here bred a mare a
year ago to the Plumwood Horse, now
owned by George Freeman, and in the
interest of Freeman, to show he was the
sire of Civilization, was sued for the fee
His defence was the horse was repre-
scented to be the sire of Civilization, and
he was not. The case was badly con.
Quoted, even to establish their own theO-
ry, and nothing was decided as to the
pedigree by the justice, but Judgment
was rendered for the fee. Sam Humes
was witness, and swore that Civiliza
ton was by Welch (Washington). He
stated he had always represented him tC
be by PlumwOod Horse until ne sold hin
to COnklyn, and unlimited he had lied dbOu
IL then, but now he was on oath and wa,
telling the truth. The fact is he coulc
do nothing else, for the spring Ciyiliza
ton was four years old, to enable Conk
Ign to establish his age, when the ques
| tlOn was raised In a race ne mad entered
him in Cleveland, think, he made al
affidavit that his sire was Washington
His brother Ed. is charitable enough tt
believe he did not then think he wa
swearing to pedigree-only to age. Whel
Sam Humes took this mare to StillsOn
Baughman says he remarked she hat
been bred to Washington, but he was to-
old to get her in fOal. Mr.. Conklyl
asked him if she had ever been bred t,
Stillson, and his reply was that she haC
been bred to him ia the fall. So you Sc,
he has been lying at every turn of tn,
case. He first told Conklyn the colt wa
foaled June 10, but has since placed tn,
date of foaling at June %. Conklyn wa
at his place day or so after it occurred
and says he was then blowing corn, bu
cannot give the date, but to the best o
his recollection it was earlier than that
Edward Humes also thinks it was earlier
DR.. Convers placed j. II. Welch-Lone
Main - Washington - Jim - before tn,
breeders here with card that was
fraud as to age, pedigree and perform
ance. This fraud was denounced in TIN
Monthly.