Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-06-07
YOUNG CLAY PILOT.
THE REMAINDER OF MR.. RANDOLPH
HuNTJN0TON'S CIRCULAR.


When | got Clay Pilot his dam was
quickly advertised as a catch filly, and
many wrote me inquiring letters. re-
ferred them to Wallace's Stud Books. In
them, from 1872 to 1885, he was recorded
as by "Neaye's Cassius M. Clay, Jr., out
of mare by Pilot, Jr., grandam by
Mambrino Chief" which was an mpossi-
bility but Mr.. Could who owned his
dam, and on whose farm the horse was
born, could not get it corrected. The
first get by Mambrino Chief in Kentucky,
was in 1856; thus FLY by him in 1856,
when year old in 1857, must be stinted
to Pilot, Jr., and this FLY must produce
filly in 1858, which must be stinted to
Neaves Clay, while sucking in 1858,
to produce Clay Pilot in 1859!
When | got the horse, Wallace's
Monthly publishes his dam as ''gray
catch filly" without correcting date of
birth. | felt that it was intended as q
financial damage to me, for every horse
man in the land knows, that for any pa
per or pamphlet to advertise the dam of
his stallion as a catch filly of unknown
get, is death to the business of the horse.
| endured this, my business being to
tend to my Clay and Arab breedings.
For the information of such as are in
terested, | will quote from numerous old
letters to me. From 1850 to 1888, | tried
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ter of 1923 succeeded through friend.
The moment it was known, all haste was
made to condemn him but had secured
him for r. Huntington and his efforts for
public good; so remained silent. May
II, 1888, the following was sent to me, as
having appeared in print, which copy
"Clay Pilot is out of grey catch filly
sold to Samuel j. Morgan, who lived in
Chicago. He bred her to Neave's Clay,
and the product was Clay Pilot. If you
will subscribe to Wallace's Monthly, you
will get the facts about old Kate and her
catch filly, dam of the stallion Clay
Pilot" w. Il. WITHERs.
long had the true breeding of the dam
and sire of Clay Pilot, and this hurt Inc
financially. l wrote to Mr.. Gould, o.
B., who raised Clay Pilot.
FRANKLIN FURNACE, I
SCIOTO Co., OHIO.
Mr.. r. Huntington:
"When Christopher A. Morgan went
/ int tho no &,
When he went on to Gen. Pope's staff he
sold his Old Pilot mare to me. His gray
mare died shortly after she came onto
my farm. The Old Pilot mare he haC
bred to Neave's Clay, which he owned
enough to control. The Old Pilot mar,
proved with foal, and | bought her
agreeing to let Col. G.. \. Morgan hav,
half interest in her foal, and buy the ole
mare back again if he so desired. Tn,
next spring she dropped her foal on my
farm, and it was good one; colored ant
marked like its dam, so by way of identi
fication, we named it Clay Pilot, tn,
names of its sire and dam. The mar
was called Old Pilot to identify her sire
which was old Pacing Pilot, and her col
was PAGER when born, but was quite
little over on its knees. Colonel Chris
TOPPER y. Morgan and myself owned thi
colt Jointly until he was two, coming
three, when | sold my interest to Colone
Morgan, and he had him sent to tn
northwest, Milwaukee. | believe"
O. b. GOULD.
Copy of letter to friend:
FRANKLIN FURNACE. |
OHIO, May "a, 1888.
"Colonel c. \. Morgan was an init
mate friend of mine, and was a grea
horse fancier and most excellent Judge
When he went into the army he shippe,
his horses to me. Later he was on Gen
Pope's staff. One of his mares h
thought great deal of. and bred her t
Neave's Clay before sending her to me
He called her Old Pilot because she wa
by that horse out of thoroughbred mare
o. B. GOULD.
Army Records, copy of official letters.
Captain c. \. Morgan resigned hi
commission as captain 39th Regt. o. V
on August %, 1851"
5. B. SMITH, a. G. o.
Copy of another: COLUMBUS, OHIO.
sc. a. Morgan was command Capt
39th Regt. o. V. three year men, July
1861. Resigned Aug. %, 1861"
W. |. CHAMBERLIN.
Copy of note from Gen. John Pope:
Colonel Christopher A. Morgan wa
of an Ohio regiment he raised in 1861, an
was detailed on my staff in August G
that year. He died in st. Louis late i
1863"
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