Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-05-17

President Lincoln called for three
months men, Christopher A. Morgan
(who waa a very loyal NAM raised a
company of men of which he was cap
tain. He came to my place and wanted
| should take his horses. His pet driving
mare was splendid animal. Mr.. Nor
gan controlled Neaves Clay, and as he
would not need his Old Pilot mare, and
very much wanted colt from her, he
bred her to Neaves Clay, and cautioned
me to take good care of her. When the
three years men were called for, he
enlisted for that time, and was made
colonel; but soon resigned from his
command to go upon Gen. Pope's staff.
This was in August, 1861. At this time
he sold me the old Pilot mare las he
called herr, but reserved half interest
in the foal in her. The next spring she
dropped horse colt, colored and marked
like herself, and we named it Clay Pilot
81 then bred the mare to my horse,
Cassius NJ. Clay, Jr., horse raised
and owned near twenty years, although
he was better known as Strader's Clay,
and later was sold to Mr.. Withers of
Kentucky. The old mare produced q
fiilly to my horse, and | bred her to him
again. The filly was also marked like
the mare, but was lighter bay and with
more gray hairs in it. You ask me
about gray catch tilly reported as dam
of Clay Pilot. never had catch filly
on my farm, and | have been a horse
breeder here for fifty years. Col. Nor
gan sent down gray mare with his old
Pilot mare, but she died soon after she
came on to my place; and she had no
along in her teens, but looked and acted
young. She was very handsome and
game mare, of rich bay in color, with
white hairs sprinkled through her coat.
She had beautiful head, eye and ear
and long fine neck. For marks, her
hind legs were white to the hooks, and
one front leg was white to the knee
then she was gray in the TANKS and at
the root of her tall she had a handsome
white strip in her face, and take her all
through, one seldom sees more at
thoroughbred, although she was by
Old Pilot. Her fine quality | think she
took from her dam by Gray Eagle. She
was bred exactly as | wrote you long
since, and her colt by Neaves Clay
named Clay Pilot, to identify the sire
and dam.
Truly yours, (Signed) o. B. Could
1t seems from the above that Clay
Pilots dam was nearly as strongly
inbred to our old favOrite Diomed as
was WaXy, grandam of the wonderful
Sunol (2.1S). 1t is useless to try tC
keep the defendants of the old Derby
winner in the background. They will
come to the front. The four-year
race colt Al Farrow, which won race
at San Jose, Cal, April 6, getting /
record of l 40. the fastest ever made in
race, is by Conner, out of Della Walker
Conner is by Norfolk, out of Ada C..
by Revenue. Norfolk was by the fam
Gus old race horse Lexington, out of ;
daughter of Glencoe; second dam by
grandson of the renowned Sir Archy
Revenue, sire of Corners dam, was by
imported Trustee, out of Rosali
Somers by Sir Charles, son of Sir Archy
and Rosalie Somer's dam was by Virgin
ian, another son of Sir Archy. Tn
Trustee-Glencoe-S Sir Archy combination
is a good one for speed and endurance
and when combined with that of tn
Clay to give pure trotting action. tn
result is tirst-class trotter. The recor,
of Al Farrow only lacks one-fourth of
second of that of Ten Brock. champion
of the running turf.