Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-07-26


The other instances of mendacity in
which Mr.. Foulk thinks the unhappy Sam
is detected are these. He thinks Humes told
the Plumwood story to escape payment
of the Stillson fee. In this he is shown
to be mistaken. He thinks Humes told
Baughman, when he bred the mare to
Stillson, that the mare had been bred to
Washington and he was too old to get
her in foal, and that it was a lie. Now
Mr.. Baughman is not a nice person to
prove another man liar, as he appears
to be the very accommodating servant of
Mr.. Norris, who had charge of the books
of Stillson when the forged entries were
made. But the statement, if made, was
doubtless true, as Humes did breed the
mare to Stillson, without result, the Oc-
tober before Civilization was got, and he
Washington. Again, Mr.. Foulk thinks
Humes lied when he told Conklyn that
the mare had been bred to Stillson in the
fall but it turns out that he was telling
lhC CAaCI ITuuu. OO He tOlu Ills lie W
Conklyn, to make little money, and he
told what lies were necessary to keep
that lie good as to the sire (for he took
back the part as to the damp ; and, so far
as appears, he told the truth on all other
occasions. And. to our mind, he does not
seem to be man who would for three
years be constantly iterating among his
confidential friends a gratuitous lie that
was against his own interest.
Further comment on this letter is I'M
necessary. Any one may read it CAREFUL
ly, then place before the author of it the
fact that the Stillson evidence was a for
gerry, and were he ever so deeply inter-
ested to sustain the Plumwood pedigree,
he would not hesitate to leave the final
decision of the question to Mr.. Foulk
himself.
The other material facts not brought
forward are the testimony of Poulter,
who had Plumwood at the time of the al
did Humes pay the service fee? The
former may be barred by the death of
Poulter, as suggested, and the latter may
not be susceptible of proof. For it is
perfectly evident that, as long as Con-
verse is driving Humes in harness as ne
is now, no transaction of the kind be-
tween them not backed up by extrinsic
evidence would be of any significance.
The doctor could quite as easily give
Humes an ante-dated receipt for the SER
vice fee as to get him to make state
ment. And DR.. Converse seems to be
something of an artist. No doubt the
genius that launched j. w. Welch upon
the Urbana public under false name,
false age, false pedigree and false record,
would be equal to furnishing such re-
ceipt with a cash book to match it, and a
very genuine looking stud service book
to correspond. TO be sure he could not
find the service book when Patterson
wanted to see it, and up to the last report
had not succeeded in furnishing Mr. Wal.
lace any shadow of evidence in support
of his claim for WEIGH. But very likely
he had not had time enough to get ready
and very likely he was very ready indeed
when he appeared before the bob-tai
board. The singular thing is that the
public has been permitted to learn moth.
ing whatever of any fee paid fol
service of WEIGH or of any entry of this
service in his books. This is all the more
remarkable as, before the ''decision'' by
the censOrs, it had been announced, ca
cdthedrd, that there was no such evidence
On the other hand, as the then owner
of Plumwood has had no part in this
controversy, if he is a man of character
his evidence of such payment to him, OF
such entry in his books, would settle the
matter forever. But it would seem thai
this could not have been overlooked, anC
although we have no suggestion from
any one in regard to the matter, it seem:
not improbable that this wayside breed
ing was private transaction between
the willy Sam on the one side and the
!, willing Poulter on the other, and that the
ldCl was hcNcr UIouSuI W Tie attenLlOl
of the owner of Plumwood. The fac
that the owner lived twenty miles away
} would make it more easily possible; ant
! if this were so it would deprive the Plum
, wood claimant of the evidence that in or
binary cases would come from both own
er and groom, for of course the groom, il
, found, would never remember the trans
! action.
, The genuine expectation on the part o.
! Mr.. Freeman of justice at the hands Of
, the board of censors with Mr.. Wallace a.
their head is amusing. Had he followed
the manipulations of this interesting clut
} of horsemen, ali located right about New
York, and seen them throwing out Blu,
Bulls performers on frivolous pretext.
with the apparent purpose of keeping
, George Wilkes ahead of him; cutting of
authentic Morgan and thoroughbred cross
, es in pedigrees and holding unauthen