Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-07-12
PEDIGREE OF CIVILIZATION.
FouR-YEAR.oLp RECORD 2:251s.

DECISION OF THE BOARD OF CENsORs
THEREON.
In Wallace's Monthly for May, 1883,
appears the following editorial item:
"CIvILIzATIoN, 5S07.-T'his horse, in
his four-year-old form, made record of
2 :255 at Cleveland in 1856, and then and
ever since he has been credited to j. II.
WEIGH. 2165. Recent Investigations go to
show that this was the wrong paternity.
The evidence is positive and conclusive
that the dam of Civilization was bred
four different times to Stillson, son of
Messenger Duroc, that year, and it has
not been shown conclusively that she was
bred to j. II. WEIGH, although it has
been so claimed. The books of Stillson.
giving all the dates, settle the matter,
and we do not hesitate to place Civilila-
ton to his credit in the Yearbook and
in the Register
Accordingly, when volume of the
American Trotting Register appeared, it
contained, on page l6, among the Stand
ard Horses, this entry:
''5S07. Civilization, 0,6) bl. h. fOaled
1882; by Stillson, go; dam, Shirley, by
Flying Cloud (Powell's), son of Flying
Cloud, 1874; &. d. Nella, by Messenger
Boy, son of Highland Messenger, by
Kentucky Hunter; e. g. d. Julia, by Bell
founder (Robinson's). Bred by S. r.
Humes passed to j. II. Conklyn and r..
II. Runyon, Crbana, Ohio. Record
2:254."
Inc American Trotting Register is
published under the authority of the
National association of Trotting Horse
Breeders" is edited by John II. Wallace,
and the Standard Department is super
vised by the Board of Censors of the as
ISOLATION. Accordingly we find on page
of this volume Z, the following
"BOARD OF CENsORs' CERTIFICATE.
"This is to certify that we have had
supervision of the Standard Department
of this volume during its compilation,
and have rendered such assistance as was
in our power. The rules of the stand
ard have been honestly applied; and,
while we do not claim that the work is
entirely free from errors, we believe it to
be as nearly correct as work of this
very difficult nature can be made.
"GUY MILLER, Chester, n. Y.
"F. d. NORRIS, Brooklyn, n. Y.
"E. ii. PRATT, Farvale, N. j.
sc. G. DOoHTTLE, Montclair, N. j.
"W. b. DICKERMAN, Brooklyn, n. Y
"BOard of CensOrs National Assn Trot.
ting-Horse Breeders"
Civilization is undoubtedly great
horse. In the circular issued by his own
ers, in 1887, the horse and his achieve
ment, are thus described:
"CIvILIZATION.-Jet black, l6t hands
high, weighs 1850 pounds, small white
stripe in face, two white feet, has fine
name and tail, good round barrel, smooth
rump, powerful shoulders and limbs
well muscled, good withers, fine and
intelligent head, good eyes and feet, su,
perb style and action. He does not show
the effect of his usage, as he has trotted
in nine races as three-year-old, and Il
as a four-year-old, making in all 2s races
winning 36 heats in $40 and better
placing to his credit record of 2 :254 in
the fourth heat, the fastest record ever
made by four-year-old stallion owned
and bred in Ohio. His record of 2 1894
as a three-year-old, made on half-milt
track at Marysville, Ohio, is the best ev
er made on half-mle track in the State
by three-year-old whose sire and dan
were also bred aud raised in Ohio. Be
sides, he is the first stallion ever bred OIL
raised in Champaign county to enter the
$3.50 list. Taking him in all, he is con
sidered the fastest colt outside of Cali
fornia or Kentucky, having trotted &