Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-12-27

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home, about two miles out of Middlebury,
and had the following further interview.
DR.. Ezra Branerd, president of Middle
bury college, was with me and heard the
entire conversation, and may be referred
to as to the fairness of the method and the
accuracy of the taking down of the inter-
view. Mr.. Yale said "The doctor
made the bargain with John Daniels, and
| went up there and got the horse, Fly
ing Morgan. 1t was in the spring, |
think in May; took him right home. The
doctor never had him to drive till after
the season was over. The doctor owned
him but one season. did not pay anything
toward the horse, but had bargain with
the doctor for half interest. He paid
Daniels for him, and he traded him to
Adams. Adams came down and traded
another horse and, | think, paid some
boot and got the horse back | brought
the horse from Bristol myself, and kept
him all the time till the season was over.
DR.. Russell wanted him to 20 over the
lake. | do not know what he went for.
"Ddniels used the horse for mares before I
had him. Ihad seen his colts before Ihad
him. | got him so he could trot pretty
well.
1.-The doctor had the horse but one sea-
son. He did talk of having him the year
before, but he kept doctoring Daniels
wife along and got up quite bill, and
was six the season | had him. Think he
had no colts older than yearlings when |
took him.
"Adams wrote me and wanted me to
countenance the claim that Ethan Allen
was sired by Flying Morgan. He came
to see me, too, and wanted me to write
that it was so. could not, for it was not
the right year.
81 am quite certain it was two years
after | had Flying Morgan that | went to
Ticonderoga and tended Morgan Henry
!, for Col. Harris. | know that summer
, Ethan Allen was two years old, and Hol-
comb was driving him about the streets.
at was after this, after Ethan had got
to be considerable of horse, that Adams
: applied to me. knew at that time what
. year Ethan was foaled. and knew it was
: the wrong year, and am positive told
, Adams so. wanted it to be so, as a credit
; to Flying Morgan. but it is not the truth.
IL think let DR.. Russell have the book
, of service of Flying Morgan. | have
looked and cannot find it, and Mr.. Bat
f tell and looked all over for it and could
t not find it. | do not remember that
t ever heard DR.. Russell say anything
2 about the matter.
81. B. Douglass got of d. L. Sessions a
: sucking colt bred by him while | had
' Flying Morgan, and Joseph Battell has
e the note which he got of Douglass. The
= date will tell the year | had the horse"
t Mr.. Battell states that he did have thi:
J note, and it was dated in the summer OF
1850, as stated in an article by Mr.. Bat
: tell in the Middlebury REGISTER of May
e 10, 1889. Mr.. Battell says further that the
/ railroad bridges in Middebury village
5 were built in 1919, and that he is told by
| Geo. Sessions of East Middlebury that h,
n bought mare of one Howard, who wa,
e at the time drawing lumber for those
] bridges then building, and bred her that
$ season to Flying Morgan, then in Harvey
5 Yale's hands. Moreover, Mr.. Thomson
u comedies that 1919 was the season tina
. Yale had the horse, saying "rhis shows
= as Mr. Yale has stated that he kept Fly
= ing Morgan the season of 1919"
= Mr.. Thomson, as usual, by assuming
: the point in controversy, has forced
= us to prove negative, that DR.. Russo
: did not have the horse in 1913. bu
S there is the proof-Adams' advertisement
! (the part we are permitted to see) con
e firms it. He says "Flying Morgan
II has stood for the last two years il
e Addison county" If both seasons hat
y been in the same town, and that tn
). county seat, Middlebury, he would hav
n said Middlebury, but the horse havin.
: stood in two towns i'm the same county
II it was natural to name the county in
e stead. Mr.. Thomson has, in the name
c of those who bred to the horse in 1913, al
IL infallible means of finding out wher
} they found the horse that season. | an
not simple enough to suppose that Thorn
II son has not cOrresponded with these peo
= pie and learned that Daniels had tn
q horse. Indeed, to me with my knowledg
Is of his methods, nothing could be bette
proof that Russell did not have the hors
e that year than the fact that Thomson ha
II got that list and does not come out witt
If the breeders statements. He suppresse
h the fact because the fact is against him
n just as he supposes it must haye bee
Is natural for Mr.. Linsley to do. But
IS have answered his query as to the stu
n books he will now answer mine by fur
), nishing the list.
N do not expect to convince Mr.. Thon
son Whom no sapc tbat tha puhlio mn.