Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-07-19

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pure action; stands l6 hands and weighs
1900 lbs; was foaled in 1873; several of
his get are very fast"
In second letter, dated May 25, 1888,
Mr.. Freeman further says:
"The Stillson matter is a fraud from
beginning to end, with one exception,
and that is, the dam was bred to Stlson
one time and that time was in October,
but not the year that Civilization was
got. Stilson was owned by Norris of |
Brooklyn, N. Y, and kept in this county
at Mechanicsburg by what people call an |
irresponsible party. l asked good man |
in fredericksburg yesterday who kept
the books, and he said Baughman pre-
tended to keep them. He is the man who |
did the work on the horse, but Norris |
had an old blow-gun from the East here
experimenting him part of the time-I
can't think of his name. do not know
all who swore to that statement, but
will venture to say there was not man
of solid reputation. l saw Humes and
saw the mare in Merchandising that
time in October, and talked with him
about his breeding to Stillson; and few
days ago he said, himself, that he never
was at their stable before or since
Conklyn was green at the business and
had no one of any experience to help
him; he Just guessed at it and went ahead.
DR.. Converse made fun of Civilization UNI
til, all at once, he jumped up able to beat
anything the doctor had; then he was
ready TO claim him as by his horse and,
seeing Sam Humes was committed, they
set to work to keep him fast in the ira
ces. Converse thought Humes dare not
say anything else but that Civilization
was by j. Ii. WEIGH, for this reason. Be-
fore there was any stir about this thing,
Conklyn had him entered to trot in the
Breeders Stakes at Cleveland in the four
year-old race, his breeding given, of
course, as by WEIGH, as he had bought
him. His age was protested, so they got
Humes' affidavit to prove his age, attach
ed right to his pedigree and description;
so you see that Humes had incidentally
sworn to his breeding as well as his age,
and got his foot in deeper than ever. DR..
Converse was there at Cleveland. Why
would is not have been sufficient for the
doctor to have sworn to his age, or sent
here to Urbana for his books? The Still
son men found out that Converse could
not show it on his books. and that is Just
what stimulated them to fix up their
books
In August, 1888, Mr.. Freeman writes :
81 understand DIR. Converse has been
to Wallace at New York, and it will be
put in the hands of committee to find
out, if they can, the true sire of Civilian
ton. They are going to make as
big fight as they can, and that would
be all right if they could use honest ma
terial to do it with, but they have not
done that so far and are not likely to be-
gin now"
And under date of September 30, 1883
81 have just sent in some affidayits to
Mr.. Wallace, to 60 to that commission.
l am still in quest of more proof, but
think have shown enough to convince
any disinterested man that will take the
quality of the testimony and the nature
of all the circumstances into considera
ton"
April 3, 1889, before the censors' al
legged decision was known, Mr.. Freeman
wrote:
'If you know the names of that Board
of Censors, please give them and their
address. | think DR.. Converse aimed to
sneak of to New York, get in with Mr.
Wallace and play some sort of snide
game. Why go eight hundred miles from
home to settle matter that took place
here all in one county, and the people all
living? Had it been fifty years ago and
the actors all dead or gone far away, il
might be best to appoint committee to
search the four quarters of the earth fol-
evidence. At the start they claimed to
be very anxious to settle it in court, but
when they found the other side ready to
meet them they dropped it and thought
to get away from facts by going to New
York. l suppose, if he don't win there
he will take it to Europe on the sly, hop.
ing to win by default"
Possibly Mr.. Freeman would have fell
even less easy il he had known that Mr.
Norris was to sit as one of three on tina
deciding board. The decision came il
May, and on the 18th of that month an
other letter from Mr.. Freeman, in which
he says:
81 hear that John w. Poulter, who haC
, Ethan here when he served the gray
mare, is dead, but do not know that it il
the fact. have never found him and Dc
| not have much hopes of finding him.
, "What | want now is for that board o.
j. II. Wallace to publish the entire evi
/ dence that was before them in the Civil
zation matter. 1t has turned out as ex
) pected, because DR.. Converse went dow
: there for that purpose. My evidence