Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-02-21
THE MORGAN REGISTER.
TISKITWA, Ill.,, Dec. II, lSS!

TIE WOhoHtN hC1l0 En-.
TIsKITwA, ILL.,, Dec. II, 1889.
Ed. Sportsman Il have accomplished
just what | started out to do, stirred up
the hornets nest at Middlebury, VT, and
set the animals buzzing.
Mr. Battel must be extremely sensi-
tive and thin-skinned to make reply
through his lieutenant Mr.. Bliss at so
early date and in such an exhaustive
manner. Shades of Henry Clay, but
how the men of Vermont can spout when
they take the notion and how much they
can say and still tell us nothing.
SO far as answering my article is con-
cerned the reply of Bliss might Just as
well never have been penned. In the
first place he was scared so badly that he
hardly knew what to say, and secondly,
there was nothing to say, so what could
be expected of him.
To reply to the first insnuation of Mr..
Bliss, who writes thusly: 81 have MOTTO
ed that when man who either knows
nothing about what he pretends to dis
cuss, or chooses to misrepresent what
some person not ashamed of his name
has claimed or stated, he generally hides
his identity under the name of some dar-
ing discoyerer, patriot or pioneer of by
gone age. will say that such an argu-
ment is wholly unanswerable when
stated as a reason for publishing another
"Register.' 1t is about as pertinent to
the subject under discussion as are many
other statements of like nature to be
found in the exhaustive article referred
to-
In an article published some five or six
years ago, Mr.. Battell did lay claim to
all the descendants of George Wilkes,
and have the said article in my scrap
book as well as the answer | made to
which was published in the "Chicago
Uorseman."
Still, Mr.. Bliss insists that am declar-
ing falsehood when | assert that his
friend Battell does just what stated in
my former article.
Mr.. Bliss writes: 'Now, who is
Columbus?" and soon afterwards asserts,
that from what | have observed of the
mental processes of Columbus, | am
more inclined to think he is innocentlv
misled" etc, and again, "the mental or
gan of Mr.. Columbus evidently is not of
a calibre to take in" etc
Ifhc knows nothing of Columbus, as
one would infer when he asks, 'Who is
Columbus?" How in the name of the
great horse spoon can he Judge of my in
tentions, or innocence, or mental calibre.
For twenty years | have been writing
for the turf press of this country, having
during that time written upon many sub
jects and for nearly every paper or jour
nal devoted to the horse, and never have
| been guilty of answering any mans ar
gument by the use of such far-fetched
and unsatisfactory replies as those made
use of by Mr.. Bliss.
The pot-house politician invariably
makes use of the phrase chats lie"
or she lies when he says so," but a gem
tleman never makes use OF an elegant
answer to an argument advanced by
the opposition.
| don't like those writers who indulge
in any such paroXysms of mrth and
hilarity and very much prefer to have
ny say to one who can treat an oppo-
nent as he deserves to be treated.
In the article which Mr. Battell wrote
for the Western Sportsmen along in
1881, and to what have before allud-
ed, that gentleman does not claim Ade-
laide as being member of the Morgan
family of horses.
| shall still add here to my PROPOSE
ton THAT there is no use of Morgan
Register Should Mr.. Battell contine
himself to publishing a history of the
Morgan family | should at once cry
amen, and subscribe forthwith. That
would be laudabe undertaking, aud
one that would handsomely repay the au-
thor for the labor and expense he has put
upon it. am well aware that Mr.. Bat