Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-07-11
ROYAL, 2:24.
JOSEPH BATTELL,
Middlebury, Vt.

ROYAL. 2:24.
About the breeding of Royal, his driv-
er, who owns one-haf interest in him
and controls his trotting qualities, in
formed me long before he entered the
2: 80 list that he was sired by son of
Volunteer, and he has always been so
given by me. Wallace represents him as
having been bred by F. 5. Harris, Bron-
son, Mich, sired by Royal Fearnaught,
dam by Western Chief, Jr., and | have
been assured by the Royal Fearnaught
party that this is true pedigree, but DO
proof of it has eyer been offered me.
Per contra. Nicholson informed me yes
terday that there was not one word of
truth in it. He says he has always
known the horse, that he was bred by
the late Arstides Welch, of Chestnut
HILL near Philadelphia. Mr.. Welch bred
a thoroughbred mare 10 Volunteer, and
she produced colt who was bred to an
old mare, by Seeleys American Star, and
the produce was Royal. The Volunteer
colt died young, and was never given
name. Royal developed a runaway dis
position, and six years ago, when five
years old, was sold at auction in Phia-
delphia, with the pedigree as given
above, and Nicholson has had the con,
he can only surmise that the claim that
he was by Royal Fearnaught was made
purely and simply because his name was
Royal. Why do we have Boards of Cen
sors unless such matters are settled?
- Griffin in Turf, Field and Farm.
Royal is now i'm his sixth consecutive
season on the turf, and has lowered his
record this season. He has already trot-
ted forty-two races and will probably
enter the list of tifty-race trotters. AS be-
tween Griffin (Mr. Walter Il. Chester and
Mr.. Wallace, we are not now able positive
ly to decide which is right IN respect to his
pedigree. On general principles we
should expect Mr.. Wallace to be correct !;
for although in credting performers to
Messenger sires he may be slightly in
accurate Gas in the case of Harris Ham
bletonian, to which he attributes II noted
animals, 10 of which are mistakes) yet,
when the case is reversed, he is singular
ly accurate so much so that in all the
the thousands of pedigrees which we
have examine we do not remember a
single instance in which he has credited
Morgan sire with worthy performer
really got by a horse of Messenger
blood. For that reason we do not be-
lieve he has attributed Royal to Royal
Fearnaught without unimpeachable evil
dence. Moreover, unless Mr.. Nicholson
has further evidence than that set forth
by Mr.. Chester, it would not be wise to
base pedigree on it. Ii seems queer
that Mr.. WEIGH, then a noted breeder,
should have bred up son of Volunteer
that he deemed worthy to couple with a
mare by the then most popular brood
mare sire, American Star, and yet never
have given him name. Indeed it would
almost seem that this son of Volunteer
had been resurrected, or rather erected
and Killed, for the very purpose of sire
ing Royal. Again, if Mr.. Nicholson
knows that Royal was sold at auction in
Philadelphia six years ago, since which
he has hal control of him, he must also
know the name of the auctioneer and
that of the purchaser; and, the point
being in dispute, the omission to give
these is significant. If Mr.. Nicholson
can trace the horse, he should do so and
give the evidence to the public, who will
be able to decide without the assistance
OF the Board of Censors-a tribunal, by
the way, which seems very property to
have gone out of business after exhibit
ing themselves in the matter of the ped
ioree of Civilization
We have partially traced a chestnut
gelding called Royal, which we believe
to be the Royal in question. He was
bred by Fernando S. Harris of
Bethel, Michigan, bought in 1879 by
Samuel ID. Marlowe, who sold to John
Wider, and he, in 1880, to a Mr.. Gray of
New York city. Perhaps this informa-
ton may enable some of our friends TO
settle the matter; if not, we hope to be
able to do so. This Royal was got by
Royal Fearnaught. His dam, Fan, was
bred by Roderick Harris of Harrington,
ILL.,, and got by Kidders Green Mountain
Morgan (bred by Ephraim Thayer, West
Randolph, VT by Hale's Green Noun
tain Morgan; second dam bay mare bred
by Isaac Everett of Willoughby, Ohio,
and got by Diomed, horse owned bv
Abel Nash of that place and said TO be
a descendant of imported Diomed. The
dam of Kidder's Green Mountain was I'M
derstood to be by Gen. Hubbard, son of
Woodbury. Morgan. If, as we believe,