Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-11-27
MiddleburY, Vt.
THE PEDlGREE OF ARAB. 2I5.
JOSEPH BATTELL,


The pedigree of the famous bay geld
ing Arab, that made his record of J 10 in
1883 and has 81 heats to his credit in , 80
or better, has been the subject of contro-
versy, but in 1851 it was "settled" by
the "Board of Censors" and has ever
since been given in the Am. Trotting
Register accordingly as follows;
arab, b. G., foaled 1873, by Arthurton.
800: dam. Lady Hamilton, not traced.
Bred by +. ). Malone, San Francisco,
Cai,-San Jose, Cal, Sept. 20, lSSS,
2:15,"
As to Lady Hamilton although Mr..
F. 5. Malone positively asserts that she
was not related to Arab. and offers proofs
as shown below in a letter of the 10Th
inst. Mr.. Malone states to us that LADY
Hamilton was bred by the late Martin
Murphy of San Jose. Cal, and was by
imp. Poacher: her dam was said to be
Morgan mare he bought from an emf
grant after crossing the plains. She was
sold when colt to Mr.. Hamilton, Il
farmer at san Jose, of whom | bought
her."
Arthurton is registered as by HANDLE
tonian; dam by Seely's American Star:
second dam by old Abdallah and this
gives the elements that 90 to make up
this great trotter, if his recorded pedi-
gree be true.
But Mr.. F. S. Malone, who has been
for forty-one years a resident of Sacra-
mento and San Francisco, and who was,
up to his financial embarrassment in 1873,
very large breeder of horses, and who
was certainly the breeder of Arab, as
serts positively under oath that the above
pedigree is fraud on both sides, and
gives statement in support of this as
sertion. This statement which was
drawn up and sworn to in March last, is
quite long and contains many matters
not germane to the pedigree in question,
and for those reasons we do not give it
entire. We do give. however, "A state
ment of every matter of fact contained
therein, precisely in substance a there
stated, so far as such facts have any bear
ing on the pedigree of Arab, and this
paper will be forwarded to Mr.. Malone
and if he finds anything omitted, miscon-
strued or misstated, he will forward Us
his corrections and we Will publish them
1t will be we'll to bear in mind that Will
lam Corbett of san Mateo was the owner
of Arthurton and sold him to Il. ). Neecl
Of Louisville, Ky; that Leland Stanford
was the proprietor of Palo Alto ranch
and of the stations Eectioneer and Gov.
Benton; that Charles Backman was the
owner of Leland, full brother to Arthur
ton; that j. ID. Fry had stallion out Of
Lady Hamilton, and that +. NJ. Fry, OF
Z. NJ. and j. ID. Fry, owned Arab i
his dam was Lady Hamilton, otherws,
not.
Mr.. Malone says :-''In 1879 ana 1876
bred to the horse lrvIngton, older broth
er of Arthurton, twelve mares. think
all but two missed both years. William
Corbett owned both Iryington and Ar
thurton. In 1877 | went to Mr.. Corbet
and asked him to allow me to breed m,
mares to the young horse Arthurton
He positively refused, stating that h,
would not allow the young horse t,
serve the mares for $1,000 while the oil,
all my twelve mares to Palo Alto, eX
cepting Lady Hamilton, which | left a
Corbett's to be served by Irvington
She tcaS serced and had a bay .fHy in 1877,
1cuh four ,ehHe legs and phue tace, b
LroingtoR.
"About 1870 Mr.. Wesley George pawn
ed to me the running mare Nettie George
by Norfolk, with instructions to bree
her to imp. Hercules. did so-the pro
duce, tilly, in 1876 | bred to IryingtCn
In 1877 the same .fily, kno,on as Lady Her
cules, lcas bred to lStanford's GEN. Benton
4eih a bro,en horse colt By her side, tie pro
duce Of hCingtOn. ,oas present ,chen III
mare lcdS SerUed.
sin 1873 when | failed | turned m
ranch and stock over to my brokers, +
NJ. & j. ID. Fry. | told them about Net
tie George and her colts not being mine
but | allowed them to be taken to tn
Napa ranch with the balance of the STOCK
Mr.. George soon after came and settle
with me and gave him an order on tn
Frys for the animals. Nette George wa
in the meantime in foal to Gen. Benton
. and before turning her over to the Fry
1had her brought to Oakland to be opera
ed on for cancer of the jaw, which wa
done by DIR. Jacobson of this city, afte