Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-04-10

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Gle as a happy illustration of the track
covering trick, of which Mr.. Wallace Is
an accomplished master. He gives a
long array of alleged facts, carefully
suppressing all that would enable a re-
viewer to verify or disprove them. He
gives a very full tabulated pedigree of
Gen. Benton, all wrong after the second
step on the sire's side, and partly so on
the side of the dam. lie states that
Rich's Hambletonian (sire of jim Scott,
which got Gov. Benton) was bred by
James Irving, but carefully conceals
Mr.. Irving's residence or address.
But we have seer Mr.. Irving and he says
he did not breed the horse in question.
Mr.. Wallace says the horse was got by
Nelson's or Spaulding's Abdallah, son
of Abdallah. Mr.. Irving says he was
not. James Irving did for a short time
have the horse known as Spaulding's
Abdallah, and did have a picture of him
painted, which Mr.. Wallace says he has
''examined with great pleasure" As
this is about the only correct thing that
he states about the matter, it is quite
probable that he evolved the pedigree
from the picture. Mr.. Wallace does not
state that James Irving told him that
Rich's Hambletonian was by this SOL of
Abdallah that he once had (and which
he called Abd-el-Kader) nor, Indeed,
does he say that he saw Irving at all,
or got any information from him, save
interentially; that is, he gives one to
understand that such was his source of
information by saying: "Mr. Irving is
not able to give the name of his breeder,
but he is very positive about the pedi-
gree that John Nelson gave him as
above" But there is no mystery with
Mr.. Irving about the matter. He knows
that he did o breed the colt that be-
came Rich's Hambletonian, and must
have said so to any one that inquired of
him. There are other people living who
know that Mr.. Irving's statement to us
is correct. Mr.. Wallace either stated the
fact without knowing it or he knew it
and misstated it. This false light could
not have been hung for thirteen years
for the misguidance of breeders had not
the great Blind Leader covered the sources
of his alleged information. Whoever
publishes an important pedigree like
this ought to give the proof of it, es-
pecially if it is challenged. Now it will
be very easy to refute us by publishing
proof of this pedigree as it stands re-
corded. We challenge the pedigree and
say it is false. Let those who use it
call upon the man who furnished it to
them, who first published it, and who
has recorded it, to prove it, and put us
to shame. The time for the track-cover.
ing act, for the giving of information
to be past. Intelligent breeders ought
no longer to be forced to go through the
solemn farce of recording year after
year, on faith alone, in their catalogues,
pedigrees which investigators know tc
be false. CAL for the proofs.
% Another line to Messenger in tine
Benton pedigree is ''Spaulding's Abdal-
labs dam was by Star Gazer by Engi
neer, son of Messenger" AS Spaulding':
Abdallah was not related to Maj. Ben
ton, this goes out. But Engineer was
not a son of Messenger. No one claim:
to know who bred him, or where, anC
his advertisements contradict the theory
that he was by Messenger and there i.
not the slightest evidence in favor of it
This is another airy creation of Mr.
Wallace, and rests upon Il similar lacl
of foundation with his Amazonia All
castle.
(S) Another line to Messenger il
through the dam of Gray's IIambleton
ian, which is given by Wallace as b,
JudsOn's Hambletonian. This is utterly
false. Prove this when you prove TIT
others.
(9) The second dam of Lady Ben
ton is said. in the article under consid
attain, to have been by Bush Messenger
anu lIllS gives d1OlneT line. lnls !
also false.
C0) The second dam of Jim Scott i
stated in the article to have been b,
Greenbush Hambletonian. This is nev
to us and we do not believe it. At tn
same time if some one who knows will Civ
us the name and address of her breede
it will save us the labor of investigation
and if it turns out to be so we will yer.
willingly change our mind.
Taken for all in all, it would not seer
to us that information like that we hav
been reviewing could be of very higI
value to breeders; and yet we must b
mistaken, as we learn that there is a larg
quantity of the same kind now for sal
in New York for two hundred thousan
dollars.
What a debt of gratitude the world owes I
such men as Drs. Aver and Jenner-the latte
for the great discovery of vaccination, an
the former tor his Extract of Sarsaparilla-