Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-11-27
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j. III. BOWERS,
Notary Public.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO.
James G. Chesley, Cashier Chronicle
Office, in this City, being duly sworn, de-
poses and says that himself and the late
+. NJ. Fry, owner of the horse Arab, were
close and personal friends, that just be-
fore f. NJ. Fry's death he told me that
the horse Arab was not by Corbetts
Arthurton. 1t was by Gov. Stanford's
horse, but can not recolect whether he
said Electric (Electioneer? or Gen.
Benton; that McNicker was mistaken in
his affidavit in swearing that Arab was
Uy Corbett's horse Arthurton.
JAMES G.. CHEsLEY.
Sworn and subscribed to before me this
10Th day of August, 1881.
l.. b. HARRIS,
Notary Public.
Mr.. ii. b. Moore, San Mateo Co., State
of California, stock raiser, being duly
sworn, deposeS and saws that in the spring
of 1880, hearing that +. NJ. and j. ID.
Fry had received from f. ). Malone a lot
of mares and colts, that among them was
one with local reputotiou for speed
called Lady Hamlton's and Corbett's
horse Irvington, and that said +. NJ. Fry
asked him S40O for said colt He told
me it was IA tiliy, badly marked with four
white legs and white face, said filly
being years old as said to me by said
+. NJ. Fry. ii. b. MOORE.
Subscribed and sworn to this 18th day
of August, 1887. j. ii. SIIERMIER,
Notary Public.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, &C.
CITY and COUNTY of SAN FRANCISCO,
+. 5. Malone, being duly sworn, deposes
and says that in 1875 and 1876 he bred
ten or twelve mares to COrbett's horse
Irvington, that all missed but two. In
1877 he requested Mr.. Corbett to allow
Arthurton to serve his mares. He there
upon refused and compelled me to take
my mares, all but Lady Hamilton. to
Palo Alto. On May IL, 1881, the said
Corbett made affidavit that his horse Ar
thurton served the Lady Hamilton in
1877. That if such service took place |
never knew it at the time and had no
knowledge of it until it became necessary
for the said Corbett to claim Arab as by
Arthurton in order to sell him.
+. >. MALONE.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 81 day of March, 1891.
LEWIS II. HARRIS,
Notary Public.
As to these atiidavits it may be said
that though they are inartificially drawn,
their purport and meaning are perfectly
clear, and their significance is very great.
| 1t will be seen that the pedigree of
Arab, according to the sworn statements
of his breeder, +. 5. Malone, and the
other evidence given above is as follows
Arab b. g. (2:l5), foaled May, 1873,
bred by F. 5. Malone, San Francisco, Cal,
got by Gen. Benton, son of Jim Scott
by Rich's IIamiltonian; dam, Lady Her.
cules, bred by f. ). Malone and Wesley
George, got by imp. Hercules, thorough
bred; second dam Nettie George, said
to be by Norfolk, thoroughbred.
The dam of General Benton is register
ed as by Gray's Hamiltonian. Neither
Richs nor Gray's Hamiltonian is des
cended from Rydsyk's Ilambletonan. II
this latter pedigree is correct, Arab does
not carry "A single strain of the blood of
Rysdvk's Hambletonian and this fact
may go long way to explain the decis-
ion of the Board of Censors, which, as
we have had occasion to remark before
was at that time little else than another
name for Mr. Wallace. by making Arat
a son of Arthurton and setting down hi,
dam as Lady Hamilton, not traced" the