Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-09-11
made January 8, 1865, of thirteen horses
and one wagon.
No. on the list.

hiuue oanudTy u, loOos VI thirteen horses
and one wagon.
No. . on the list:
Sorrel filly, 2, by Lexington; to
Mr.. Woodward. ............ $3.50
The bill-head on which the return is
made is typical of the times. In addition
to the usual heading it states "Magasin
Francois; Gu Parle Francois. Deutscher
Store; Near Spricht Deutsch. Yenda
Meiicana; Aqua Sc habla Espanol."
There is no controversy over that por-
ton of the question which hinges on the
filly bought by William Woodward being
the grandam of Sunol, so that it is un-
necessary to go further on that point.
The papers secured from Mr.. Stevens
prove that the filly was by Lexington,
out of keenon mare, and there is plenty
of corroborative testimony which Levi
5. Gould presented at the conclusion of
his search. But the Breeder and Sports
man of August shows that mistakes in
relation to the subject matter are not
confined to papers far away from home.
The editor claims that Levi S. Gould
made the discovery that Waxy was by
Lexington, out of the Keenon mare, etc,
and that there was an interesting history
if he had the time TO write it. He must
have some clairvoyance in his compost
ton if he can, as all his information
must be based upon the abstract which
he has seen in the proof sheets in the
Palo Alto catalogue.
have already exceeded the intended
limit of this communication and will
rest for the time being. Hereafter will
continue the tale and show proof of the
back crosses of the Kecnon mare as they
will be given in the Palo Alto catalogue
for 1891.
Although the pedigree of the dam of
WaXy turns out differently from what
Mr.. Gould had it, and on the correctness
of which | offered to wager $1,000, it is
singular how nearly correct the afli-
davits obtained by Mr.. Gould were. His
weak point was in changing bay colt in
to sorrel tilly-a square plug to fit
round hole-and he was misled by the
American Stud-Booll transposing the
date of the birth of Ada c. and Dolly
Morgan, reasoning that if Ada c. was
foaled in 1862 WaXy was also a foal of
that year, and had anyone accepted
should have been 'cool thou to the
bad.
The contract also contains among the
'eight head of blooded stock, )" zone gray
mare by Gray Eagle, out of Mary Nor
ris )" lone yearling colt by Lexington.
out of Gray Eagle Mare" Then the pa
pers also show that Ada G. was foaled in
1852, and that the Bob johnson fillv was
of the same age. That part of the con-
tract which proved that the Gray Ea-
gle-Mary Morris mare had Lexington
colt was all that Mr.. Wallace used. The
jumping at conclusions which resulted
and the iubilations that followed over the
downfall of those who advocated near
crosses of thoroughbred in fast tro tiers
afforded me some satisfaction. They fell
into the trap. and must acknowledge
that one of the prime reasons for not pre-
pairing the matter in my hands for pu b.
LEGATION was to see them hOundering.
While it may be thought somewhat
to enjoy seeing people making
fools of themselves, in this case there
was temptation, or rather an incite-
ment to let them alone
Persistent in attacks against those who
advocated the mngling of thorough
bred strains with that of trotters, unfair
in argument, abusive, denying that
which had evidence to sustain it in the
minds of reasonable men, carping, quer-
ulous, there will be small sympathy en-
tended that class in their present tribu-
lation. JOSEPH CAIRN SIMPSON.