Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-08-05

DcUF ST.-1 our IaNOr Oh Dec. 70
reached me in due course of mail and |
determined to not let this case rust on
my hands; so, despite the cold and
stormy weather and the extremely rough
and unfavorable roads, | started vester-
day to make the trip to Bristol to inves-
tigate the pedigree of the dam of George
Wilkes. On my route ! stopped at Hon
eoye and booked as my companion for
the journey Mr.. j. G. Paul, horseman
of large experience and thorough know
ledge of all the leading horses that have
been kept in this section for the last for
ty years and man whom we believe to
be entitled to the utmost confidence.
We found him Just the man we wanted,
when we got to the Highlander cross in
the pedigree of the mare under considera-
ton, as he has thorough knowledge of
this family of horses. We first drove to
the residence of Mr.. f. V. Philips, neph-
ew and adopted son of Mr.. Joshua Philips
(not Josiah-as you have it-as no man
by that name ever lived in Bristol, as
can learn, now deceased. This gentle
man was not at home, and we were
obliged to drive two miles farther to Brls-
tol Center, in order to see him. We
learned from him that he had always
lived with his uncle (Joshua Philips
from early childhood, and while he was
not positive that he could recall and indi
vidualize all the horses bred and owned
by his uncle since he became of years to
note such matters, yet he was very posi-
tive with regard to the horses that were
got by Henry Clay. One of them was Il
black stallion, another a gelding, called
Blueskin, another gelding somewhat pc
culiar in color, by some called roam, and
| or a nrnr tbis ono Uae sold m Mr.
Munger of Canandaigua; the fourth and
| last Clay was a mare. This mare and the
gelding last named were purchased, when
| young, of Mr.. Clark Philips, who bred
them. The mare was purchased by Mr..
E.N. Philips when yearling, and kept by
him until four years old, and was then
sold to his uncle Joshua, and he sold her
the next year to some man from the east
ern part of the country, but the name of
the party he could not recall. He remem-
bered her as a mare about fifteen hands
two inches high, and of a dark bay color,
with white hair mixed all through her
coat, making her a sort of roam. Her
dam was called Old Telegraph, mare
fifteen and one-halt hands and upwards in
height, and of very dark bay or brown
color, and noted as a great roadster. Sew
eral other parties who were present at
the interview remembered Old Telegraph,
and all had good "A word to say of her.
We next drove to the residence of Clark
Philips, and again were obliged to drive
two miles farther, to Baptist Hill, in or
der to reach him, and the following is
his statement: Il bred two colts from
Henry Clay while he was owned by Kent
Il Bailey of this town: one a horse colt
and the other mare. The mare was sold
to f. V. Philips and by him sold to Josh
ua Philips, who in turn sold her to some
party east of here. Her dam was brown
mare bred by me, called Old Telegraph
she was got by the Baker Highlander
out of a bay mare of unknown blood
The Clay mare in question he remembers
as "A brown roam in color. For the histo
~ and description of the Highlander
horses that figure in this pedigree, We
are indebted to Mr.. Paul, than whom nc
man is more competent to speak. The
Baker Highlander was bred by Arch
Humphrey of West Bloomfield, y. Y.
was bay horse about fifteen hands on,
inch, was got by Paul's Highlander out o.
mare by Young Lion, who was by Def
ance, out of a mare said to be an Eng lisl
thoroughbred, that was driven by Parsol
Steele of East Bloomfield hundred mile
in day.
Paul's Highlander was bred by Zebede,
Paul of West Bloomfield, now deceased
and was by Highlander, out of mare b,
Bold Richmond. Pauls Highlander wa
a beautiful blood-bay color, black points
and nicely finished in every part, ant
stood fifteen hands three inches in height
He won the first pr emium at the first fai
of the Ontario County Agricultural soci
ETY., and was once driven fifteen mile
with two in a wagon in an hours time
Highlander was brought from MaSsachu
sets, according to tradition, about tn
: year 1875, by Thomas Kellogg of Eas
Bloomfield, and was represented to he
son of Morgan, the founder of the Nor
gan family of horses. lie was a bloc,
bay, black points. about fifteen hands on
inch in height.
When Henry Clay was being brough
from the East to his home in wester
New York. he stopped one night at tn
hotel then kept in Bristol by Dr. Durgar
deceased, (the breeder of Castle Boy
and made season at this llace the FOL
lowing year. when he became the proper
ty of Kent & Bailey. lie was kept j
; that town for some years, and then wa
sold to Cummings & Sayles. lie after
wards became the property of our genia
llitu IlNu VI NnIIi. hoHlb
I. county, \. y, and was sold by him i
; his old age to parties near Ovid, where h
died in very advanced years. Clark Phi
i Ups thinks he will be able to learn tn
l name of the party to whom Philips sol
: the Clay mare. If he can fix it as Gilbei
at the end of the line, then the links {
D evidence, which are now all connected
y will be verified, and the pedigree of tn
u dam of Wilkes will be irOnclad in all it
details. What he writes | will submit t
t you at once. JOHN Il. RAY
Here we have the whole matter in
shape that is clear, distinct and unmi
taxable. All the essential facts, and til
: circumstances sustaining them, are give
). in an intelligent and conclusive form
: The mare was bred by Clark Philips, sol
!, as aiyearling to f. V. Philips, and, whe
5 four years old, to his uncle, Joshua Phi
d Ups, and by him the next year to ma
d in the eastern part of the county, nan
n not remembered. At this point Mr.. Lev
s is supplies the deficiency, and shows
S was to James Gilbert, then of Phelp
IN. Al.