Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-02-24
CANADIAN PILOT AND FARO.

CANADIAN PILOT AND FARO.
Mr.. j. w. Forman of Little Rock, Ky,
gives graphic account of Old Pacing
Pilot. the sire of Pilot, Jr , who came to
New Orleans in the fall of 1884, says
DuDton's Spirit. A man by the name of
Bean took him there with another morse
called Billy. Bean was from Canada,
and brought the horse from there. lie
was not Frenchman. He came there
alone, brought Pilot to pace against
time he was terrible puller and paced
in breeching, and had pulleys. When
first he came got up in the night and
took him into the stable. Billy was
race horse, black gelding, 1911 or ,.
reckoned couldn't be beat, for he
brought him to race with Cow Driver,
who had beaten everything. A few
days after he came, Billy was taken
sick and died. Bean acted like crazy
man, walked about the streets doing
nothing, and Charles Barker, who was
in New Orleans at that time with horses
(and with whom | was), and old man
Dubois, bought Pilot of him and kept
him there that winter. Pilot was
young horse, then four or five years old,
not over six anyhow Bean was about
30 or 30. 1t was at old man NOrton's
stables where he brought the horses, on
fully, running up and down with the
river. Norton lived on Sycamore street.
At that time drOvers were accustomed
to take their horses 10 his stable and
ing man, low and heavy set, had dark
hair and would weigh about l65 to 40
pounds. Dubois brought horses to New
Orleans to sell. as did Barker; 1884 was
the last trip Imade there until 1854. /
made my first trip in 1929, and was there
in 1880, 81 and 80, when the cholera
broke out and | rode home. / was there
in '33 and "a. | am pretty sure it was
in "a that Pilot was brought there.
am satisfied it was after the cholera.
Don't think anybody had ever seen
Bean before that night. Wooley,
butcher, had Cow Driver. | kept Pilot
myself III New Orleans one winter after
Barker bought him. Major Lindsey of
North Middletown. Bourbon county,
Ky, got Pilot of Barker after Barker
came to Louisville, and stood him at
North Middleton one season, | think
1886. Jim Rogers of Cane Ridge has
the book. He is u brother-in-law to
Col. Stoner. Col. Stoner's mother-in-
law, who lives at Cane Ridge, might
know more about Pilot. Pilot was a
black, no white. about 14.2 or 3 high,
heavy, blocky horse, neck thick and
heavy, heavy name and tail, pretty
neat head. He was neat horse anyway
for Canadian. Old Faro was the first
Canadian horse | ever saw. He came
from Montreal; John Bayless brought
him to Kentucky. Bill Rogers bought
Faro of him. He was the same kind of
II horse as Pilot, only white.
In regard to Faro, we wish to say that
Col. Abbott, the owner of the stallion
Col. West, tells the following story: |
was about to go to Canada to buy horses
for saddle purposes. Before leaving,
John Bayless asked me to buy him the
best horse | could find. thought no
more about his order to purchase for
some days. A few nights after my ar
rival in Montreal | sat down at faro ia
bic, and when got up from the table |
was $500 winner. / don't know that |
slept any better that night than would
If had quit loser that much, for in those
days | thought nothing of winning or
losing that amount at a sitting. Next
morning after breakfast | was standing
on one of the principal streets, when
beautiful white stallion and rider came
in view. The horse was one of the finest
looking saddlers had ever seen, and the
thought flashed into my head that |
might buy him. On the spur of the mo-
ment hailed the man. When ne drew
rein, and came up to the curb stone where
l stood, begged his pardon and then in
qulred, is that horse Tor sale?' The
man evidently intended to put the price
beyond the reach of the rough-looking
would-be purchaser, and therefore said