Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-05-21
FRIDAY, MAY FL, 1909.
The American Stallion Register
From The Horse Review, Chicago

The American Stallion Register.
From The Horse Review, Chicago.l
We are, in receipt, from the publishers,
the American Publishing Company, of
Middlebury, VT, of Volume 1. of the
American Stallion Register, very hand
some book of nearly 900 large and ee-
gantly printed pages, which the sub
title describes as including
"All stations prominent in the breeding
of the American roadster, trotter and
PAGER, from the earliest records to 1902
And this includes nearly all imported
English thoroughbreds and their more
distinguished get, together with many of
the English stations from which they are
descended; all sires of 2:30 trotters or 2:25
PAGERS; also the rating of Nor
gan blood in all of these stations so far
as known. Compiled from original
sources with many pedigrees, hitherto in
correctly recorded, corrected lin all cases
the evidence upon which this is done
being given, and many more pedigrees
extended
The author, as these statements will
lead those familiar with pedigrees to
apprehend is Mr.. Joseph Battell, of
Middlebury, VT. the author of that very
valuable work, 1.-THE Morgan Horse and
Register" which is one of those most in
dispensible in the Reviews library. Mr..
Battell is widely known, and has been
for long term of years, one of the most
interchangeable tracers of trotting and pac-
ing pedgrees in America. Like the
Morgan Horse and Register" thepres
ent work has been published by Mr.
Battell at his own expense and is another
monument to his devotion and endeavors
Its magnitude can be appreciated best
when it is stated that although the por
ton of the volume devoted to the list of
stations registered extends, with the
"Addltions and Corrections" to over 500
pages, it covers only the first three letters
of the alphabet. From this it may be
estimated that at least three more vol
umes of similar size will be necessary to
complete the work: Of which we learn
that Volume ii is now nearing COM
pletion.
Light-harness, horse breeders owe Mr..
Battell heavy debt of gratitude for the
enormous amount of time and money
that he has expended in labors of which
they are the chief benefciaries, and we
hope that they are sensible of it, We, in
particular, take pleasure in expressing a
lively sense of our own gratitude to him
We cannot say that we endorse all the
versions of disputed pedigrees that he
has accepted as correct and so registered
of many of them we have considerable
doubt, while others we disagree in
entirely. But this does not effect oul
opinion that in his pages will still be
found mass of facts of great Importance
that are nowhere else accessible-w which
alone confers a very high, and in some
ways extraordinary, value upon them.
geographically the american Stal.
lion Register is superb, as it is also as
piece of mechanical book. making, offer
ing thereby great contrast to the off.
cial american Trotting Register, "
which, in these respects, leaves much to
be desired Aside from the registration
department, Volume | contains over 20C
pages of miscellaneous and historical
articles, reprinted from various publica-
tons, which the compiler has selected as
being of value for preservation in per-
manent form; while there are profuse
illustrations of noted stations and land.
scape views of localities notable in breed
ing annals.
We tender our thanks to Mr.. Battel
for the volume and our compliments
upon its publication, and trust that
nothing may prevent the appearance OF
the succeeding ones in due time.