Bisbee daily review., 1910-12-28
STORY OF THE HORSE
 PEACOCK HOT AIR
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The following article. clipped from the Bisbee Evening Miner, relative to the death of Peacock, the horse that saved the mines of the Copper Queen company" while founded or fact in some particulars, is not in all respects true, for Peacock died about three years ago. The article referred to is as follows:
 Peacock. aged 31 years. one of the oldest horses in the West, and ons to which the Copper Queen company has been busy paying debt of grat'' tude for many years. died yesterday. This is the famous animal which won the race to Tombstone in 1880 and saved the Copper Queen holdings by allowing Wess Howell, it's represent ative, to file upon a portion of the present magnificent holdings of the company.
 Peacock. a proud member of the breed of the same name, was the property of Howell: On the day of the famous race Howell. with his pa- pers in his ocket, mounted and pre- pared to ride to Tombstone to file on the ground At the same time Sam Vessel, represent ng opposing interests mounted and rode out of Bisbee, prepared also to file. The story of the race that ensued has been made famous in the annals of the West. Suffice it to say that Pea cock carried his master safely through and the Copper Queen company be came owners of the magnificent lproperty 1t now holds.
 Ben Williams. at that time mana ger of the company properties, for a long time kept the animal in the Copper Queen stables, as its hard Trace had rendered it practically use Hess for hard work of any kind. Later lthe old animal was put 01t ai pas ture, first on the Beatty ranch and later on that Of !. T. Hood. Several months ago Joe Downs brought the old horse to th's city and has since cared for him. His death was brought on by old age"
 Relative to. the foregoing Mir. lame: s. Douglas writes to the editor oi the International as follows:
 Douglas, Ariz., Dec. 24, 1910.
 Mir. Geo. H. Kelly. City:
 Dear Sir:-The story in the Mine about the horse Peacock is nearly al thot air. The race which is described is an actual fact, although the hors,
 
 , Jones, but for years afterwards Ih' , horse was driven by Mir. Ben WI , Hams. and the writer was frequentl.
 alIowed to drive the horse dowl into the Sulphur Springs Valley ant
 elsewhere. The horse was a gay on and got away from the writer abou a mile this side of the present Jir } Brophy ranch, which at that time wa lowned by an old Portuguese by tn [ lname of Manual Symas. Manut . Ayilla, we'll known at F,ronteras, loa1 ed the writer his saddle horse. whic was tied up in front of Symas' hous' ' land the writer caught the horse an it's mate tangled up in the brus labout half way between the center ( the valley and the Forest ranch
 The horse was always taken car
 of by the Copper Queen compan!
 and about nine years ago Waite
 Douglas turned him over to Bill Bea 1 ty in the Sulphur Springs Valley, S take care of him, and furnishe J Beaty with bran and barley to be fe to the horse. About three years az
 the horse died natural death, br |, he was in good flesh up to the tim of his death.
 l. The story about J. T. Hood hayin e taken care of him, or of Joe Down '- having brought the horse to Bisbe c. is pure unadulterated fiction. e The matter of correcting the fals . statement is of some interest to m' :, and if you can consistently do it . would be obliged.
 Yours very truly. a JAMES S. DOUGLAS. T p. S. Peacock was raiced by Co -..l Hooker and was a bright bay wit et me white foot and with blaze on hi l, Iface. He was an exceptionally ham 's some horse.