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THE HORSE OF AMERICA. 



HOLTON'S TRUE STATEMENT. 

 " FORKS OF ELKHORN, May 24, 1883. 



"This is to certify that my father, 

 Captain John A. Hoi ton, was for a 

 number of years interested with Cap- 

 tain John Russell in a number of 

 thoroughbreds, and they raced them 

 in partnership. When they dissolved 

 and divided the stock, I am positively 

 certain that my father retained all the 

 descendants of the Stockholder mare 

 among them Maria Russell and all 

 of her produce AND I KNOW 

 TO MY CERTAIN KNOWLEDGE 

 THAT CAPTAIN RUSSELL NEVER 

 OWNED OR HAD IN HIS POS- 

 SESSION THE MARE MARIA 

 RUSSELL, OR ANY OF HER PRO- 

 DUCE. And I further know to my 

 certain knowledge that said mare, 

 Maria Russell, had two good eyes 

 from the time of her foaling until 

 the day of her death. If my father 

 bred a mare to Boston in 1848, I incline 

 to the opinion that it was a bay mare 

 we owned called Limber, for the rea- 

 son that she, Limber, was very uncer- 

 tain, having missed several seasons. 

 There is one point, however, that I 

 feel very certain upon, and that is, 

 that neither my father nor Captain 

 Russell, during their racing or breed- 

 ing career, ever owned a Boston filly. 

 As Boston was the most famous horse 

 of his time, it is not at all possible 

 that there could have been a Boston 

 colt or filly on my father's farm and I 

 not knowing of the fact. I was born 

 in the old homestead the 15th of No- 

 vember, 1820, and have resided either 

 there or adjoining all my life ; there- 

 fore I had constant opportunity to 

 know all about my father's stock of 

 horses. L. HOLTON. 



" I hereby attest that the above is my 

 father's signature. J. A. HOLTON, son 

 of Llewellyn Holton." 



BRODHEAD'S REPRESENTATION 



OF IT. 

 " FORKS, ELKHORN, May 24, 1883. 



"This is to certify that my father, 

 Captain John A. Holton, was for a num- 

 ber of years interested with Captain 

 John Russell in a number of thorough- 

 breds, and they raced them in partner- 

 ship. When they dissolved, and divided 

 the stock, I am positively certain that 

 my father retained all the descendants 

 of the Stockholder mare, among them 

 Maria Russell and all her produce, and 

 I know to my certain knowledge that 

 said Maria Russell had two good eyes 

 from the time of her foaling until the 

 day of her death. If my father bred a 

 mare to Boston in 1848, I incline to the 

 opinion that it was a bay mare he 

 owned called Limber, for the reason 

 that she, Limber, was very uncertain, 

 having missed several seasons. There 

 is one point, however, that I feel very 

 certain upon, and that is that neither 

 my father nor Captain Russell during 

 their racing or breeding career ever 

 owned a Boston filly. As Boston was 

 the most famous horse of his time, it 

 is not at all possible that there could 

 have been a Boston colt or filly on my 

 father's farm and I not knowing of the 

 fact. I was born in the old homestead 

 the 15th of November, 1820, and have 

 resided either there or adjoining all my 

 life ; therefore I had constant oppor- 

 tunity to know all about my father's 

 stock of horses. L. HOLTON. 



" I hereby attest that the above is my 

 father's signature. J. A. HOLTON, 

 son of L. Holton." 



