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occurred yesterday. Then there .was a peculiar element in their 

 memories, for they could recall everything about this one filly 

 and nothing about any of the others. At last Mr. Gould reached 

 Mr. Brodhead, of Kentucky, where the "finishing touches" were 

 put upon the pedigree of Waxy. Mr. Satterwhite did not reach 

 Woodburn till after Mr. Gould had left, but that did not prevent 

 him from making a "statement" that exactly fitted the theory of 

 the pedigree as matured by Mr. Gould and Mr. Brodhead. He 

 had been Mr. Philip Swigert's foreman in 1864, and had a right 

 to know something of the transfer of some eight or ten head of 

 stock from Mr. Swigert to Mr. Welch in the spring of that year. 

 Satterwhite was quite too good a witness, as he disclosed his 

 cramming frightfully. He remembered "the light chestnut filly, 

 by Lexington and out of the Grey Eagle mare," with great dis- 

 tinctness and was sure she was foaled in 1863. In no single case 

 was he certain except in the filly by Lexington, and in no single 

 case was he able to give the ages of the other young things cor- 

 rectly. After Satterwhite made his visit to Woodburn, Mr. 

 Brodhead wrote Mr. Gould as follows: 



" Satterwhite says Dick Jackson was with Welch. I think, with what you 

 have, the pedigree of Waxy is conclusively proved, and you can get your arti- 

 cle ready. The sooner it is published the better. I forwarded some letters 

 to you, and I hope they gave you additional information." 



It will be remembered that Mr. Gould started out on the as- 

 sumption that, as there was but one animal in the inventory by 

 Lexington and that was a bay colt of 1863, that "colt," he argued, 

 was a typographical error, and instead of "bay colt" it should 

 read "sorrel filly." On this very uncertain basis he worked 

 throughout. On this basis he collected all his futile statements. 

 On this basis, and to lend a helping hand, Satterwhite testified; 

 .and on this basis Brodhead wrote, "With what you have, the 

 pedigree of Waxy is conclusively proved." Now that Mr. Brod- 

 head is satisfied and that Mr. Bruce promptly entered Waxy in 

 his Stud Book as by Lexington and out of the Grey Eagle mare, 

 we must drop the whimsical idea of the "typographical error" 

 and consider whether the bay colt of 1863, by Lexington, did 

 really become a sorrel filly of 1862 when he reached California a 

 few months later. 



1. The bay colt, No. 20, of the inventory, was the only animal 

 in the band by Lexington. He was a foal of 1863, and was a year 

 younger than any of the others. 



