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vicinity of Bristol, and the first of the family met 

 by Mr. Ray was E. V. Philips, nephew and adopted 

 son of Joshua Philips (not Josiah, as Mr. Lewis had 

 it), and he enumerated several head of Clays that 

 had been owned by his uncle Joshua, among them a 

 mare that was bred by Mr. Clark Philips, bought of 

 him when a yearling by E. V. Philips, sold as a four- 

 year-old to his uncle Joshua, and by him the next 

 year to "some man from the eastern part of the 

 country." He next met Clark Philips, who fully 

 confirmed E. V. Philips about the Clay filly already 

 referred to and said she was got when old Henry 

 Clay was owned by Kent and Bailey of Bristol, and 

 that her dam was "Old Telegraph" by Highlander, 

 etc. In his original report to me of his investigation 

 Mr. Ray uses the following language : 



"When Henry Clay was being brought from the 

 East to his home in Western New York, he 

 stopped one night at the hotel then kept in Bristol 

 by Dr. Durgan, deceased (the breeder of Castle 

 Boy), and made a season at this place the follow- 

 ing year, when he became the property of Kent 

 & Bailey. He was kept in that town for several 

 years, etc." 



"Now, as between the original and voluntary state- 

 ment of Captain Lewis and the investigation carried 

 through by Mr. Ray, there is no conflict and all is 

 smooth sailing, and upon the information derived 

 from these two sources the pedigree of George 

 Wilkes was decided as established by the Board of 



