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him up to the; time of his death, and he always re- 

 iterated all these statements. My uncle thought a 

 good deal of John Dey and paid his funeral expenses 

 when he died, four or five years before my uncle 

 died. 



"I read your letter in the 'American Horse 

 Breeder' and you were perfectly right in your state- 

 ments. I have known you, Doctor, ever since 1866, 

 right after the war, and I know that you have had 

 every facility to know these facts and that you knew 

 my uncle well all these years. I am glad to help you 

 with these few facts which are well known to me. 



Stewart L. Purdy." 



This was supplemented by a statement in which 

 Dr. Day set forth what he gathered on this subject. 



"I enlisted in the Civil War in 1861 but was 

 thrown out of the regiment on inspection day on 

 account of my youth. I enlisted again in 1862 and 

 passed inspection. I had something to do and think 

 about besides horses until 1865 when I was dis- 

 charged. After I got home from the war I bought a 

 trotter and entered her in the three-minute class, at 

 Ovid, Seneca Co., N. Y., in 1866. She won in 2:52, 

 the same day that Maid of Clay, by Henry Clay, got 

 a record of 2:40, and was afterwards sold by Cobb 

 and Lewis to Governor Stanford. 



"After the races I drove to Geneva with John Dey 

 and Cobb. We spent that evening talking horse, and 

 li am positive that John Dey then told me that the 

 dam of George Wilkes was by Henry Clay. Very 



