RECOLLECTIONS OF MEN AND HORSES 



convict him of malicious libel on one of the best 

 established pedigrees in the Stud Book. I have all 

 the evidence in print as it came out, but would like 

 the originals." 



I had preserved the sworn statements, and sent 

 them to Mr. Brodhead. Wallace failed to appear 

 before the Board of Censors of the Executive Com- 

 mittee of the Register Association, although duly 

 notified, and, after carefully going through the evi- 

 dence, the official decision was that Sally Russell 

 was by Boston, dam Maria Russell by Thornton's 

 Rattler. 



Yearly I went to Woodburn, and, whether it was 

 in the spring or autumn, I paid my respects to Miss 

 Russell. Usually I found her in the shade of a wide- 

 branching tree, with only gray squirrels for com- 

 panions and looking the reserved and aristocratic 

 dame that she was. Speed came from her in ever 

 increasing volume, and her fame spread over the 

 land and even beyond the oceans. The first time I 

 saw her she was in tender leaf, and the last time I 

 looked upon her she was old and faded and ready 

 to fall. I was not surprised when I received the 

 following : 



" SPRING STATION, KY., Sept. 21, 1898. 

 " MY DEAR BUSBEY: Day before yesterday, Sep- 

 tember 19, late in the afternoon, Miss Russell passed 

 away. She has been failing for some time and the 

 end was not unexpected. We buried her yesterday 

 at the starting post of our track, beside Harold and 



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