RECOLLECTIONS OF MEN AND HORSES 



of 1 6 hands. Rushmore, a black horse of 16 hands 

 weighing 1200 pounds, was by Henry Clay, but the 

 majority of visitors to Jewett Farm preferred Black 

 Henry, because he had more quality. The attempt 

 to corner the Clay blood proved quite expensive to 

 Mr. Jewett, and the breeding results were far from 

 satisfactory. From a letter, written me in the spring 

 of 1882 by Henry C. Jewett, I quote: 



"We have a colt, born May 19, that is a grand 

 one. Color, dark brown, no white ; size, large, great 

 bone and muscular development, perfect in every 

 way, with as fine and pure Clay action as was ever 

 seen. Sired by Black Henry, son of Henry Clay; 

 dam Jennie Clay, daughter of Henry Clay. Both 

 parents possess great vigor and vitality, and are per- 

 fectly sound. We consider ourselves extremely for- 

 tunate in getting such a perfect foal to preserve the 

 blood of old Henry Clay." 



This deeply inbred colt, so promising at birth, 

 never made an impression in breeding annals. The 

 critics began to find fault with the Clay experiment, 

 and, under date of December 25, 1882, Mr. Jewett 

 wrote me: 



" Concerning the writings of Randolph Hunting- 

 ton in your paper, I have never known what he wrote, 

 or intended to write, until after it appeared in print, 

 and will say that many times I have been ashamed 

 of what I have seen in the paper. I do not think I 

 should be held responsible in any way for Hunting- 

 ton's writings. I allowed him to write the first ad- 



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