XVI 

 PILOT JR., BAYARD 



PILOT JR., gray, fifteen and a half hands high, was bred by Lugerean 

 Gray, Graybolt, Jefferson county, Kentucky, got by Pilot, and foaled the 

 property of John T. Gray of the same place in 1844 : dam, Young Nancy 

 Taylor, gray, foaled 1825 or 1826, bred by William Pope, Kentucky, got by 

 Funk's Havoc, said to be a son of Sir Charles ; second dam, Nancy Taylor, 

 an elegant gray saddle mare purchased by Mr. Pope, it is said in Bullitt 

 county, Kentucky, said to be by Alfred. Sold to D. Heinsohn, Louisville, 

 Kentucky, 1848; to R. A. Alexander, 1858, whose property he died at 

 Aurora, Illinois, April i4th, 1865, of apoplexy. 



The pedigree of dam, as given above, is well sustained by the evidence. 

 The first advertisement of this horse that we found in looking through the 

 Lexington newspapers was by \V. J. Bradley, in the " Kentucky States- 

 man "of 1853, and is as follows : 



" The celebrated trotting stallion, Pilot Jr., will stand the ensuing season 

 at the stable of James L. Bradley, three miles and a half north of Lexing- 

 ton, Kentucky, near Sandersville, at ten dollars the season. 



" Pedigree : Pilot Jr. was got by the celebrated Canadian horse, Pilot, 

 out of Young Nancy Taylor, out of old Nancy Taylor. Old Nancy Taylor 

 produced several colts by old Pilot, all of which went fast ; several sold at 

 high prices. Bear Grass sold for one thousand dollars. Young Nancy Tay- 

 lor produced Pope and Pilot Jr. ; the former trotted his mile in 2 135 and 

 could pace in 2 140. Pilot Jr. will answer for himself in regard to speed. 



" Performance : Pilot Jr. had a short training at five years old and 

 trotted two matches, both of which he won easily; the first match for 

 three hundred dollars, beating Mr. S. Deyes' black gelding, and the second 

 Mr. Duncan's Gray Pilot horse, Dick, for two hundred and fifty dollars. . At 

 six years old he was trained again and won the stallion stake at Louisville, two- 

 mile heats, three entries, and went in the four-mile race against the noted 

 horses O'Blennis and Murdock, his owner winning large sums on his beating 

 the latter. O'Blennis (Neddy) won the race, which was the second best four- 

 mile trot on record, one heat being done in n :i6. O'Blennis has since sold 

 for three thousand five hundred dollars and Murdock for two thousand five 

 hundred dollars. 



" Description : Pilot Jr. is a beautiful dapple gray, fifteen and a half 



