Show Is oldest itale st ho horse arse t in e n america samuel J tilden veteran maryland animal almal Is forty one years yeara old chestertown Chester town md ald chestertown Chester town lays claim to the oldest horse in america this horse which la is the property of joseph guest a retired mere merchant an here was foalden may 6 1869 a and tid was ilbe then owned by the late thomas van dyke of near mr van dyko dyke sold the horse at public auction to thomas boason who subsequently sold it to the present owner on april 19 last enoch king of milt millington called on mr guest to take a look at the old horse and said 1 I 1 am forty nine years old when a small boy my father lived on thomas abor as van dykes farm faral and I 1 often drove up the horses from the pasture field and stonewall as la is his bis name was among them on the day of the nomination of samuel J tilden for president of the united states air van dyke drove the horse to middletown det del a distance of some miles and being a great admirer of 61 mr tilden mr van dyke then and there changed tile the name of the animal to samuel J 1 tilden by which he bus since been krown known mr air guest has made numerous et ef fored torts to discover an older horse in the country than tilden ile he written to the owners of all the horse reviews in the country buts but up lip to the present be has been unable to find a horse in the country that Is is as old th the nearest approach to it was a horse owned by a gentleman in pennsylvania who claimed the honor of seno seniority rity A comparison of ages how bow ever revealed the fact that the pennsylvania animal was several years younger than samuel J tilden mr air guest says he will let the horse spend the remainder of hla his days in peace and quiet the verdure of his pasture lot and the comfort of good stable quarters |