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black of the Danish horses used in European countries on 

 . funeral occasions. He was sired by the celebrated trotting 

 stallion Andrew Jackson, and his dam was a fast mare 

 owned by Hammett of Philadelphia. He is over fifteen 

 hands high and weighs 1000 lbs. and is in the possession 

 of J. S. Durgin of Fisherville. 



ENTERPRISE 



Was foaled June 6, 1852, the property of Henry T. Davis, 

 New Alstead, IST. H. Sired by Romeo, g sire, Green Moun- 

 tain, formerly owned by Silas Hale, of South Royalston, 

 Mass., g g sire, Gilford, g g g sire, Woodbury, g g g g sire, 

 the original Justin Morgan. Dam was sired by Flint Mor- 

 gan, g sire, Sherman, g g sire, the original Justin Morgan. 

 Enterprise is chestnut color, with mane and tail mixed with 

 white, giving him a showy and attractive appearance ; is 

 about fifteen hands high and weighs about nine hundred 

 and twenty-five pounds. He exhibits the characteristics of 

 the Morgan Horse in comformation and disposition, and is 

 claimed to be a very promising colt. He was purchased of 

 Mr Davis, Aug. 16, 1855, by Murray & Gilman of Nashua. 



EMPEROR. 



This stallion is nine years old, is of a dark mahogany bay 

 color, stands 15 1-2 hands high, and weighs 1040 pounds. 

 He was bred by John Cricherson, Esq., in Leej his grand- 

 sire was a thorough-bred imported English horse, and was 

 a present to the Governor of the Province of New Bruns- 

 wick. The sire of Emperor was bred near the city of St. 

 John, and was brought out of the Province by Rockwell & 

 Stone, proprietors of the American Circus Co. His dam 

 was a Morgan mare called Ellen Jewett. She was pur- 

 chased and taken to the Provinces, where she produced 

 the sire of this horse. The dam of Emperor is as near a 

 full blood Messenger as any horse now in this country; she 

 was bred near Farmington, on the Sandy river, in the State 



