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horse, of Farmington, g sire, tlic Flint Morgan, g g sire, 

 Sherman Morgan. His dam was sired by Harmony, her g 

 sire "was Quick Silver, her g g sire was an imported running 



horse. 



MORGAN C.F:SAR 



Was foaled in 1828, the property of S. Smith, of Hartland, 

 Vt. Sired by Woodbury, g sire, Justin Morgan. Dam by 

 Quick Silver, g dam bred, by John G. Bond, of Kcene, N. H., 

 and by Morton's Traveller. This horse was 15 1-2 hands 

 high, weight, 1,150 lbs. He was free from long hairs, had 

 a fine head, ears and neck; mane and tail not as thick as 

 is common. He was a fast driver, could go a mile in three 

 minutes, and in March, 1844, was driven from Piermont to 

 Wentworth, N. H., a distance of 12 miles, with two men in 

 a sleigh, in 44 minutes. In 18.33 or '34 he was taken to 

 Maine, and sold by him to Gen. John M. Eustis, of that 

 State, for a parade horse. He remained there till 1842, 

 and sired some excellent stock, of which was the celebrated 

 trotting horse Mac, also the noted trotter, Pizarro, and a 

 mare known as the Robert's Mare, very fast, and reputed to 

 trot a mile in 2.35. The administrators of Gen. Eustis' es- 

 tate sold him to Manly Harriman, of Bradford, Vt. Ho 

 afterwards passed through several hands, until in March, 

 1846, he was purchased by Jesse Johnson & Brothers, who 

 kept him till he died, June, 1848. His stock sold high j 

 many geldings brought from $300 to $1,000 each. This 

 horse was known in Maine by the name of Morgan Post 

 Boy. 



MATCHLESS 



Was foaled in 1851, the property of William M. Parker, of 

 Concord X. H. Sired by Prince Albert, g sire. Green 

 Mountain 2d, g g sire, Gilford, g g g sire, Woodbury, g g g g 

 sire, Justin Morgan. Blood bay color, with black legs ; 14 

 1-2 hands high, and weighs 900 lbs. Fine style and action. 



