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high, of a dark chestnut color, graceful in action, and is a 

 fine specimen of a Morgan Horse. 



Young Woodbury Morgan was sired by Green Mountain 

 Morgan, formerly owned by Silas Hale, Esq., of South Roy- 

 alston, Mass. ; gr, Old Gifford, ggr, Woodbury, gggr, Jus- 

 tin Morgan. His dam was a full blood Morgan mare, sired 

 by the Brown Horse, of Hillsborough. She was a young, 

 spirited mare, 15 hands high; weighed 1040 pounds when 

 Young Woodbury was by her side. 



YOUNG MORRILL 



Was foaled in 1848, the property of Mr. Smith, of Cabot, 

 Yt. Sired by Morrill Horse, g sire, Jenuison Horse, g g 

 sire. One Eye, g g g sire. Bulrush, g g g g sire, Justin Mor- 

 gan. Dam sired by Sherman; IG hands high, weight, 1160 

 lbs; color, dark brown. Mr. Smith sold him, when three 

 years old, to Mr. Morrill, and Morrill, to Messrs. Town & 

 Trowe, Barre, Yt. He received the first premium at Yer- 

 mont State Fair, at Montpelicr, lSo3; also the first pre- 

 mium among Bulrush Morgans, at Rutland, 1855. W'as 

 then taken to the National Exhibition, at Boston, Oct. 1855, 

 and entered in class for general use, where he received the 

 first premium of $200. Time 2.38. A heavy, close, com- 

 pact and enduring horse. 



[The following article was prepared and published by J. 

 B. Charke, Esq., editor of the Manchester ^Mirror, at the 

 time the Morrill horse was purchased aud brought into the 

 State. As a historical chapter on horses it is deserving a 

 permanent place in our State Agricultural Transactions:] 



Tlic celebrated stock horse. Young Morrill, has been 

 purchased by Messrs. Townc tt Trowe, of Barry, Yt., by 

 Messrs. Yarnum H. aud Wm. IL Hill, James S. Cheney, 

 and I). W. Fling, they paying $4,500 for him. It seems 

 a high price to pay for a horse, especially to those who 



