328 THE PERFECT HORSE. 



died, the administrators of his estate sold him to Nor- 

 man Baglee of Alabama, who took him to Gainesville 

 in that State, where he died in 1838, being twenty-two 

 years old. 



^' Woodbury was fourteen and three-quarters hands 

 high, and weighed from nine hundred and eighty-eight 

 pounds to ten hundred and forty pounds. He was 

 weighed several times ; and these two statements of his 

 weight at different times are the extremes. Many 

 persons who have frequently seen him weighed say 

 they never knew him weigh more than ten hundred 

 and thirty, nor less than ten hundred and fifteen 

 pounds. He was a dark, rich chestnut. His off hind-leg 

 was white from the foot half way to the hock ; and he 

 had a white stripe in his face, beginning at the edge of 

 the upper lip, filling the space between the nostrils, and 

 extending more than half way to his eyes. His mane 

 was not very thick or long, and was lighter than either 

 of the others : still it was full. His tail was cut oiF 

 when a colt, and left about ten inches long : the hair 

 was very full and curly. Both mane and tail were 

 about the same color as his body. The hair on the 

 body was fine, short, and soft. He was close and com- 

 pactly built, with heavy quarters and deep flanks. His 

 chest was good, and the shoulders finely shaped. He 

 had a short back, and broad, sinewy loins. His legs had 

 some long hairs on the back-side, but were well shaped, 

 somewhat larger than Sherman's, and not so large as 

 Bulrush's. • His head was small and lean, with a fine, 



