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legs, and as fine appearing a horse as I ever saw. My father had, at the same 

 time, two other stallions ; they were Canadian French. One of them could 

 trot a mile in less than three minutes — the imported horse could out-trot him. 

 The Morse Horse was by the imported horse, and out of a mare called Beck; 

 she was 16 hands high, bright bay. My father sold the Morse Horse to 

 Martin Stover, and he sold him to Mr. Mills, and Mr. Mills sold him to Mr. 

 Morse. He was about 16 hands high, but had never been trained Avhen he sold 

 him. I can not give the pedigree of tlie horse nor the mare. 



Mr. James Mills, of Peoria county, Illinois, states as follows: 



James McNitt bought the sire of the Morse Horse at La Prairie, Canada. 

 He was an imported horse, and was dark grey. Mr. McNitt raised the Morse 

 Horse until he was three years old; he sold him to Martin Stover; I bought 

 him from Mr. Stover in his fourth year — that was thirty-nine years ago 

 (1836) last December. He was dark grey. I sold him to David Tefl't and 

 Zack Adams, and they sold him to Phil. Allen and Calvin Morse. His 

 grandam was sired by a Messenger, from Saratoga, called Peacock. Mr. Em- 

 merson owned the horse. His grandam was a dark chestnut, without any 

 marks; his dam was Hambletonian, dark bay, without marks, weight 1,100 

 lbs. ; his dam's name Becca, grandam's Mozza. Both of these mares were 

 bred by my father, Joseph T. Mills. He sold Becca to Robert Stewart, and 

 he sold her to James McNitt. 



In a second letter, Mr. Mills further states: 



As near as I can recollect, Mr. McNitt brought the sire of the Morse Horse 

 from Canada in 1831 ; but Mr. Carswell may be right. Mr. Morse told me the 

 summer lie bought him he weighed over 1,200 lbs. He had a very nice 

 shaped foot. I never knew him to interfere or strike his feet against each 

 other in traveling. He had a very flat bone and wide leg ; had a tine body, 

 well ribbed, and his tail came from his body straight and nice; his neck was 

 rather heavy for beauty ; his nostril was large enough to put your fist into it, 

 and his wind was like a blacksmith's bellows. I never heard of any of his 

 colts being spavined or curbed. Mr. Teft't was mistaken about Becca being 

 by Bishop's Hambletonian ; her sire was Hambletonian that belonged to Jack 

 Williams, of Middletowu, Vermont. 



Mr. Alonzo Hyde, of Middletown, Rutland county, Vermont, set- 

 tles the question as to the sire of Becca, the dam of the Morse Horse. 

 He says: 



I was acquainted with Mr. Williams almost from his birth till he died. 

 His name was John Williams — Jack was a nickname that he was known by 

 from Canada to Baltimore, Maryland. He never owned the horse spoken of, 

 but had the care of him the last season that he was kept here, and was re- 

 turned to his owners, Eddy & Remington ; after that time he was owned by 

 Mr. Harris, and took the name of Harris' Hambletonian, and died in his 

 hands. I will give you the pedigree of this stallion. The old Bishop's Ham- 

 bletonian I knew well ; have been to Bishop's stable and have seen him there 



