522 THE MORGANS. 



Morgan Eagle, and his dam was by Grey Eagle. He has been claimed 

 to be the sire of the trotter Henry, another whose dam was a highly 

 bred mare of unknown pedigree, but of both racing and trotting 

 excellence. Henry has been classed as the son of another Morgan 

 stallion, but the claim rests ujion the statement of the owner of 

 the rival stallion, and is contrary to the explicit and positive 

 statement of the breeder of Henry and who was also the owner 

 of his dam. In view of these facts, and that the rival stallion has 

 no other claims to distinction, I think it an effort to give him repu- 

 tation at the expense of Magna Charta ; and I credit him with 

 Henry, 2:20:^, and twenty-three heats in 2:30 or better, and as cor- 

 roborative evidence of his claim, he also has Hannah D., 2:22:^, 

 and thirty-one heats in 2:30 or better ; Molly, 2:27, and Young 

 Magna, 2:29. 



1 believe it is a rule recognized b}^ good authority, in case of ill- 

 gotten gains, to take from him the little that he hath and give unto 

 him that also has much. 



taggart's abdallah. 



This is another of those lines of Morgan blood which have been 

 brought to the rank of roadsters and trotting horses by union with 

 genuine trotting blood. In this instance, the original stock has 

 received a strong infusion both from Messenger and from Trustee. 

 Taggart's Abdallah was foaled in 1859. He was by Farmer's Beauty, 

 dam Lady Mack by Abdallah, grandam by imp. Trustee. 



Farmer's Beauty was by Gifford Morgan, son of Woodbury^ and 

 his dam was a mare generally credited to the Freeman Horse, son of 

 Ogden's Messenger. This is about as good a pedigree for a roadster 

 or trotting sire as could be found within the list of Morgans, 



The dam of Taggart's Abdallah was bred in New Jersey by Dr. 

 Conover, and was a mare of great superiority in her day. Her rare 

 combination of blood, the richest anywhere to be found, would of 

 itself make her a mare of matchless worth. She should have bred a 

 trotter or a trotting sire from any good roadster stallion. 



This horse was bred and is owned by D. M. Taggart, of Goffstown, 

 New Hampshire, and is described as a bright bay horse, fifteen hands 

 three inches high, clean and blood- like, and of excellent disposition. 

 At the New England Fair, at Manchester, in 1870, he is credited with 

 having trotted a mile in 2:28, and repeated a half in 1:124- — not, 

 however, a record performance. 



