CHAPTER XII 



THE MORRILL TRIBE AND OTHER DESCENDANTS OF 

 JUSTIN MORGAN 



The Jennison Horse, who as a three-year-old 

 sired Old Morrill, foaled in 1841, was a bright 

 bay with star, nearly 16 hands, and weighed 

 1200 pounds. He was bred by A. Jennison, 

 Walden, Vermont, and his sire was Young Bul- 

 rush, son of Bulrush Morgan. The dam was a 

 strong black mare of 16 hands and a pacer. 

 Jennison was a poor man, and all that he re- 

 ceived for the service that produced Morrill was 

 a pound of tea. James Heath of Baldwin owned 

 an iron-gray mare of about 15 hands, who pos- 

 sessed great nerve power and energy. She was 

 by the Farrington Horse, and broke one of her 

 hind legs above the hock, which gave her a de- 

 cided limp, but she got over the ground well. 

 She was twelve years old when bred to the Jen- 

 nison Horse. Morrill was a black of 15.3, and 

 was sold as a weanling to Urban Perkins, who 



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