i 3 4 THE MORGAN HORSE 



At Lyndon, the usual way of drawing was to attach a horse to a sled, 

 fill it with men, and draw the load up a steep hill near the tavern. 

 'When each his utmost strength had shown', Sherman would add a 

 small boy to the largest load and commence the ascent, well satisfied 

 if he could gain two or three feet at a pull, for nothing discouraged 

 his horse, and it was difficult to load him so that he could not move 

 a little. These facts are perfectly well known to many persons now 

 living at Lyndon, and we mention them, not from any intrinsic inter- 

 est they may possess, but, having said that Sherman was slightly 

 hollow-backed, we thought it necessary to show that, if so, his back 

 was by no means weak". 



Some time before 1819 Mr. Sherman sold the horse to George 

 A. Miller of Lyndon, who kept him two years and sold him back to 

 Mr. Sherman, who sold him, in 1819, to S. C. Gibb, Littleton, N. H., 

 who, Linsley states, owned him one and kept him three seasons. 



The following advertisement in the "Farmers' Cabinet" of 

 Amherst, New Hampshire, of May 10, 1823, a copy of which we 

 found at the New Hampshire Historical library at Concord, shows 

 that the horse then had another name, and probably another owner : 



"Lord North: That noted horse, Lord North (otherwise called 

 the Sherman Horse), formerly owned in Lyndon, Vermont, will be 

 kept the ensuing season at the following places: 



" On Monday in each week, at Captain Jackman's stable in Goffs- 

 town till 2 o'clock, p. m. ; from 5 p. m. on Mondays, till 2, on Tues- 

 days, at Rogers' stable in Hopkinton Village ; from 5 p. m. on 

 Tuesdays till 2 p. m. on Wednesdays, at John Parker's stable in 

 Warner; from 5 p. m. on Wednesdays, till 2 p. m. on Thursdays, at 

 Mr. Bailey's stable near the South Meeting house in Sutton ; from 



5 p. m. on Thursdays till 8 a. m. on Fridays, at John Raymond's 

 stable in Bradford ; from 12, noon, on Fridays till 12, noon, on 

 Saturdays, at Hillsborough Bridge. 



"The Lord North was sired by the old Morgan Horse, well known 

 at Randolph, Danville, Montpelier and through the centre and north 

 part of Vermont. Some of his stock are among the finest horses in 

 New England, and bear the highest prices of any breed of horses 

 which are offered in Boston market. Enquiries may be made at 

 Spurr's and Soper's livery stables in Boston, where some of the 

 stock may be seen. The famous mare formerly owned by Adams 



6 Redfield in Londonderry, and sold in Boston for two hundred and 

 fifty dollars, was sired by the same horse, and may be seen at Spurr's 

 stable. 



