158 THE MORGAN HORSE 



severe exertion she never puffed, but would fill her lungs once, give 

 a long breath, and then breathe naturally. 



"When two years old Black Hawk gave them some trouble by 

 breaking out of the enclosure where he was kept and visiting a neigh- 

 bor's pasture. The following year the first of his produce was 

 dropped, which at four years of age was sold for one hundred and 

 seventy-five dollars. A similar event occurred in his four-year-old 

 form, the result being a fine filly, which at six years of age was sold 

 for six hundred dollars. 



" Black Hawk, when a colt, was a square-gaited, easy-moving, 

 natural trotter, and very fast for that day. He was broken to harness 

 at the usual age, and driven upon the road, where he soon dis- 

 tinguished himself by trotting past everything that he encountered, in- 

 cluding the fastest trotters of the best horsemen in the vicinity of Green- 

 land. He was at first quite light in the quarters, and at five years of 

 age was quite peaked behind, but after being owned by Thurston 

 awhile he filled out and improved considerably in this respect. He 

 was always a very spirited driver, yet remarkably kind and tractable. 

 In many respects he resembled his dam closely, especially in the 

 shape of his head. 



''Black Hawk was called The Morgan while owned intheTwombly 

 family. When questioned in regard to the time of year that Black 

 Hawk was dropped, Mr. Twombly had evidently been impressed with 

 the idea, from some source, that it was May 23d, and so stated. He 

 was also very confident that his father died in 1838, and so stated to 

 Mr. Hayes, but the records show it to have been 1837. The dam 

 of Black Hawk had two foals by Flint Morgan ; one of them, a mare, 

 was heavier at four years of age than her dam ; neither of them be- 

 came noted. Mr. Twombly did not remember what became of 

 them. Flint Morgan he describes as a taller horse than Sherman 

 Morgan. The dam of Black Hawk was owned in the family nearly 

 ten years. After Ezekiel Twombly's death the colt, afterward 

 known as Black Hawk, was appraised at sixty dollars and taken at the 

 appraisal by Shadrack Seavey, a son of Wingate Twombly's sister, 

 who lived with his grandparents. Seavey traded the colt with Albert 

 Mathes, when it was five years old, for a mare and fifty dollars in cash. 



" Leaving Mr. Twombly, the writer drove at once to the home of 

 Mr. Shadrack Seavey, about two and a half miles from Greenland 

 Parade on the turnpike to Newburyport. Fortunately, Mr. Seavey 

 was at home, and his appearance fully verified the statements of Mr. 

 C. H. Hayes. Mr. Seavey stated that he was born in 1816, and went 



