202 THE MORGAN HORSE 



Bold Phoenix, sire of Vance's Phoenix, was also known as the 

 Gibb Horse. In the Danville " North Star", in 1815, Bold Phoenix 

 is advertised by F. C. Gibb to stand at Col. Warner's, Hardwick ; 

 Esquire Farrington's, Walden ; John W. Dana's, Cabot, and F. C. 

 Gibb's on Danville Green; terms, three to six dollars. Appended to 

 the advertisement is the following certificate : 



"HAVERHILL, May 22, 1815. 



We, the undersigned, being well acquainted with the stock of 

 the noted horse Phoenix, recommend it to exceed any in the State of 

 New Hampshire for strength, speed and beauty. 



(Signed) REV MR. MORRILL and seven others". 



This advertisement is substantially repeated in the same paper 

 in 1816 and 1817. It shows that the sire of the Vance Horse came 

 from New Hampshire. We are informed that the first horse of this 

 name in New Hampshire was brought to Walpole by Josiah Bellows, 2d. 



The Kittredge Horse, sire of the second dam of Morrill, was a 

 bay, fifteen hands, nine hundred to one thousand pounds; bred and 

 always owned by J. Kittredge, Danville, Vermont; got by Quick- 

 silver, son of imported Dey of Algiers, Arabian, and foaled about 1820. 

 He is described as a very fine looking horse, very similar to a Morgan 

 in appearance. His sire, Quicksilver, made one season at Danville. 

 Mr. Kittredge there bred a mare to him which foaled this horse. 

 The Kittredge Horse was a very powerful and high-headed animal, 

 somewhat given to running away. 



Our information on the Vance Horse comes largely from J. C. 

 Cobb of Hardwick, Vermont, son of Lemuel Cobb, his breeder, and 

 from Mrs. Vance, widow of Col. Burrill Vance, his owner. 



The statement made by Mr. J. C. Cobb, that the dam of Vance's 

 Phoenix was said to be of English blood, calls attention to the horses 

 of that blood that are known to have been in the stud at Hardwick, 

 Massachusetts, at such time as she might have been got. These are 

 the gray horses Hyder Ally, thoroughbred son of Lindsay's Arabian, 

 that was there from 1795 to 1801 ; Roebuck, by imported Lath, dam 

 by imported Wildair, from 1790 to 1800; Diomede, by imported 

 Diomed, dam by imported Wildair, from 1810 to 1813 ; and Sterling, 

 or New Jersey Colt, by imported Dorchester, from 1808 to 1814, all 

 inclusive. These horses are all advertised for these seasons at Hard- 

 wick ; all are exceedingly highly bred and one of them quite proba- 

 bly was sire of this gray mare, as they are the only stallions advertised 

 there in that period. The color points to Hyder Ally, which had a 

 large patronage, as his advertisement states that in one season he served 



