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THE MORGAN HORSE 



eleven hundred and fifty pounds. He was bred, it is thought, 

 by James Hale, Barre, Vermont, was got by Morgan Eagle, son of 

 Woodbury Morgan, and was foaled in 1839. His dam was bay, 

 weighed nine hundred and twenty-five pounds; of Morgan build and 

 said to be a Morgan mare. Passed to Philip Farnham, Tunbridge, 

 Vermont (former owner of Morgan Eagle), who sold him, in 1847, to 

 John Henderson, Conesus, New York. In April, 1852, Mr. Hender- 

 son took him to Pontiac, Michigan, and sold one-half interest to B. 

 G.Whitney, Romeo, Michigan. In 1853, Mr. Henderson, then liv- 

 ing in Pontiac, bought back Mr. Whitney's half interest, and kept the 

 horse at Pontiac, Romeo, Utica and Rochester, Michigan. Died 

 at Pontiac sometime between 1863 and 1870. Received third pre- 

 mium at New York State fair in 1848. B. G. Whitney writes: "He 

 was one of the best stock horses ever in Michigan". 



MAGNA CHARTA (Macomb Chief) 2:31 was bay, left hind ankle 

 white, fifteen hands high, and weighed nine hundred pounds. He 

 was bred by L. W. Voorhees, Utica, Michigan, got by Hender- 

 son's Morgan Eagle, Jr., son of Morgan Eagle, by Woodbury 

 Morgan, and was foaled May 15, 1855. His dam was chestnut, bred 

 by John R. Pritchard, Cana, Indiana ; sold when three to J. R. Math- 

 ews, Seymour, Indiana, who sold to Caleb Robbins, Cana, and he 

 to Mr. Voorhees; got by Giles Scroggins, a chestnut or dark sor- 

 rel horse, fifteen and one-half hands, owned by Isaac H. Apperson, 

 Coffee Creek, Indiana, bought by him near Lexington, Kentucky, 

 and said to be a son of Giles Scroggins, by Sir Archy ; second dam 

 sorrel, fifteen and a half hands, bred by John R. Pritchard, got by 

 Wild Deer, owned by George K. Hester and said to have come 

 from Tennessee ; third dam, owned by George Stucker, and said to 

 be a Whip mare. 



Magna Charta was sold to Ezra Wright, Utica, Michigan, 1857; 

 to F. V. Smith, J. B. Cripper, H. C. Lewis and H. N. Seeley, all of 

 Coldwater, Michigan, 1859, for seven thousand five hundred dollars ; to 

 W. H. Crosby, Chicago, Illinois, 1864; to Gilbert Dutcher, Chi- 

 cago; to E. G. Newhall, Detroit, Michigan, 1867, who owned him 

 about eight years and kept him at Sturgis, Coldwater and Detroit; 

 to E. F. Skeels and L. E. Rose, 1875, who kept him at Coldwater; 

 to L. Dean, Girard, Michigan, 1876, whose property he died Decem- 



