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usefulness ; the same extraordinary speed, and the same wonderful prepotency 

 that asserted itself over a large region of country, and has endured in full force 

 to the present time. 



We visited lately in Tennessee the farm of Campbell Brown, and there 

 saw Brown Hal, pacing record 2 :i2f4, and probably the most prominent 

 representative of the family now living. Though only fourteen years old, he is 

 sire of Storm 2 :o8^, and seven others with records under 2 124, all pacers. 

 In the handsome contour of his form and its excellent finish, as well as in 

 his superior coupling, he exhibits the Morgan characteristics ; fully as much 

 as could be expected with the many out-crosses since the original Tom 

 Hal came to Kentucky, assuming his Morgan origin. 



Then came Pilot and Davy Crockett, perhaps a little more pronounced 

 in their resemblance to the Morgan ; for they were not quite as large as the 

 others, being about fifteen hands. 



These are the four typical pacers that came, or are supposed to have 

 come, from the Province of Quebec to Kentucky. They were all of very 

 similar character, and each produced a renowned family, the blood of some 

 one or more of which enters into nearly every celebrated trotter or pacer 

 bred in Kentucky or Tennessee. 



So over New England, and throughout the Western States, the blood of 

 the Morgan asserted itself in very much the same manner. This is illus- 

 trated in the new "National Saddle Horse Register", where fourteen animals 

 are selected as foundation stock. Of these, two are decendants in male 

 line of Sherman, and one of Woodbury Morgan ; one of Copperbottom ; one 

 of Tom Hal ; one of Davy Crockett, and one of John Dillard, that was prob- 

 ably also of Canadian origin. Five of the remaining seven trace to the thor- 

 oughbred and two are unknown. 



The Octoroon stock, of Todd county, Kentucky, and vicinity, descend- 

 ants of Woodbury Morgan, are noted saddlers, very similar to those chosen 

 above, and might well have been added to the list. 



A further illustration of the resemblance between the Morgan and the 

 Province of Quebec Pacer, that came to the States, is the fact that in the early 

 history of the Morgans they were often called French or Canadian, especially 

 in New York ; and so in Kentucky and Tennessee we have found that the 

 two were frequently confused. Thus Telegraph, known as Lithicum's Tele- 

 graph, has generally been called a Canadian horse, but was a Vermont horse, and 

 undoubtedly a son of Black Hawk. Cardinal was called both, but was probably 

 a Canadian. Webber's Tom Thumb, that was called Canadian, was undoubt- 

 edly a Morgan. So the famous mare, Lady Surry, dam of Henry Clay, was 

 called a Canadian, until it was learned that she came from Surry, New Hamp- 

 shire, and was probably a daughter of Revenge, son of Justin Morgan. 

 The renowned Black Hawk, son of Sherman Morgan, has been claimed to be 

 Canadian. We met repeatedly in Canada those who thought Black Hawk 

 came from Vercheres and belonged to the Dansereau pacing family. They 

 felt sure of this because he resembled them so strongly. H. J. Spen- 

 cer, an intelligent horseman of Burlington, Vermont, in speaking of the 



