DESCENDANTS OF SHERMAN MORGAN 293 



WARNER HORSE 



Dark chestnut, small star, 14 hands, 900 pounds; foaled 1840; bred by 

 James A. Warner, Swanton, Vt. ; got by Billy Root : dam chestnut, bred at St. 

 Albans Bay, Vt., said to be by Telescope. Sold to Bradley Barlow, St. Albans, 

 Vt. ; L. Keys ; to Messrs. Guy and Fullerton of Ohio, 1852, who took him to 

 Ohio with Davis' Flying Morgan. Went from Ohio to Wisconsin. Action, 

 appearance, disposition and stock good. 



DAVID (THAYER HORSE, THAYER'S MORGAN) 

 Sorrel with star and one white hind foot, flaxen mane and tail, 14^ 

 hands, 925 pounds ; foaled May 18, 1850 ; bred by Thayer Brothers, Swanton, 

 Vt. ; got by Warner Horse, son of Billy Root : dam Nell, sorrel, said to be by 

 Smalley & Adams' Young Comet, son of Billy Root ; 2d dam bred on Long 

 Island. Given, when old, to Charles Tatro, Swanton, Vt., whose property he 

 died, 1877. Of good appearance, active and kind. 



BILLY ROOT 2D (ASELTINE'S) 



Chestnut with large star, 14% hands, 840 pounds ; foaled 1872 ; bred by 

 A. L. Aseltine, Swanton, Vt. ; got by David, son of Warner Horse, by Billy 

 Root : dam bay roan, bred by Mr. Parker, Montgomery, Vt., got by Ryan's 

 Peacock, son of Sherman Black Hawk. 



VERMONT MORGAN (ASELTINE'S) 



Dapple chestnut, 15 hands, 1000 pounds; foaled 1879; b re d by L. D. 

 Drown, Montgomery,Vt. ; got by Billy Root 2d,son of David (Thayer Horse) : 

 dam chestnut, bred by Chellis Collins, St. Albans, Vt., got by Monarch ; 2d 

 dam brown, bred by Rufus Barney, Swanton, Vt., got by Young Comet 

 (Smalley & Adams Horse), son of Billy Root. Sold, 1886, to A. L. Aseltine, 

 Swanton, Vt., and kept since at St. Albans, Franklin and Swanton. 

 DONALDSON HORSE (SWAZIE HORSE) 



Gray, 15^ hands, 1050 pounds ; foaled 183-; bred by W. C. Donaldson, 

 Swanton, Vt.; got by Billy Root: dam white, 15^ hands, 1050 pounds. 

 Tended by a Mr. Swazie, who bought him when about twelve and took him to 

 New Hampshire. Mr. Blake, Swanton, Vt., born 1812, says: "A powerful 

 horse, and left some beautiful stock ". 



BILLY ROOT 2D (ROBINSON'S, MEIGGS') 



Chestnut, 14^ hands, 900 pounds ; foaled 1842 ; said to be by Billy Root, 

 son of Sherman Morgan. Owned many years by Dr. Meiggs, Johnson, Vt., 

 who sold him to J. C. Robinson, Swanton, Vt., who kept him several years. 

 Went, when old, to Highgate, Vt. A fine-looking horse and left excellent 

 stock. Could trot better than 3 :oo. 



JANES HORSE 



Dark bay, black points, 14^ hands; foaled 185-; bred by Mr. Janes, 

 Swanton, Vt. ; got by Robinson's Billy Root 2 d. Sold, when about ten, and, 

 it is thought, went to Connecticut. Had more than ordinary speed. 



