294 THE MORGAN HORSE 



JANES HORSE 2D 



Black, 1 6 hands ; bred by Mr. Janes, Swan ton, Vt. ; got by Janes Horse, son 

 of Robinson's Billy Root 2d : dam large and coarse. Went to Georgia, Vt. 

 Stood also at Milton, Vt. 



Sire of dam of Allen Maid 2 :i6%. 



COMET 3D (STIMETS') 



Dark chestnut, 15 hands, 1050 pounds; foaled 1862 ; bred by George L. 

 Stimets, Highgate Center, Vt. ; got by Robinson's Billy Root 2d : dam bay, 

 bred by A. Dewen, Berkshire, Vt., got by Hamilton Horse, son of Green 

 Mountain Morgan ; 2d dam chestnut, .bred by A. Dewen, got by Billy Root. 

 Sold, 1864, to F. M. Webster, who, 1869, sold back to Mr. Stimets. Died 

 1883. Not fast, but a good roadster, kind and very stylish. 



RAVEN MORGAN 



Black, 15 hands, 1000 pounds ; foaled 1864 ; bred by J. M. Tabor, Swanton, 

 Vt. ; got by Robinson's Billy Root 2d : dam dark bay, bred by J. M. Tabor, 

 got by Smalley & Adams Horse, son of Billy Root ; 2d dam brown, bred by 

 J. M. Tabor, South Hero, Vt., got by Abdonnah, said to be a son of Bulrush 

 Morgan. Kind and active ; stock good size and great roadsters. 



YOUNG COMET 



Bay, 14^ hands, 1010 pounds ; foaled 1850 ; bred by E. F. Hoadley, St. 

 Albans, Vt. ; got by Billy Root, son of Sherman Morgan : dam said to be an 

 imported thoroughbred. Owned by breeder and kept at Swanton, Highgate 

 and Franklin, Vt. Died 1878. Appearance, disposition and stock good. 



VERMONT MORGAN (McMONAGLE'S) 



Dark chestnut, slight star, 15 % hands, about 1 100 pounds ; foaled about 

 1839 ; said to be by Billy Root, son of Sherman Morgan. Bought at St. Johns- 

 bury ,Vt., about 1844, by Col. Mowatt for the Charlotte Co. Agricultural society, 

 N. B. Afterwards sold by J. C. Andrews to Hugh McMonagle, Sussex, N. B. 

 He was kept at one time in King's county, Prince Edward's Island. 

 M. J. Andrews, Minister's Island, St. Andrews, N. B., writes : " He had 

 splendid carriage and was considered the best stock horse ever brought 

 into the county ". Mr. Hugh McMonagle, Sussex Corners, N. B., 

 writes : " Vermont Morgan was never trained for speed, but could out-work 

 or out-road any horse I ever knew and all his colts have been a large per cent 

 better than the produce of any other horse kept in this section ; kind, pleasant 

 and rapid travelers, there seemed to be no limit to their endurance. Ver- 

 mont Morgan died in 1860, regretted almost as much as a human friend". 



SIR FREDERICK 



Said to be by Vermont Morgan, son of Billy Root : and dam imported. 

 Bought in Broton, N. B., by Willis Baker, who took him to Lake City, Minn., 

 where and at Hastings, Minn., he was kept many years. George P. Smith, 

 Hastings, Minn., writes : " I had charge of the horse a long time while owned 

 by Willis Baker. He was one of the best horses ever brought here and would 

 have trotted very fast if he had had any chance. He sired many fine colts ". 



