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THE MORGAN HORSE 



dam Pierce mare. Owned by Hiram Fuller, and in 1856 by Irvin Wood, 

 both of Hancock, N. H. ; in 1857 at Montpelier, Vt. Died at Highgate, Vt., 

 about 1865. 



" Mr. Linsley says : " He has taken several premiums ; one at the 

 Nationalfair at Boston, 1855, and one at the New Hampshire State fair; 

 also one in his own county. He is an excellent horse, with plenty of life, 

 and a spirited, nervous style of action". 



IVANHOE (MORGAN CHIEFTAIN) 



Dark dapple chestnut, 15 hands, noo pounds ; foaled September, 1854; 

 bred by P. Balch, Boston, Mass. ; got by Comet, son of Billy Root : dam 

 Kitty, chestnut, i^/4 hands, 1000 pounds, bred by Mr. Johnson, Bradford, 

 Vt., got by Woodbury Morgan. Owned in 1856 by Mr. Balch and kept in 

 Hancock, N. H.,by Hiram Fuller; afterwards sold to Clark and Custer, Ply- 

 mouth, N. H., and later to Ira K. Doolittle, Waterville, Me. 



Linsley says: "A stout, thick-built horse and when 26 months 

 old weighed 930 pounds ; carries a high head and has a small ear ; is a prom- 

 ising horse". 



Wesley P. Balch writes of the dam : " She trotted a mile in 3 :oi, on 

 Cambridge, Mass., track, when 16, driven by Stephen White. I with 

 others timed her. I have no doubt she could have paced a mile in 2 120 had 

 she been fitted for it. I was never beaten on the road with her. She was 

 the dam of Franklin and Betty Hills (afterwards owned by General Grant), 

 both by Black Hawk ; also dam of Kitty Childers, by Trotting Childers, and 

 grandam of Ilka, 2 131^. She was bred by one of the Johnsons at Bradford, 

 Vt., and got by Woodbury Morgan. She had a fine head, arched neck, and 

 possessed as great style and courage as any horse I ever drove : could take a 

 carry-all to depot, three miles away, in ten minutes. When Kitty was young 

 she stole a colt in pasture known afterwards as Mount Blanc, that beat 2 130, 

 trotting, when five ". Sire of the dam of Gilbreth Maid, 2 125^, winner of 

 15 races. 



COMET (CRANE'S) 



Chestnut, about 1000 pounds ; bred by Josiah Crane, Hancock, N. 

 H. ; got by Woods' Comet, son of Billy Root : dam Phoebe, a fast mare 

 bred by John Muzzy, Hancock, N. H., afterwards owned by Dr. J. L, 

 Woods, got by Tom Morgan, owned by Mark D. Perkins, Mount Ver- 

 non, N. H. 



BEMIS HORSE 



Black, 15 hands, 1000 pounds; foaled 184-; bred by Amasa Bemis, 

 Lyndon, Vt. ; got by Billy Root, son of Sherman Morgan : dam black, bred 



