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by Amasa Bemis, got by Lougee Horse, son of a horse said to be imported 

 from France. Owned and kept many years by breeder at Lyndon, Vt., Stan- 

 stead, P. Q., and elsewhere. Afterwards sold to a Mr. Bryan of Georgia, Vt., 

 went to the army and it is thought was killed in battle. Received third 

 premium at Vermont State fair, 1853. He was a very stylish and active horse. 



BEMIS HORSE 



Chestnut, 15^ hands, noo pounds; bred by Hiram Bemis, Lyndon, 

 Vt. ; got by Billy Root, son of Sherman Morgan. Mr. Bemis kept the horse 

 at Lyndon some years, then moved to Passumpsic, Vt., taking the horse with 

 him. 



BADGER STATE MORGAN 



Dark brown or black, foaled 1857; bred by J. M. Larned, Janesville, 

 Wis. ; got by Bemis Horse, son of Billy Root : dam said to be by Prophet, son 

 of Black Hawk ; 2d dam Nellie, by Washington Gray, son of North Star 

 by imported Soldier ; and 3d dam bred in Vermont, got by Sir John, son of 

 Cock of the Rock, by Duroc. Sold to S. F. Havens, Janesville, Wis. 



COE HORSE 



Light chestnut, 14^ hands, 975 pounds; bred by Perry Gushing, 

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

 bred by Perry Gushing, got by Royal Morgan, son of Sherman Morgan. 

 Owned by Mortimer Coe, Burke, Vt. ; kept at Burke from 1850 to 1855. 

 Active and a good stock horse, but temper not good. 



BILLY TRULL 



Dark chestnut, 14^ hands ; 966 pounds ; foaled 1850 ; bred by Charles 

 Watson, West Burke, Vt. ; got by Billy Root, son of Sherman Morgan : dam 

 dark brown, bred by Charles Watson, got by Wilson Horse, son of Royal 

 Morgan; 2 d dam said to be Morgan. Passed to Mr. Humphrey, Barnston, 

 P. Q. ; to Mr. Stark ; to David Trull, St. Johnsbury, Vt. ; to J. S. Neal, 

 Meridith, N. H., about 1870. Trull kept him two seasons in Sheffield and 

 Sutton, P. Q., and Burke and Lyndon, Vt. He sired many fine colts that were 

 sold at prices ranging from $200 to $500. Died about 1884. Fine style 

 and action. 



RED JACKET. 



Son of Billy Root, was foaled 1850; he was dapple bay with black 

 points; stood 15 hands and weighed 950 pounds; bred (it is thought) by 

 John Oilman of Lyndon, Vt. ; his dam was said to be by Sherman Morgan. 

 Red Jacket was purchased when a colt at Lyndon, Vt., by James Timony of 

 Castleton, Vt., who had him about a year and sold him, winter of 1854 or 

 1855, to C.M. Willard, then of Castleton, Vt. Mr. Willard also kept him about 

 a year, named him Red Jacket, and sold him to Wm. Thompson, who took 

 him to Mercer county, Ky., and he was kept at Harrodsburgh, that county, 

 two or three seasons in charge of A. C. Passmore. 



