3 02 THE MORGAN HORSE 



DUTCH PRINCE 



Dark chestnut ; said to be by Sherman Morgan. Advertised in the 

 Danville (Vt.) "North Star" of April 191)1, 1814, by W. W. Carpenter, to 

 stand at Lyndon Centre, Kirby and Waterford at $2 to $4. The advertise- 

 ment says : " Said horse is of as good blood and pedigree as any in the coun- 

 try, of good size, well built, and is a dark chestnut color". He is advertised 

 again in the " North Star" of May, 1827, by Joseph Pope, to stand at Whee- 

 lock, Danville and Peacham, Vt. This advertisement says : " Dutch Prince 

 was sired by the noted Sherman Horse, and for size, elegance of proportion 

 and goodness of stock is exceeded by none in this vicinity". 



FOX 



Dapple brown with a few white hairs on forehead, mane and tail 

 very thick and bushy, 14 hands, 995 pounds ; foaled 1813, the property of Col. 

 Phinney, Shrewsbury, Vt. ; got by Sherman Morgan. Sold to Oliver Brown, 

 Pittsford, Vt., about 1822 ; to Harvey Yale, Middlebury, Vt., for $210, 1825 

 or '26, who kept him at Huntington and Middlebury; to Dr. Smith, Hun- 

 tington, Vt., for $150, 1831. Taken to St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., about 1832, 

 thence to Upper Canada, where he died. He was a very proud-stepping 

 horse of great spirit and action, and a favorite parade horse. Linsley. 

 Advertised at Middlebury, Vt., April 8, 1828, as follows : 

 " For sale or to let for the season, the dark brown horse known by the 

 name of Fox, which formerly stood in Rutland and Pittsford, and the two 

 last seasons in Huntington and Richmond. Said horse is offered for sale on 

 reasonable terms, or, if not sold, he will be let for the season. For further 

 particulars enquire of HARVEY YALE". 



MOUNTAIN TRAVELER 



Bay ; said to be by Sherman Morgan. In the Danville (Vt.) " North 

 Star " the following advertisement appears : 



"The beautiful horse Mountain Traveler will stand at Capt. Fry's, Con- 

 cord ; Mr. Warner's store near Littleton ; Mr. Parks' store ; Mr. Henry 

 Stevens' tavern, Barnet ; Mr. Work's, Waterford ; Capt. John Barney's tavern, 

 St. Johnsbury Plain. Said horse is lately from the southward, half Dutch and 

 half English ; large size, well built, and of a beautiful bay color, and needs 

 only to be seen to be admired. JOHN BARKER. 



St. Johnsbury, May 14, 1818 ". 



And in the same paper, in 1820, is the following notice : "That noted 

 half Dutch horse, Mountain Traveler, will stand, etc., at Barnet and St. 

 Johnsbury at $2 to $3. Said horse is of a beautiful bay color, large size and 

 well proportioned ". A son of John Barker informed us that this horse was by 

 Sherman Morgan. 



KENTUCKY PLANTER 



Brown, 15^ hands, noo pounds; foaled about 1819 ; bred by Jeremiah 

 Flint, Caledonia Co., Vt. ; got by Mountain Traveler, son of Sherman Mor- 

 gan : dam Rainbow, chestnut, thick-set with hollow back and long neck, 



