DESCENDANTS OF SHERMAN MORGAN 303 



1 100 pounds or more, bred by Isaac Chambers, Wood Co., Ky., got by im- 

 ported Diomed. Advertised by Elijah Flint and Lyman Kidder, Jr., in the 

 ' Vermont Patriot ", 1828, to stand at Lyman Kidder's in Braintree, Vt. Mr. 

 Kidder took him to Buffalo, N. Y., and sold him, and after several years 

 bought him back ; kept him again at Braintree ; then sold to Eber Lamb, 

 Granville, Vt., who sold to Ehud Darling, Hancock, Vt., and he to Reuben 

 Rano of same place. The advertisement referred to is as follows : 



" Kentucky Planter, at stable of Lyman Kidder, Braintree ; bred by Je- 

 remiah Flint in Caledonia Co. His sire was the Mountain Traveler of the 

 same county. His dam the Rainbow, a full-blooded English mare ; she was 

 sired by the celebrated Diomed of Virginia and raised by Isaac Chambers, 

 Wood Co., Ky. ELIJA FLINT, 



April 30, 1828. LYMAN KIDDER, JR". 



YOUNG PLANTER (WHITE HORSE) 



Dark sorrel, 15^ hands, about noo pounds ; foaled 1822 or '23 ; bred by 

 Joseph Flint, Braintree, Vt. ; got by Kentucky Planter, son of Mountain 

 Traveler, by Sherman Morgan : dam bay, foaled about 1816, owned and it 

 is thought bred by Rufus Hutchinson of Braintree, Vt., who sold her to 

 Sam. Lawrence of same place and he to Joseph Flint, said by Mr. Flint's 

 son to be Morgan. Sold when three to Sam. White, Braintree, Vt., who sold, 

 about 1830, to Lyman Kidder, who took him to the Holland Purchase, N.Y. 

 A well appearing horse with fair action. Stock quite hardy, but inclined to 

 be contrary. A stallion colt, bay with star, 15^ hands, 1000 pounds, by 

 Young Planter, was sold, about 1837, when three, to John W T ainwright, Mid- 

 dlebury, Vt., who sold him the next year for $1000 to go to Canada. 



MOUNTAIN EAGLE 



Dark or dappled chestnut, 15^ hands, 1 050 pounds ; foaled 1830 ; bred by 

 Eleazer Kendall, Granville, Vt. ; got by Young Planter, son of Kentucky 

 Planter, by Mountain Traveler, son of Sherman Morgan : dam bay, one 

 white hind foot, about 15 hands, 900 pounds, very stylish, foaled about 1824, 

 bought by Mr. Kendall, about 1825, of Mr. Sprague, Weybridge, Vt., who, it 

 is thought, bred her ; said to be of Messenger blood. Sold to James Ken- 

 dall, Martinsburg, N. Y., about 1840; to M. L. Hungerford, Watertown, 

 N. Y. ; to some party in Canada, where he stood in 1854 at $25. Lins- 

 ley says : "A very strong and active horse". He was advertised, 1853, 

 for sale by M. L. Hungerford, who states that he is well known, in Jeffer- 

 son and St. Lawrence counties, as the best stock horse ever known in 

 those counties. Mr. Eleazer Kendall, Jr., says that Mountain Eagle was 

 kept by them in Braintree, Randolph, Rochester, Hancock and Randolph, 

 Vt., and was bred to 125 mares the last season they owned him. His colts 

 were largely chestnut and excellent. 



VERMONT MORGAN (WILEY COLT) 



Bay, 15^ hands, 1050 pounds : foaled 1848 ; bred by Mr. Hutton, Canton, 

 N. Y. ; got by Mountain Eagle, son of Young Planter : dam said to be by 

 Cock of the Rock, son of Duroc. Sold to Mr. Wiley, Canton, N. Y., 1848; 



