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those owned in this vicinity. Therefore the rule of proportion may be use- 

 ful in determining the real merits of horses. All of which is respectfully sub- 

 mitted by a friend of good horses and your obedient servant, 



SOLOMON STEELE. 

 Derby, Vt., August 26, 1859. 



MORGAN TIGER (DR. MAY'S) 



Foaled about 1833; said to be by Morgan Rattler, son of Sherman 

 Morgan. Owned by Dr. Wm. May at Westminster, Vt., where the horse got 

 some colts. Dr. May removed to Palmyra, N. Y., previous to 1843, taking the 

 horse with him. He exhibited him at the New York State fair, 1843, and re- 

 ceived 2d premium in class of stallions four years old and upward. 



MORGAN (BLANCHARD'S) 



Bay, small or medium size ; said to be by Palmyra Morgan, son of Mor- 

 gan Rattler. Owned about 1854 by 'Augustus Blanchard, Colon, Mich., who 

 brought him there from Palmyra, N. Y. He is described as a genuine Mor- 

 gan ; stock good. 



YOUNG MORGAN (SWAN'S RED BIRD) 



Chestnut or brown, 15^ hands, 1200 pounds ; foaled about 1846 ; bred at 

 Palmyra, N. Y. ; said to be by Blanchard's*Morgan, son of Palmyra Morgan 

 (Dr. May's Morgan Tiger): and dam by Billy Duroc. Taken to La Grange, 

 Ind., by a Mr. Hughes, who sold to Mr. Pendleton, and he, 1861, to Wm 

 Page, who kept him four years in vicinity of Ligonier, Ind. 



YOUNG MORGAN TIGER (MORGAN TIGER, FINLEY'S) 

 Dark bay; foaled 1846; bred by John Finley, Bristol, N. Y. ; got by 

 Dr. May's Morgan Tiger, son of Morgan Rattler, by Sherman Morgan : dam 

 brought by Mr. Finley from Vermont, said to be by Gen. Hibbard, son of 

 Woodbury Morgan. Advertised by breeder, 1851, to stand at Canandaigua 

 and Bristol Center, N. Y. The history and pedigree of dam is taken from 

 this advertisement, which has been furnished us by Martin Finley, son of 

 John Finley, who writes : " My father lived in Bethel, Vt. ; was acquainted 

 with Justin Morgan and the first Morgan horse, and an intimate fried of Mr. 

 Woodbury, who owned Woodbury Morgan, and Mr. Hibbard, that owned 

 Gen. Hibbard. The above pedigree can be relied on as correct ". Said to 

 be sire of dam of Castle Boy 2 121. 



GREEN MOUNTAIN BOY (BALCH'S, MELVIN HORSE, GRAY MOR- 

 GAN, MINGO MORGAN) 



Light gray, 15^ hands, noo to 1200 pounds; foaled 1838; bred by 

 M. M. Melvin, Charleston, Vt. ; got by Royal Morgan, son of Sherman Mor- 

 gan : dam bay with star, foaled about 1830, bred by Nathaniel Balch, Athens, 

 Vt., when four presented by him to his brother, Coburn Balch, St. Johns- 

 bury, Vt., got by Young Hunter, said to be a descendant of Crown Prince ; 

 2 d dam bay, bred by Mrs. Wright, Westminster, Vt., got by Janus, son of 



