3 io THE MORGAN HORSE 



Crane, Derby, Vt. got by Royal Morgan, son of Sherman Morgan : dam buck- 

 skin or mouse color, blocky built, ii oo pounds, a good traveler, brought from 

 Boston, Mass., by Mr. Pierre, a brush maker, said to be from Central 

 New York, and of Dutch blood. Sold to Chauncey Wilson, Derby, 

 Vt., whose property he died about 1874. Mr. Wilson says : " Blocky built, 

 robust, compact horse with short joints, heavy limbs, good feet. He had 

 many colts, all good, 1000 to 1200 pounds. Many were mouse color with black 

 stripe on back and down shoulders." Mr. Linsley says : " He was a horse of 

 great action, and a capital roadster. Could trot a mile in three minutes. High 

 carriage and smooth, light movement. He had a fine head and slightly Ro- 

 man nose. His stock commands a high price, and many are fast". 



BLUE NED 



Dun with white hind foot, 15 hands, 975 pounds ; foaled 1856 ; bred by 

 Ezra Corkins, Morgan, Vt. ; got by Wilson Horse, son of Royal Morgan : dam 

 bay, bred by Guy Robbins, Derby, Vt., got by a son of Royal Morgan. Sold 

 to Harry Cheney, West Burke, Vt., 1857 ; A. J. Smith, Westmore, Vt., 1858 ; 

 J. H. Winslow, Eaton, P. Q., 1860. An attractive, kindly horse ; stock sturdy 

 and good roadsters. 



BUCKSKIN MORGAN 



Buckskin, 15^ hands, noo pounds; said to be by Royal Morgan, son 

 of Sherman Morgan. Owned by Wm. Lothrop, Dudwell, P. Q. John Hark- 

 ness, Sherbrooke, P. Q., says : " A very well shaped horse with splendid feet 

 and legs ; ears a little heavy. All his colts had plenty of life ". 



SULTAN MORGAN 



Dapple bay, 15^ hands, 1070 pounds ; foaled 1845 ; bred by Jesse Boying- 

 ton, Larigmaid's Flat, P. Q. ; got by Royal Morgan, son of Sherman Mor- 

 gan : dam bay, bred by Jesse Boyington, got by Defiance, son of Cock of 

 the Rock, by Duroc ; 2d dam owned by Sam. Gilman, Stanstead, P. Q. 

 Sold in turn to William Robinson, who took him to Wisconsin ; to Hiram 

 Miller ; to John Hidden ; to Thomas Comfort, Dells, Wis., whose property 

 he died, 1865. He could trot in about three minutes. He got about 70 colts 

 in Stanstead, P. Q., and several hundred in Wisconsin. 



NILES HORSE 



Black, 15 hands, 1000 pounds ; foaled 1846 ; bred by Daniel Niles, Hartley, 

 P. Q. ; got by Royal Morgan, son of Sherman Morgan : dam brown, 1 5 

 hands, 1 1 oo pounds, said to be by Black Snake, son of Lee Boo. Owned, 1 856, 

 by breeder ; afterwards by Leonard Morse and Wm. Cleveland, both of 

 Barnston, P. Q. He was also owned or kept at one time in Compton and 

 Stanstead, P. Q. Linsley says : "Good style and action". He had a very 

 high reputation as a stock horse. 



DR SIAS HORSE 

 Mouse color or blue with black stripe on back and across shoulders, 



