3 1 6 THE MOR GAN HORSE 



stock horse De Forest, imported by Dr. Jarvis, Claremont, N. H." Sold 

 by the breeder to Lovell Farr, Brattleboro, Vt., who had him three or 

 four years, and sold him, it is said, in Boston, Mass. A horse of this name 

 and description, and probably this horse, was kept two seasons, about 1843-5, 

 possibly later, in the stable of R. W. Macey at Chatham Four Corners, N. 

 Y. ; and afterwards returned to Vermont. 



BOARDMAN HORSE 



Chestnut with stripe in face and white fore foot, 14^ hands, 950 pounds ; 

 foaled about 1835 ; bred by Rev. Samuel Bradford, Sullivan, N. H. ; got by 

 Morgan De Forest, son of Cock of the Rock : dam chestnut, a beautiful 

 mare, purchased of Gen. James Wilson, Keene, N. H., said to be by Sher- 

 man Morgan. Bought when four by Francis Boardman and taken to Fran- 

 cestown, N. H., where he was kept season of 1839, and in the fall taken to 

 Newport and kept there mostly until about 1854, when he was purchased by 

 A. A. Allbee and went to Landgrove, Vt., or vicinity. Died about 1867. A 

 well-gaited horse of fine appearance and great endurance. Stock of good 

 size, generally bay or chestnut. 



Sire of dam of Lady Sherburne 2 137, winner of n races, and fifty-race trotter. 



GEN GIFFORD (ELDRIDGE HORSE) 



Chestnut with stripe in face, 15 hands, 1040 pounds; foaled June 5, 

 1840, the property of E. A. Eldredge, Warren, Vt., who bought the dam 

 (bay, in foal) of a Mr. McCray. This horse was claimed to be by Gifford 

 Morgan, but F. A. Weir informs us that in trying to verify this pedigree he 

 found that Gen. Gifford was bred by a Mr. Parker, N. Charlestown, N. H., 

 and got by Morgan DeForest ; and his dam by Cock of the Rock. Sold to J. 

 P. Kidder, West Randolph, Vt., 1844; to Calvin Blodgett, Waterbury, Vt., 

 1845 ; to Geo. A. Mason, Jordan, N. Y., fall 1846 ; at the State fair, Syracuse, 

 N. Y., to Charles W r . and M. H. Ingersoll, Lodi, N. Y., 1848 ; farmed the 

 season of 1854 to Nathaniel Seeley, Goshen, N. Y. In 1855 ne was m 

 Yates Co., N. Y., and was sold that fall at the Illinois State fair, Chicago, by 

 G. A. Mason, to Wm. Seavey and others, Canton, 111., where he died May 15, 

 1863. He was long-bodied with short back, deep chest, heavy quarters, 

 clean legs, showy crest, head fine though rather short ; temper pleasant, with 

 abundance of life. Got a fine and enduring class of roadsters. Received 

 ist premium at New York State fair, 1851. D. L. Case, Lodi, N. Y., 

 writes : "In 1848, C. W r . Ingersoll bought Gen. Gifford and I soon became 

 interested in him. He served from 90 to 125 mares a season at $20 to in- 

 sure, and never failed to get more than two-thirds of them in foal. I showed 

 him at Goshen, Orange Co., 1844, against Cassius M. Clay. There were at 

 least a hundred men there and I could take the crowd to a man, except the 

 one that led Cassius M. I drove a pair of mares of 15 hands, got by Gen. 

 Gifford, 15 years, and they carried me thousands of miles in the time and did 

 a great deal of hard work besides, and were as sound as colts after all that 

 hard wear and tear." 



Sire of 2d dam of Kate Sprague 2 :i8. 



