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GEN GIFFORD JR (BROWN'S) 



Sorrel with small stripe in face, 15 hands, 900 pounds; foaled 1847; 

 bred by C. C. Brown, Williston, Vt. ; got by Gen. Gifford, son of Mor- 

 gan DeForest : dam said to be Morgan. Taken by Mr. Brown to Honeoye, 

 N. Y., where he was kept 1851-2 at barn of William R. Pitts. He re- 

 turned to Vermont and soon afterwards was sold to go West. Wm. R. 

 Pitts writes : " He was the finest young horse I had ever seen and left a fine 

 lot of colts, all of them making valuable and useful horses." 



GEN GIFFORD (HUMPHREY'S) 



Bay; foaled 185; bred by R. Bissell, Bristol, N. Y. ; got by Gen. Gif- 

 ford Jr., son of Gen. Gifford, by Morgan DeForest. Passed to Russell 

 Brown, who sold to A. K. Humphrey, Erie Co., N. Y., where he was kept for 

 several seasons, then taken to Iowa. 



FARNSWORTH HORSE 



Dapple chestnut, 15^ hands, 900 to 1000 pounds; said to be by Gen. 

 Gifford, son of Morgan DeForest. Owned by Mr. Mason, Penn Yan, N. Y., 

 who sold about 1860 to Wm. Farnsworth, Augusta, Mich. A very fine 

 looking horse with good disposition and action ; stock good. 



Sire of dam of Mattie D. 2:25%; 2d dam of Henry Middleton 2:26)4. 



MORGAN (MEDICK'S) 



Bay, 1 6 hands, 1200 pounds; bred by Fred Medick, Adrian, Mich.; got 

 by Gen. Gifford, son of Morgan DeForest : dam dark bay, bred in Ohio, 

 said to be by Cone's Bacchus. A noted stock horse and very stylish. 



Sire of 3d dams of Belle F. 2 :i5% ; Kitty Van 2 -.24. 



GEN GIFFORD JR (INGERSOLL'S) 



Dappled chestnut, 16 hands, noo pounds ; foaled 1851 ; bred by Charles 

 W. Ingersoll, Lodi, N. Y. ; got by Gen. Giffon', son of Morgan DeForest : 

 dam Medick's trotting mare ; 2d dam said to be by Busiris, son of American 

 Eclipse. Owned, 1857, by B. J. Bidwell, Tecumseh, Mich. Took ist pre- 

 mium at New York State fair at Utica, 1852 ; premium and medal at Michi- 

 gan State fair at Detroit, 1854 : also ist premium at Seneca County fair, N. 

 Y., 1854. A good 'horse, docile, with easy and graceful action. 



GEN GIFFORD JR (YEOMANS') 



Dark chestnut, 15 hands, 1000 pounds when three years old ; foaled 

 1855 ; bred by Eliab Yeomans, Walworth, N. Y. ; got by Ingersoll's Gen. Gif- 

 ford, Jr., son of Gen. Gifford : dam a clean limbed, active animal, said to be 

 of Highlander and Algerian blood. Sold to a doctor in Syracuse, N. Y. A 

 horse of fine action and kind disposition. Took ist premium at the State 

 fair in Buffalo, N. Y., 1857. 



CHICAGO MORGAN 



Chestnut, 14^ nan ds, 1020 pounds ; foaled 1859; bred by James Bur- 

 gan, Lenawee, Mich. ; got by Ingersoll's Gen. Gifford, Jr., son of Gen. Git- 



