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THE MORGAN HORSE 



Sold, 1848 or '49, by his breeder to Stephen French, Farmington, 

 N. H., who named him Napoleon Morgan. He sold him, 1851, for $1000, 

 to N. D. Wetmore, then of Rochester, N. H., who took him same year to 

 Massillon, O., where he was kept on a stock farm owned by an uncle of Mr. 

 Wetmore until about 1859, when he went to Memphis, Tenn.. and was be- 

 ing ridden by an officer in the Confederate army when last heard from. 

 Took sweepstakes premium at Ohio State fair, 1852, and said to have won 

 all premiums he ever competed for. Stephen French writes : " I think he 

 was the finest horse I ever saw, and the best stock horse for all uses that ever 

 stood in this part of the country. Napoleon Morgan got the John Edger- 

 ly Horse, that went to Ohio ; the Wheeler Horse, that went to Illinois ; the 

 Horton Horse, that went to Ohio ; the Leighton Horse, that went to New 

 York ; the Home Horse, that went to Illinois, and the Yatten Horse, that 

 went to Maryland. All these could trot in 2 140 or better, except the last, 

 and he was said to be fast, but I do not know as to his speed. All were used 

 for stock purposes, and all were raised in New Hampshire. There were a 

 number of grandsons of Napoleon Morgan raised here that did service here. 

 The Dr. Toby Horse was raised in Roxbury, Mass., and was sold and went 

 to Maryland. He was said to be very fast. The Henry Horse, a grandson, 

 very fine and fast, went to Pennsylvania. There were others of his get that 

 could trot in 2 140 or better 30 or 40 years ago ". 



Henry E. Lord, Lebanon, N. H., writes : "Of very fine style and ac- 

 tion. He had the Morgan pluck and endurance, and was possessed of quite 

 a turn of speed for those days. French used to trot him with any stallion 

 that would tackle him and he never was beaten but once. Sir Charles, the sire 

 of Anna Hall, beat him in a race on the ice at Bridgeton, Me. It is said 

 that Napoleon would trot 15 miles an hour on country roads with two men in 

 a buggy". 



C. B. Haxthal, Chillicothe, O., says: "Napoleon Morgan took ist 

 premium at all agricultural fairs whenever exhibited. At the Tennessee 

 State fair in 1859 received the ist premium, and when 28 years old looked 

 like a colt. He was one of the finest and best made horses ever seen, and 

 his colts were speedy and quite fast for those days". 



Charles Cloudman, Stoneham, Mass., breeder of Belle Dean , writes : 

 "The Stephen French Horse was a very handsome horse. I knew him well, 

 and consider him one of the best ever bred in New England". T. W. 

 McCue, dealer in horses, Akron, O., writes : " He was a fast, handsome 

 horse and left more good colts than any other horse that ever stood in Mas- 

 sillon, O". 



Advertised in Cleveland " Ohio Farmer," 1858, by N. D. Witmore as fol- 

 lows : "Napoleon or Massillon Morgan, winner of all premiums he ever com- 

 peted for, including sweepstakes at Ohio State fair, 1852. Sire of Stranger, 

 Weasel, Miss Godfry, Lady Henry, the Smith Horse and others that have 

 won from five to twenty trotting matches without ever having been beaten, 

 and some of which have been sold at $3000, will stand at Massillon ", etc. 



