DESCENDANTS OF SHERMAN MORGAN 339 



by H. B. and H. M. Hall, got by Billy Root, son of Sherman Morgan ; 4th 

 dam chestnut, bred by Charles Watson, Burke, Vt., got by Royal Morgan, 

 son of Sherman Morgan. Owned by George Ide, Lyndon, Vt., who writes : 

 " He has fine knee action, is a fast walker, a sharp stepper, and the best 

 broken stallion in northern Vermont". 



MORGAN TIGER (THAYER'S, WATSON HORSE) 

 Dark chestnut with star, 15 hands, 1000 pounds; foaled 1868; bred by 

 Charles Watson, West Burke, Vt. ; got by Black Morgan, son of Green 

 Mountain : dam, the dam of Charley Watson, which see. Advertised, 1884, 

 by A. W. Thayer, West Burke, Vt., to stand at Wheelock, East Burke and 

 East Haven, Vt. Owned, 1888, by E. W. Cobleigh, Lyndon, Vt. An 

 excellent horse. 



COMET (BATCHELDER'S) 



Dark chestnut with star, 900 pounds; foaled June 2, 1884; bred by 

 W. C. Batchelder, Glover, Vt. ; got by Thayer's Morgan Tiger, son of Black 

 Morgan : dam chestnut, bred by Oscar Walter, Burke, Vt., got by Charley 

 Watson, son of Black Morgan ; 2d dam chestnut, bred by Oscar Walter, got 

 by Streeter Horse, son of Billy Root. Sold, 1886, to Gen. William H. Jack- 

 son, Nashville, Tenn. 



PREMIUM MORGAN (CLARK'S, CHARLEY) 

 Dark bay, left hind foot white, 15^ hands, 1040 pounds; foaled 1841 ; 

 bred by Moses Clark, Cabot, Vt. ; got by Green Mountain, son of Sherman 

 Morgan : dam dark gray, bred by Moses Clark, got by NewelPs Gray, son of 

 Sherman Morgan ; 2d dam red roan, bred by Ebenezer Smith, Cabot, Vt., 

 got by a horse that was supposed to be part Arabian ; 3d dam gray, bred 

 by Ebenezer Smith. Sold, about 1861, to Mr. Burbank, Danville, Vt. He 

 was advertised by Moses Clark in the "Danville North Star", 1852-54. Moses 

 Clark writes : " This breed has been a long-lived race of horses, all smart and 

 active and cordy, no lazy ones ; all of mild disposition, good to work and 

 easy to break". 



MORGAN TROTTER (BOHANNON HORSE, OLD CHARLEY) 



Dark bay, heavy mane and tail, is/4 hands, 1000 pounds; foaled 1852 ; 

 bred by Jacob Way, Peacham, Vt. ; got by Premium Morgan, son of Green 

 Mountain, by Sherman Morgan : dam bred by Jacob Way, got by old Mor- 

 rill. Sold to John Bolton, West Danville, Vt., 1855 ; to Chauncey Bohannon, 

 Chelsea, Vt., same year, who kept him six years at Cornish and Porter, Me. ; 

 to SewallHall, Bridgewater, Mass., about 1863, who took him to Long Island 

 or Pennsylvania. A very handsome and excellent horse. Received ist pre- 

 mium at several fairs. 



Sire of dam of Stella Blake 2 :25%. 



BATCHELDER HORSE 



Dappled gray, 14^ hands; bred by David Batchelder, North Danville, 

 Vt. ; got by Sherman Morgan : dam gray, a fast trotter, said to be half French. 

 Owned by John H. Moore, Barnet, Vt., who advertised him, in the "Danville 



