DESCENDANTS OF SHERMAN MORGAN 341 



Jacques, Ten Hills Farm, near Boston, Mass. ; got by Sherman Morgan : 

 dam bred by Samuel Jacques, got by Bellfounder, imported from England in 

 1822 by James Boot of Boston ; 2d dam a remarkably fine mare, whose style 

 and fleetness excited much attention, pui chased by Samuel Jacques of a 

 baker who lived 16 miles from Boston and drove her to Boston nearly 

 every day for several years, said to be by Justin Morgan. Owned and of- 

 fered for sale in 1839 by Samuel Jacques. 



A horse of this name and description, and we have no doubt this horse, 

 was brought from New England to the Province of Nova Scotia, about 1842, 

 by Henry Palmer of Windsor, Hants county, who stood him the first season 

 about Hants county ; he was next sent to Cape Breton to cross with the 

 French mares on that island, and produced a great number of trotters, 

 among them the horse Nelson, which is said to have got more trotters in the 

 province than all other stallions ever owned there, and to have imparted 

 speed to all his stock. Bellfounder Morgan was off the island several years 

 and traveled in different parts of Nova Scotia. About 1850 he was pur- 

 chased by John Calshan of Sidney, Cape Breton. A. C. Bell of New Glas- 

 gow, N. S., writes : "He is described by one who saw him as a chestnut, 

 about 15 hands, and weighing about 950 pounds, with great style and action". 



The following letter appears in the "Spirit of the Times", New York, 

 1841 : 



BOSTON, MASS., Nov. 20, 1841. 



Dear Sir : I noticed some months since in your interesting paper a 

 communication asking for information about "horses for all- work". Knowing 

 that Col. Jacques had a Canadian stallion standing on his farm, I called on 

 him, showed him the notice, and requested him to write you on the subject. 

 He then produced a number of the " Spirit" for August or September, 1839, 

 which contained a letter from him giving information relative to the 

 Morgan breed of horses, and he said he would drop a line to you, and refer 

 you to the number. 



We have some of the Vermont horses bright bays nice saddle or gig 

 horses, here in Boston, but now we get a number of fine ones from Maine. 

 Col. Jacques has a splendid stud called Black Hawk on his Ten Hills Farm, 

 three miles from Boston. It is a direct cross from an English blood horse 

 and a Canadian. 



I have seen one or two nice trotters this year, whose pedigree can be 

 traced back to a horse taken from an English officer at the battle of Saratoga 

 and taken into Vermont. 



Yours truly, J. D. H. 



The following is by one of the best judges of a horse, and one of the 

 best horsemen of his time : 



A STALLION To GET ROADSTERS 



I think Bellfounder Morgan possesses the best properties as a roadster 

 of any horse ever bred in New England. This, you may think, is a strong 

 expression, considering the many fine roadsters we have bred. It is a fact 

 of great notoriety that New England, within the last 40 years, has pro- 

 duced more and better roadsters than any other section of this, and perhaps 

 any other country. It has been said, and I believe it cannot be contradicted 

 with propriety, that there has never been a breed of horses in New England 



