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Morton, Annapolis Co., N. S. He is said to have been the greatest sire of 

 trotting speed yet produced in Nova Scotia. 



BROTHER'S PRIDE 



Chestnut, 15^ hands, noo pounds; foaled 1871; bred by Ivtoses 

 Brown, Somerset, N. S. ; got by Lord Nelson, son of Bellfounder Morgan : 

 dam said to be by imported Norfolk ; and 2d dam by Bellfounder Morgan. Sold 

 when two to Begartson Bros., for a large price. Owned, 1888, by Fred L. 

 Robinson, Lakeville, N. S. A fast trotter. 



MORGAN TIGER (DURELL'S) 



Dark bay, 15 hands, 1050 pounds; said to be by Sherman Morgan. 

 Owned by Samuel Durell, Bradford, N. H. Mr. Durell moved to Cambridge, 

 N. Y., in 1839, taking the horse with him, and kept him there until 1842 or 

 '43, when it is thought he sold him. Said to have been a very stylish and 

 remarkably good horse. 



MORGAN TIGER 2D (LADD'S) 



Bay with white hind feet, 15 hands, 1080 pounds; foaled about 1844; 

 bred by Niles White, near Bennington, Vt. ; got by Durell's Morgan Tiger, 

 son of Sherman Morgan : dam said to be by Black Prince ; and 2d dam by 

 Gifford Morgan. Sold, about 1849, to James D. Ladd, then of Richmond, 

 O., later of Ottumwa, la. Mr. Ladd's papers were lost by fire and this in- 

 formation is from memory. Mr. Ladd kept him three years on his farm in 

 Ohio, where he left about 150 foals, mostly large bays 15% to 16 hands, 

 weighing 1000 to 1200 pounds, superior roadsters. He was then killed by a 

 fall. Mr. Ladd says that at the time of his death he was the most popular 

 stallion in eastern Ohio. When this horse went to Ohio, Mr. Ladd thinks 

 there was only one other Morgan stallion in that State, Morgan Bulrush, 

 owned in Trumbull Co. 



Sire of 3d dam of Lobasco 2:10%. 



WHITE MOUNTAIN MORGAN 



Chestnut, 15^ hands, noo pounds; foaled 1834 ; bred by John A. W T ill- 

 ard, Lancaster, N. H. ; got by Sherman Morgan : dam, 1150 pounds, said to 

 be of English blood. Owned a number of years by J. Martin, Marshfield, 

 Vt. ; afterwards, in 1856, in Townsencl, Vt., whence he went to Ohio. Lins- 

 ley says : "He has been kept most of his life at St. Johnsbury, Vt., and 

 vicinity. He is a very compact, well-shaped horse, excellent head and neck, 

 fine style of movement and a good traveler, but not so much spirit as some. 

 A very hardy and enduring horse. His stock are not deficient in spirit, and 

 many of them have a great deal of life, and are generally excellent animals." 



WHITE MOUNTAIN MORGAN JR 



Gray; bred by C. B. Martin, North Montpelier, Vt. ; got by White Moun- 

 tain Morgan, son of Sherman Morgan : dam gray. Taken by breeder to 

 Illinois, in 1853, with Young Sherman. A beautiful horse. 



