346 THE MORGAN HORSE 



of Elgin, 111., writes : " A very good horse, even tempered and a fair 

 traveler. His colts were good mostly bays and chestnuts ". 



MORGAN TIGER (BROOKS') 



Bright bay, 15^ hands, 1180 pounds ; foaled about 1850; said to be by 

 Young Sherman Morgan, son of Sherman Morgan : and dam by Woodbury 

 Morgan. Advertised, 1863, by A. B. Brooks, to stand at Homer, New Lenox, 

 Joliet, Plainfield and Lockport, 111. 



BENECIA BOY 



Bay with blaze, 16^ hands, 1300 pounds; foaled 1858; bred by Mr. 

 Webster, Joliet, 111. ; go.t by Morgan Tiger, son of Young Sherman Morgan : 

 dam sorrel. Sold to N. F. Boyce, Lemont, 111. ; Jacob Salterman, Lock- 

 port, 111. Kept in Will and Cook counties, 111. Active and kind. 



TURK 



Said to be by Sherman Morgan. Kept at Hiram, Me., and adjoining 

 towns about 1840, it is thought, by a man named Whittemore. 



MORGAN (FISHER'S) 



Bright bay, 15^ hands, 1000 pounds; said to be by Sherman Morgan. 

 Taken from Vermont, before 1848, by a Mr. Fisher, to Beloit, Wis., where 

 he was kept for a-while ; then sold to some one in Michigan, where he died 

 at an advanced age. This is probably Beloit Morgan, which see. 



SHERMAN MORGAN (BURGESS') 



Dark gray when young, afterwards white, 15^ hands, 1050 pounds; 

 foaled 1848 ; bred by Alex. Clinton, Rock Co., Wis. ; got by Fisher's Mor- 

 gan, son of Sherman Morgan : dam gray, brought from Pennsylvania by Mr. 

 Scott, and said to be of Messenger stock. Sold, 1850, to T. K. Burgess, 

 Sacramento, CaL, whose property he died in Curry Co., Ore. 



Mr. Burgess writes : " He received ist premium at all fairs where ex- 

 hibited. Had fine disposition, and, I think, was unsurpassed in style ". 



BLANCHARD HORSE 



Chestnut, i ooo pounds ; bred by Joseph Tilton, Danville, Vt. ;got by Sher- 

 man Morgan : dam light bay, said to be by Justin Morgan. A closely-made, 

 thick-set horse ; but his stock were not as noted for action as most of Sher- 

 man's colts. Taken young to New Hampshire and afterwards to Maine. At 

 an advanced age he was brought back to St. Johnsbury, Vt., where he died. 

 Linsley. 



MERRILL HORSE 



Dark chestnut with large star, about 15^ hands, i ooo pounds ; bred by 

 Abner Hoyt, Danville, Vt. ; got by Blanchard Horse, son of Sherman Mor- 

 gan : dam black with white face, 15 hands, 1025 pounds, foaled about 1830 

 a very fine mare, bred by Nathaniel Hazeltine, Danville, got by Cock of the 

 Rock, son of Sherman Morgan ; 2d dam black. Bought when three by 



