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son, Washington, D. C. ; got by Mitchell's Black Hawk, son of Sherman Black 

 Hawk: dam sorrel, a fine saddle mare. Bought, 1865, by Jesse A. Mit- 

 chell, Bedford, Ind., who owned him 24 years. Mr. Mitchell writes that 

 Black Frank took more first premiums than any other horse in Southern In- 

 diana, and that he and his sire got more premium stock than any other four 

 stallions in Lawrence Co. 



CHANCELLOR BLACK HAWK (CHANCELLOR MORGAN) 

 Black with star, 15^ hands, tooo pounds; foaled about 1870; bred by 

 Jonathan Tarr, Paoli, Ind. ; got by Mitchell's Black Hawk, son of Sherman 

 Black Hawk : dam roan, bred by a Mr. Navity, Madison, Ind., got by 

 Tecumseh, a dark iron gray stallion bred near Lexington. Ky., son of Tecum- 

 seh, brought from Canada ; 2d dam pacer, said to be a Copperbottom ; 3d 

 dam brown, bred in Virginia. Sold to Samuel Gullet ; Braxton & Mai- 

 lory, Paoli; J. B. Tucker, Brownsville, Tex., 1879; to President Gonzales 

 of Mexico. Mr. Braxton states that he trotted a mile at Paoli, Ind., in stud 

 condition, in 2 138, and at Brownsville, Tex., in 2 128. 



CYRUS 



Bay, 15^ hands, 1000 pounds; foaled 1878; bred by C. N. Hudleson, 

 Paoli, Ind. ; got by Chancellor Black Hawk, son of Young Myrick : dam 

 gray, bred by Mr. Holowell, Orange Co., Ind., got by Tempest, a Canadian 

 pacing stallion brought to New Albany, Ind., by George Lyman of that city ; 

 2d dam said to be by Rattler, son of Rattler, thoroughbred. Sold to W. C. 

 Shirley, Orangeville, Ind. Owned, 1892, by James H. McPheeters, Bedford, 

 Ind. H*e has taken six ist premiums for saddle horses. 



MORGAN EMPEROR (BRAXTON'S) 



Black, 15 hands, 980 pounds; foaled 1879; bred by F. N. Braxton, 

 Paoli, Ind. ; got by Chancellor Black Hawk, son of Mitchell's Black Hawk : 

 dam Patsy, black, bred by F. N. Braxton, got by Mitchell's Black Hawk, son 

 of Sherman Black Hawk ; 2d dam brought from Montpelier, Vt., in 1858^ 

 to Bedford, Ind., by J. A. Mitchell, said to be by Black Hawk ; and 3d dam 

 by Bishop's Hamiltonian. Owned in 1889 by breeder. 



SNAKE MOUNTAIN BLACK HAWK (NAPOLEON) 

 Brown or black, 15 hands, 1000 pounds ; foaled June 16, 1849 ; bred by 

 Whitford Bros., Addison, Vt. ; got by Sherman Black Hawk, son of Black 

 Hawk : dam said to be by Guindon's Magnum Bonum ; 2d dam Black Nettle, 

 brought from Missouri to Addison, Vt., by C. Foote. Advertised, 1854, by 

 O. N. Whitford, to be kept at Bristol and Lincoln, Vt. Whitford took him 

 to DeKalb Co., 111., 1855, where he was kept several seasons. Afterwards 



