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THE MORGAN HORSE 



went to Cordova, 111. He is said also to have been kept in Iowa. He was 

 called Napoleon in the West. Sire of 2d dam of Princeton 2 127. 



REVENGE (HOLMES HORSE) 



Dark chestnut, 1000 pounds; foaled 1856; bred by Joseph Holmes, 

 Leland, 111. ; got by Napoleon, son of Sherman Black Hawk : dam black, 

 trotter and pacer, 16 hands, owned by Seth W. Holmes, said to be by Young 

 Busiris, son of Busiris, by American Eclipse, son of Duroc. Sold to J. L. 

 Holmes. 1859 ; Richard Holmes, about 1862 ; James Knowlton (all of Paw 

 Paw, 111.), 1867 ; Watson & Ball, Leland, 111, 1867 ; to Hart & Snyder, Gardi- 

 ner, 111., 1867, whose property he died about 1876. 



Races won, 26. Races lost, 42. Total races, 68. 



Dams of Beeswax 2:25, Edgewood 2:27)4 an d Elmwood Chief (?) 2:18%, Called Back 

 2:27%. 



BLACK HAWK TIGER (BIGELOW HORSE) 



Black, 1 6^ hands, 1200 pounds; foaled June, 1849; said to be by 

 Sherman Black Hawk : dam brown, tall and rangy, said to be English, also 

 called a Messenger. Brought to Stanstead, P. Q., by Amos Bigelow, about 

 1851, and advertised to stand there, 1853. Kept, 1855-6, at Shelburne 

 and Deerfield, Mass., by Sumner Bigelow. Amos Bigelow, in 1857, again 

 advertised him at Stanstead as follows : " Black Hawk Tiger, known 

 as Bigelow Horse. The subscriber takes pleasure in informing the farmers 

 and breeders of the Eastern Townships that he has bought back the Black 

 Hawk Horse sold by him two years ago, and that he is now sole proprietor. 

 Will stand at my stable, Stanstead. Got by Myrick Horse by Black Hawk ; 

 dam a Messenger mare. The horse is already known in this county by his' 

 colts five, four and three years old, and which are believed to be superior to 

 any in the country. Tiger will be eight years old June next; is 16-2 ; weighs 

 1 200 pounds, and possesses all the excellences of the Black Hawk race 

 beauty, style, speed and action. His get have been sold at $500 and $750. 

 Terms, $15. AMOS BIGELOW." 



Afterward sold and went West. 



HOLLAND HORSE 



Dark brown or black with small star, 15 ^ hands, 1050 pounds; foaled 

 about 1850; bred by John Holland, South Bolton, P. Q. ; got by Bigelow's 

 Black Hawk Tiger, son of Sherman Black Hawk : dam chestnut, low built, 

 said to be by the John George Horse, son of Frost Horse, by Hawkins 

 Horse, son of Justin Morgan. Kept at Bolton many years by breeder. 

 Afterwards owned by Mr. Gill. Could trot in 3 :oo ; said to have left as 

 good stock as was ever in the county. 



