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THE MORGAN HORSE. 



COL. LANG 



Gray, 15^ hands, 1050 pounds; foaled 186-; bred by George Free- 

 man, China, Me. ; got by Gen. Knox. Sold to Horace Nelson ; to Lou 

 Morris, Boston, Mass., who, it is said, refused an offer of $5000 for him. 

 Said to have trotted in 2 128. 



JOHN BRONSON 



Chestnut, left hind foot white, 16^ hands, 1300 pounds; foaled 1879; 

 bred by Stephen Davidson, Aylesford, N. S. ; got by Col. Lang, son of Gen. 

 Knox Jr. : dam dark bay, bred by Messrs. Smart, St. Stephen, N. B. ; got by 

 Paddy, son of Trotting Childers, by Black Hawk ; 2d dam dark bay, imported 

 in dam from England. Owned by A. H. Davidson, Aylesford, N. S. 



BLACK SULTAN 2:40^ 



Black, 16^/2 hands, 1250 pounds; foaled 186-; bred by Benjamin 

 Bussey, Dixmont, Me. ; got by Gen. Knox : dam black, owned by San- 

 born Chase, Jackson, Me., who said she was by a gray horse owned at 

 Paper Mills, Monroe, Me., called a Messenger ; 2d dam a fast pacer, said to 

 be Morgan. Sold when young to C. Butman, Plymouth, Me. At the New 

 England fair at Portland, Me., in 1869, he trotted a half mile in i :i6 ; has 

 trotted the Bangor track without previous training in 2 134^ ; was a horse of 

 symmetry and much power; died about 1876. 



Sire of dam of Surprise 2:28%, Miss Ledo 2:29. 



FLYING CLOUD (BROWN'S) 



Black, little white on one hind foot, 16 hands, noo pounds; foaled 

 June, 1865 ; bred by Henry W. Brown, Newbury, Me. ; got by Black Sultan, 

 son of Gen. Knox : dam brown, said to be of Black Hawk descent. Owned 

 by Geo. A. Bragg, North Carmel, Me. Trotted at Exeter, Me., in 2 131 . 



GEN LEE (R E LEE) 2:34^ 



Brown with star, 16% hands, 1130 pounds; foaled 1866; bred by N. 

 M. Prescott, Clinton, Me. ; got by Black Sultan, son of Gen. Knox : dam 

 said to be by Hiram Drew, son of Drew. Sold to J. S. Roberts, Oregon, 111., 

 who owned him in 1883. At Winsted, Iowa, July 3, 1883, won a race in 

 straight heats in 2 :4o3^, 2 134, 2 130; on account of not carrying full weight 

 2 130 was not allowed. 



