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THE MORGAN HORSE 



Total, 17 ; 10 in 2 130 (i p.) ; 14 race-winners ; 2 ten-race winners. 

 Races won, 54. Races lost, 118. Total races, 172. 



RODERICK DHU 



Black, 15^4 hands, 1125 pounds; foaled 1877; bred by John Hunter, 

 Wynnewood, Penn. ; got by Gen. Knox : dam Vicky mare, said to be by 

 Young Morrill ; 2d dam Gipsy, by Black Sherman, son of Black Hawk ; 3d 

 dam Fanny, by Gen. Calender Irvin's Grouse, son of American Eclipse ; 4th 

 dam Jenny, by Maj. George Blaney's Peter Parley, son of Oscar Jr. ; and 5th 

 dam by American Eclipse, son of Duroc. 



HERO JR (PILOT HERO, WETHERBEE'S MORGAN) 

 Dark brown with snip, 15^ hands, 1050 pounds; foaled June 14, 1867 ; 

 bred by G. D. Penfield, Kalamazoo, Mich. ; got by Vermont Hero, son of 

 Sherman Black Hawk : dam Kate Weakley, bred by Mr. Alexander, Lexing- 

 ton, Ky., purchased by G. D. Penfield of Capt. Howland, Louisville, Ky., got 

 by Pilot Jr., son of Pilot ; 2d dam said to be by Gray Eagle. Sold to S. 

 Tomlinson, Rantoul, 111., 1867 ; to J. R. Mizner, Burr Oak, Mich. Kept 

 at one time by Jeremiah Mills at Rochelle, 111. ; returned to Kalamazoo, 

 Mich., several times. Also owned by D. J. Wetherbee, Dixon, 111. A 

 smooth and fast trotter. Received 2d premium at Michigan State fair, 1869 

 or '70, in competition with 23 horses. 



Dam of Mattie D. 2 -.25%. 



BARNEY (FUNK'S) 



Dark bay, star, right hind foot white, 15 hands, 1000 pounds; foaled 

 1884 ; bred by M. P. Funk, Rantoul, 111. ; got by Hero Jr., son of Vermont 

 Hero, by Sherman Black Hawk : dam Doll, bay, bred by George Helix, Urbana, 

 III, got by Johnson Horse, said to be by Gifford Morgan ; 2d dam brown, 

 bred by Mrs. Clayton, Urbana, 111., got by Hill's Black Hawk, son of Black 

 Hawk ; 3d dam chestnut, said to be by Rising Sun. 



TALLY 



Bay; foaled 1889; bred by M. P. Funk, Rantoul, 111.; got by Barney, 

 son of Hero Jr., by Vermont Hero : dam gray, bred by Alvin Devine, Ran- 

 toul, 111., got by Young Morgan, son of Gray Hawk ; 2d dam bay, bred by 

 Hiram Devine, got by Young Morgan, son of Gray Hawk, by Morgan 

 Tally Ho. 



AGO 



Brown with star and white hind feet ; foaled May 25, 1891 ; bred by M. P. 

 Funk, Rantoul, 111. ; got by Barney, son of Hero Jr., by Vermont Hero, son 

 of Sherman Black Hawk : dam Doll, dam of Barney (Funk's), which see. 



