384 THE MORGAN HORSE 



Sr., Randolph, Vt., got by Albion Horse (Royal King Charlie). Owned 

 and probably bred by William Albion, West Randolph, Vt. ; later by a com- 

 pany in Randolph and Braintree, Vt. ; died about 1864. 



Sire of 3d dam of Sister Barefoot 2 :25%. 



ROMEO (CONVERSE'S) 2:39 



Chestnut with small stripe in face, 14^ hands, 1040 pounds; foaled 

 1850; bred by Allen Smith, Addison, Vt. ; got by Sherman Black Hawk: 

 dam chestnut, bred by Allen Smith, got by Green Mountain Morgan ; 2d 

 dam bred by Allen Smith, got by Smith's Liberty ; 3 d dam said to be by 

 Woodbury Morgan. Sold, 1858, for $1000, to Hon. Alonzo Converse, 

 New Hartford, la., who sold, 1868, to Hiram Smith, Addison, Vt. Drowned 

 in Lake Champlain about 1870. Had great style and fine action. Took 

 ist premium, as single driver, at Vermont State fair, 1857, and, as saddle 

 horse, at Butler Co. (la.) fair, 1858. Stock took many premiums. 



GREEN MOUNTAIN BLACK HAWK (DORSEY'S, TOM, SORREL TOM) 



Chestnut, white hind foot, 15^ hands, 1150 pounds; foaled 1850; bred 

 by Edward Wells, Bridport, Vt. ; got by Sherman Black Hawk : dam chest- 

 nut, 1050 pounds, foaled about 1830, owned by Paris Fletcher, Bridport, 

 Vt., who bought her, about 1841, of Jasper Fletcher, Woodstock, Vt., who had 

 her of Galon Persons, said to be by Gifford Morgan. Sold to B. J. Myrick, 

 Bridport, Vt., 1851; A. C. Fiske, Coldwater, Mich., 1853; Smith & 

 Cripper; Elias Dorsey and John Burke, Louisville, Ky., about 1857. Kept 

 in Jefferson and Nelson counties, Ky., a number of years. Afterwards owned 

 by J. A. Reed & Co., and P. H. Dorsey, Gillespie, 111. ; and in Columbia, 

 Mo. Died in Missouri about 1872. A very valuable horse, combining size, 

 beauty, style, action and speed. He was the winner of many premium, includ- 

 ing the three-year-old purse at Addison county (Vt.) fair, 1853, time, 3 :io : 

 sweepstakes premium at Michigan State fair, 1854, '55 and '56 ; ist premium 

 for trotting stallions at United States Agricultural fair, Louisville, Ky., 1857 ; 

 speed ring premium at New Albany, Ind., time 2 140 ; also speed ring pre- 

 mium at Nelson county fair, Ky., 1859, time 2 :4O^ on one-third mile track : 

 $250 premium for best roadster stallion at Louisville, 1860 ; $500 premium 

 for fastest trotting stallion at World's Horse fair, Chicago, 1862, and 

 numerous others. Maj. J. L. Wharton, Springfield, Ky., writes : "He 

 has left some of the best horses that have ever been in Ken- 

 tucky". 



Site of dam of Barkis 2 12514. 



YOUNG TOM 



Black with star and white ankles, 15^ hands, 950 pounds ; bred by Nor- 

 ton P. Hobart, Athens, Mich. ; got by Green Mountain Black Hawk, son of 

 Sherman Black Hawk : dam brown, bred by N. P. Hobart, got by Young 

 Medley, son of Medley, thoroughbred. Bought by S. B. Sims, Union City, 

 Mich., who sold, about 1866, to some person in Illinois. Could trot in 2 140. 



