DESCENDANTS OF SHERMAN MORGAN 



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or '84, to his son, A. J. Brown of the same town, who, in January, 1885, sold 

 a half interest to Dr. L. A. Squiers, Poynette, Wis., but afterward bought it 

 back. 



WESTERN CHIEF 



Golden chestnut, 15^ hands, 1075 pounds; bred by Augustus Jackson, 

 Coldwater, Mich. ; got by Green Mountain Black Hawk, son of Sherman 

 Black Hawk : dam sorrel, bred by Sylvanus Wixson, Wayne, N. Y., got by 

 Young Morasse, son of Morasse, Canadian, and thought to be thoroughbred ; 

 2d dam cream color, bred by Benjamin Sackett, Tyrone, N. Y., got by Roe- 

 buck. Owned by A. Vandike and Alfred Bates. Got but 12 foals. 



WESTERN CHIEF JR. 



Dapple bay, 16 hands, 1150 pounds; foaled 1864; bred by Silvanus 

 Wixson, Coldwater, Mich. ; got by Western Chief, son of Green Mountain 

 Black Hawk : dam light bay, sold to Mr. Wixson by a Mr. Buffington, said to 

 be of Highlander stock. Always kept for a driving horse ; got but few colts 

 and was gelded. 



Sire of dam of Chance 2 :23%. 



ROSSMAN HORSE 



Brown, 15^ hands, 1050 pounds; foaled about 1850; bred by George 

 Thomas, Plattsburgh, N. Y. ; got by Sherman Black Hawk, son of Black 

 Hawk : dam said to be by Bulrush Morgan. Taken to Wisconsin by Mr. 

 Thomas, and sold to George Rossman, who gave him to his brother, James 

 Rossman. Had good action and disposition ; got six colts, all but one 

 from common stock ; one could trot better than 2 :3o, and all, it is said, 

 better than 2 150. 



BADGER BOY 



Dark chestnut, 15^ hands, noo pounds; foaled 1857; bred by George 

 Crowder, Erin, Wis. ; got by Rossman Horse, son of Sherman Black Hawk : 

 dam sorrel, bred by Obed Noble, Sandusky, O., who took her, when two, 

 to Wisconsin, got by a horse of running stock called Cow Boy. Sold to S. J. 

 Wilson, Hartford, Wis., 1860, who kept him at Richfield, Waukesha, Meno- 

 monee Falls, Milwaukee, Merton, Beaver Dam, Juneau, Fond du Lac and 

 Hartford, Wis., and at Albia, la. ; to Seth Rowe, Ripon, Wis., 1875, who 

 gelded him. Action good, but disposition not pleasant. Trotted trial at 

 Juneau, Wis., 1862, in 2 130. 



Races won, 22. Races lost, 47. Total races, 69. 

 Sire : Gen. Howard, i. 



