DESCENDANTS OF SHERMAN MORGAN 



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Archy. Owned nearly all his life by breeder. Died 1884. Kept, 1875-6-7, 

 near Danville, Ky. Never trained, but said to have had great speed and 

 bottom. An advertisement by his breeder in 1878 states that he was sire of 

 the Short Horse, sold South, for which 20,000 had been refused ; that this 

 horse trotted at Columbus, Ga., the previous fall, with Hickory Jack, winning 

 race and trotting one heat in 2 -.23%, the best heat then on record for his 

 age, five years past. 



GODOLPHIN 



Black with one white hind foot, 1000 pounds; foaled 1851; bred by 

 Aaron S. Beach, Jr., Charlotte, Vt. ; got by Sherman Black Hawk : dam the 

 dam of King Herod, which see. Taken by breeder, with his full brother, 

 King Herod, to Cleveland, O. Trotted by Mr. Beach at Ohio State fair, 

 1858, and is spoken of by correspondent of "Cincinnati Commerical" as the 

 best and squarest trotter, though first money went to Orr's Flying Cloud. 

 Afterwards gelded. He got a few colts in Vermont, all said to be good. 



BEN FRANKLIN (EVEREST'S) 



Dark chestnut, 15 2i hands, noo pounds; bred by Benj. Hurlburt, 

 Bridport, Vt. ; foaled 1851, the property of Jonas Vanderhoof, Addison, 

 Vt. ; got by Sherman Black Hawk, son of Black Hawk : dam said to be by 

 Young Sir Walter, son of Sir Walter ; and 2d dam by Young Hamiltonian, 

 son of Bishop's Hamiltonian. Sold to E. C. Everest, Vergennes, Vt. ; to White 

 & Newell, Cleveland, O., where he was kept several years. Afterward taken 

 to Texas by B. A. Bragg. 



KING HEROD 



Chestnut, 15 hands, 1000 pounds; foaled 1852; bred by Aaron L. 

 Beach, Jr., Charlotte, Vt. ; got by Sherman Black Hawk : dam chestnut, bred 

 by Aaron L. Beach, Jr., got by Black Hawk; 2d dam bay, small and very 

 handsome, bred by Judge Chittenden, Williston, Vt., sold to Everett Rich, 

 and then to Mr. Williams, both of Charlotte, to A. L. Beach, and said to be by 

 a son of Justin Morgan. Taken by breeder with his full brother, Godolphin, 

 to Cleveland, O. Sold to J. W. Stiles, Decorah, la., and by him to Mr. Wil- 

 ber, Waukon, la., whose property he died about 1866. 



