DESCENDANTS OF SHERMAN MORGAN 



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EDWARD EVERETT (GEN MOTT, MOTT COLT, GRAND ISLE 



CHIEF) 2:36^ 



Dark chestnut, 15 hands, 1000 pounds; foaled 1855; bred by Joseph 

 M. Mott, Alburgh, Vt. ; got by Sherman Black Hawk : dam bay, bred by 

 Joseph M. Mott, got by Morgan Bellfounder, son of Putnam Morgan ; 2d 

 dam bay, bred by Benjamin Mott, Alburgh, Vt., got by a horse from Canada 

 called Gamester ; 3d dam chestnut. Part interest sold to Edward Mott, 

 1855. Taken, 1859, by Horace W. Brown, to Village Stock Farm, Buffalo, 

 N. Y., and later sold to R. S. Veech and J. B. Parks, St. Mathews, Ky., for 

 $2000. Dr. R. W. Pearce of Louisville, Ky., writes : " Edward Everett was 

 a typical Morgan, and could trot in about 2 137 ; was a great show horse ?nd 

 seldom beaten in the fair ring, and won many match races. He sired many 

 fast roadsters". 



BLACK DOUGLASS 2 :43 



Black, 15^ hands, 1000 pounds ; foaled 1856; bred by Abijah Kurd, 

 Bridport, Vt. ; got by Sherman Black Hawk : dam a nice driver, but would 

 not pull a load, bought of R. T. Sampson by Mr. Hurd, said to have been 

 brought fom Canada when three, and to be by Irish Birdcatcher, thorough- 

 bred. Taken West, 1857, by breeder, who sold, 1859, to J.H. Eastabrook, 

 Fulton, 111. He sold, 1864, to E. Clark, Chicago, 111. Mr. Eastabrook says : 

 "In 1863 he won 12 out of 13 races, and was only beaten by Green's 

 Bashaw at Muscatine, la., time 2 126^. I now consider he had no 

 superior for style or for speed. I sold him for $2700 ". Received 2d 

 premium at Iowa State fair, 1862. 



Dams of Capt. Jack 2 126, Dutch Girl (?) 2 127% 

 Second dam of Hattie K. 2 -.24% and Jennie K. 2 :29%. 



NORTH MORRILL 



Black, 14^4 hands; foaled 1857; bred by D. C. Andrews, Woodbury, 

 N. J. ; got by Sherman Black Hawk : dam Stella, black (full sister to Young 

 Morrill), bred by French Morrill, Danville, Vt., got by Morrill, son of Jennison 

 Colt ; 2d dam dam of Young Morrill, which see. Owned by breeder until 

 gelded. Kept at Woodbury and Mt. Ephraim, N. J. Died 1873. Very 

 stylish, with quick action ; but became cross. Trotted in 2 136 single, and 

 2 140 double with his dam, Stella. He got only about 20 foals. 



Races won, 3. Races lost, 5. Total races, 8. 

 Dam of Glide 2 124. 



