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THE MORGAN HORSE 



and foaled 1849, the property of George Ramsdell, New Ipswich, N. H. ; got 

 by Anglo-Saxon, son of Black Hawk : dam said to be of Sherman Morgan 

 blood. A fine, compact looking horse and a good traveler. Linsley. 



BLACK HAWK (THURSTON'S, SMITH'S YOUNG BLACK HAWK) 



Black, 15^ hands, 975 pounds; foaled 1843; bred by James Smith, 

 Sharon, N. H. ; got by Black Hawk : dam bay, brought from Pennsylvania by 

 James Smith, said to be by Andrew Jackson, son of Young Bashaw, by im- 

 ported Grand Bashaw, Arabian. Sold to Benjamin Thurston, Lowell, Mass. ; 

 to J. C. Maynard, Boston, Mass., about 1856, who also kept him at Lowell; 

 to W. H. Hughes, Shirley, Mass., about 1862, whose property he died. A 

 very promising colt, but received injuries when young from which he never 

 recovered. Mr. Linsley says : " He has good figure and excellent spirit and 

 action. Time 2 150". 



Sire : Brown Harry, 3. 



Sire of dam of Lucca 2 130, and Jeremiah 2 132% winner of 16 races. 



BROWN HARRY 



Dapple brown with one white hind ankle, 15^ hands, 1000 pounds; 

 foaled May 17, 1856 ; bred by H. Woodard, Lowell, Mass. ; foaled the property 

 of P. M. Jeffords, Foxcroft, Me. ; got by Thurston' s Black Hawk, son of Black 

 Hawk: dam sorrel, a very fast pacer, about 15 hands, 960 pounds, foaled 

 about 1836, pedigree unknown. (It has been said that she was owned in 

 Pomfret, Vt., and brought to Lowell, Mass., by John Chamberlain, a sporting 

 man.) Sold to H. Woodard, 1858 ; Mr. Yeaton, 1860 ; to J. L. Buckley, Boston, 

 Mass., who kept him two years at Foxcroft, Me., care of Mr. Jeffords ; toS. D. 

 Cushman, Dexter, Me., September, 1864; George M. Stevens, Lancaster, 

 N. H., 1874; Harry Brockway, Dover, Me., 1882, and died that year. A 

 very stylish horse with nervous temperament, square, open action, and a 

 kind, pleasant driver. Mr. Cushman says: "I stood him in 1865 at m ) r 

 stable in Dexter, at $25 to warrant; he was bred to 83 mares, and that fall 

 trotted at Bangor, winning in 2 136, last half i :i6. The next year he was bred 

 to 70 mares at $50. He received 2d premium at first State fair, Portland. 

 In trotting he required no boots or straps ". 



Total, 9; 5 in 2 =30, (i p.) ; 7 race-winners. 

 Races won, 30. Races lost, 87. Total races, 117. 

 Dams of Emma B. 2 122, Pearl 2 '.23%. 



