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THE MORGAN HORSE 



JOE CURRY 2 : 39 



Dapple gray, 16 hands; foaled 1858; said to be by Cottrill Morgan, 

 son of Black Hawk : and dam by Foxhunter. Brought by B. F. Dowler 

 from Pittsburg, Penn., and advertised, 1868, to stand at Mount Vernon, O. 

 Advertisement states that he won in 10 races from July 26 to November, 

 1866, sums amounting to $2540. Very stylish and fast. William B. Fasig, 

 Cleveland, O., says : " Joe Curry was a grand horse, and left a most desirable 

 family in Ohio ; all splendid lookers, of the finest disposition, and all with 

 natural speed". 



Dam of Nelly H. 2:2814. 



STOCKTON 



Bay, three white feet, iS/4 hands, 1050 pounds; foaled 1862 ; bred by 

 Orrin Wickes, Clarksburg, W. Va. ; got by Cottrill Morgan, son of Black 

 Hawk : dam bay, bred by Orrin Wickes, South Westerlo, N. Y., got by Green 

 Mountain Black Hawk, son of Black Hawk ; 2d dam bred in Kentucky and 

 brought to New York about 1850, a fast trotter and runner, supposed to be 

 thoroughbred. Sold to Alph. Williams, Marshville, W. Va. ; Mr. Hall and 

 Samuel Bainbridge, Irontown, W. Va. ; Charles T. Martin, Boothville, W. Va. 

 Kept in Harrison, Lewis, Marion and Taylor counties, W. Va., after 1876. 

 With very little training he trotted in 2 140. A game horse and excellent sire. 



BRET HARTE 



Bay, 1 6 hands, 1200 pounds ; foaled 1869 ; bred by A. C. Danford, East 

 Richland, O. ; got by Cottrill Morgan, son of Black Hawk : dam sorrel, 

 pacer, known in the East as Lady Forsaken, and in Ohio as Peggy Sher- 

 man, bred by J. H. Close, St. Clairsville, O., got by Hanley's Hiatoga ; 2d 

 dam said to be Arabian. Sold to Emmet Wright, Belmont, O. ; Dr. A. Ady, 

 Muscatine, la., 1874; afterwards went to Nebraska. 



CAPTEENER 2 : 38 



Chestnut with white hind foot, 16 hands, 1150 pounds; foaled 1869; 

 bred by Jennings Perkins, Alledonia, O. ; got by Cottrill Morgan, son of 

 Black Hawk : dam Molly, bay, said to be by John Chandler, a bay horse, 

 about 1150 pounds, owned by George Dawson ; 2d dam Fanny (dam of 

 Perkins' Hiatoga), bay, strong built, foaled 1839, bred by Elias Perkins, Alle- 

 donia, got by John, a black horse, 16^ hands, 1400 pounds, good worker 

 (owned by Isaac Perkins, Alledonia), from Pennsylvania, said to be a de- 

 scendant of Chester Ball; 3d dam sorrel with blaze, foaled about 1828, 

 owned by Elias Perkins, said to be by Canada Lion ; 4th dam a gray pacer, 

 owned by John Nofflinger, said to be by a blooded horse owned by James 

 Brown, that he stole from the British. Sold to A. C. Danford, East Rich- 

 land, O. ; Emmett Wright, Belmont, O. ; George W. Baldwin, West Liberty, la. 



