412 THE MORGAN HORSE 



"Gen. Grant was a horse like his sire, of very fine style and action, smooth 

 built, with heavy mane and tail, head and neck perfect, and carried well up, 

 good disposition. He left but little stock, mostly black, of good size, style 

 and action". 



Sire of Dolly Root, dam of Fitzgerald 2 :3o, and winner of 10 races. 



MORGAN BLACK HAWK (WYATT'S) 



Sixteen hands; foaled 185-; bred by Samuel Patterson, Dorchester Co., 

 Md. ; got by Ticonderoga, son of Black Hawk : dam owned by Dr. George 

 W. Goldsborough, Greensboro, Md., said to be by Dey of Algiers 2d, son or 

 grandson of imported Dey of Algiers. Sold to Wyatt & Rowe, Easton, Md. 

 Kept at Wilmington, Del., 1861 to 1865, by Townsend Bros. ; three seasons 

 near Greensboro; died about 1880, the property of E. K. Cochran, Middle- 

 town, Del. Said to have been one of the best sires ever kept on the eastern 

 shore of Maryland. 



CHAMPION BLACK HAWK 



Brown with star and left hind foot white, 15^/2 hands, 1000 pounds; 

 foaled 1863 ; bred by S. D. Cranor, Greensboro, Md. ; got by Wyatt's Morgan 

 Black Hawk, son of Ticonderoga : dam bred by S. D. Cranor, got by Dey of 

 Algiers Jr., son of Dey of Algiers, by imported Dey of Algiers, Arabian ; 2d 

 dam dark bay, said to be by Roger Adam's Sweeper Dare Devil, son of Dare 

 Devil. Sold, 1865, to John Wyatt, Chapel, Md. 



DAVID HILL (PELTON'S) 



Black, white face, two or three white feet, 15 hands, 1000 pounds;- 

 foaled about 1845 ; bred by Samuel James, Weybridge, Vt. ; got by Black 

 Hawk : dam black, bred by Samuel James, got by Duroc Messenger. Owned 

 by E. R. Pratt, Cornwall, Vt. Sold to S. G. Foote, Medina Co., O., about 

 1849 > to Lysander Pelton, Gustavus, O., 1853, for $2000. Very stylish and 

 quite speedy. A correspondent writes : " Never has there been a stallion 

 in Ashtabula, Mahoning and Trumbull counties, O., that has given as good 

 satisfaction for good stock, to the present day, as old David Hill ". 



ODD FELLOW 



Chestnut, 16 hands, noo pounds; foaled 1852 ; bred by G. B. Hamil- 

 ton, Medina, O. ; got by Dave Hill, son of Black Hawk : dam a fine road 

 mare, bred by Mr. Foote, Wellington, O. ; got by the celebrated race-horse 

 Tecumseh, son of Harrison's Tiger, by Lewis' Tiger, son of imported Whip ; 

 2d dam known as the Deacon Foote mare, brought from New York about 

 1832, and said to be a Messenger. Owned in Washington Co., la., several 

 years by L. H. Hamilton. Re-purchased by G. B. Hamilton, whose property 

 he died, 1875, from an accident. 



DAVE HILL (CASE'S) 2:41% 



Dark bay with star, 15^ hands, 1150 pounds; foaled June 2, 1861 ; 

 bred by H. Montgomery, Orwell, O. ; got by Pelton's David Hill, son of 

 Black Hawk : dam spotted, bred in New York and brought to Orwell by a 



