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to Massawippi, P. Q., by Philip Lowell. Sold to Edwin Wadleigh and by him 

 to Ransom Slack. Kept in Hatley, P. Q., 1853 and after. Gardner Moore, 

 Hatley, says : " A celebrated horse 40 years ago ; several stallions were raised 

 from him; one by Elijah LeBaron, West Hatley". Elijah LeBaron writes : 

 " His stock was good. As I remember him, he was nearly perfect in form, 

 of good carriage and action ". 



BILL 



Black, 14^ hands, 940 pounds; foaled 1854; bred by Joseph Bean and 

 Benj. Le Baron, North Hatley, P. Q. ; got by Slack Horse, son of Baldwin's 

 Black Hawk : dam black, bred by Joseph Bean, got by Barlow Horse, son of 

 a French horse. Bought, 1858, by E. H. Le Baron. Went to Maine, about 

 1864. Could trot in about 3 :oo. 



BAXTER HORSE 



Dark brown with stripe in face, 15*2 hands, 1050 pounds; foaled 1852 ; 

 bred by Portus Baxter, Derby Line, Vt. ; got by Baldwin's Black Hawk, son 

 of Black Hawk : dam Young Nancy, bred by Portus Baxter, got by Royal 

 Morgan, son of Sherman Morgan ; 2d dam old Nancy, owned by Lathrop 

 Chamberlain, and noted as a road mare ; 3d dam said to be by Olive Branch. 

 (Olive Branch is advertised, 1822, by Jonathan Shepard of Montpelier, as a 

 large bay horse, foaled 181 6, got by the famous Diomed of Virginia.) Linsley 

 says : " Has a beautiful ear, fine shoulders and withers, with good hips and 

 back. His limbs are excellent". 



BLACK HAWK (RAMSAY'S, RAMSAY HORSE) 

 Black with star and white hind foot, about 15^ hands, 1050 pounds; 

 foaled about 1854 ; bred by Ira A. Ramsay, Guildhall, Vt. ; got by Baldwin's 

 Black Hawk, son of Black Hawk : dam black, owned by Orin Cutler, Bar- 

 ton, Vt., said to be by Black Morgan, son of Bachop Horse. Owned some 

 years by Brown Hatch, Northumberland, N. H. Kept at Bethel, Me., by 

 Sumner W. Chandler ; also in Essex Co., Vt., and Coos Co., N. H. Up- 

 headed and stylish with good action and disposition. Stock good size, gen- 

 erally black or bay, with good action and plenty of courage. 



WHITE MOUNTAIN BOY (HURD HORSE) 



Black with star, snip and three white feet, 14^ hands, 1010 pounds; 

 foaled 1855 ; bred by W. B. Hurd, Waterford, Vt. ; got by Baldwin's Black 

 Hawk, son of Black Hawk : dam cream color or dun, black stripe along back, 

 bred by Mr. Gould, Barton, Vt., bought by Mr. Hurd of R. W. Peabody, 

 Barton, got by Royal Morgan, son of Sherman Morgan. Owned by S. P. 

 Ford ; E. C. Knights and K. Priest, Lisbon, N. H. Taken to Michigan, 

 1868, by William Goodwin; afterward owned by John King, Olean, N. Y. 

 Action, disposition, appearance and stock good. Could trot in 3 :oo. 



BLACK JIM 



Black with white hind foot, 16^ hands, 1200 pounds ; foaled 1880 ; bred 

 by John King, Belvidere, 111. ; got by White Mountain Boy, son of Baldwin's 



