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but trotted his full mile at Rutland fair in 2 156 and took ist premium; a 

 remarkable roadster, kind and gentle and good to work in every place. I 

 took the dam out of pasture and drove her to Rutland and trotted her on 

 track in 3 :oo. She looked like a Morgan ". 



HARRISON HORSE 



Dapple brown with star and little white on hind feet, 15^ hands, 1050 

 pounds ; foaled 1860 or '61 ; bred by -Samuel Harrison, Pittsford, Vt. ; got by 

 Churchill Horse, son of Black Hawk : dam brown, foaled about 1840, bred 

 by Arba Bassett, Pittsford, Vt., got by Hammond's Bulrush Morgan ; 2d dam 

 a stage mare. Sold to Edward Bound. 



PRATT HORSE 



Dark bay with small star and one white hind foot, 15 hands, 1000 

 pounds ; bred by Silas Holland, Stockbridge, Vt. ; got by Churchill Horse, 

 son of Black Hawk : dam said to be by Green Mountain Morgan. Sold 

 when four to Amos Pratt, Cuttingsville, Vt. 



MORGAN WAV BOV (MORGAN RATTLER, FARMER BOY) 

 Dark bay with stripe in face and white feet; foaled about 1845 ; said 

 to have been bred in A'ermont and got by Black Hawk. Owned w r hen three 

 by D. Harmon, Clarendon, N. V. Sold to Israel Hammond, Bethany, N. Y. ; 

 Judson Hunn, Elba, N. Y., about 1850 ; Frank Hopkins, Medina, N. Y., who 

 owned him two years, including 1852; late in life went to Buffalo, N. Y. 

 Cyrus Buck of Elba, N. Y., writes : " Morgan Way Boy w^as a remarkable 

 horse, as all say here who remember him. He was high-spirited and active, 

 with a very fine head and countenance". 



H. D. Waldo writes, Sept. 28, 1892 : "Some 40 or more years ago I 

 purchased a Morgan Way Boy stallion of Mr. Harmon of Alden, Erie Co., 

 N. Y. I had his pedigree, but have lost it. The Harmon family are all 

 dead. The horse was from Vermont, and was one of the best-blooded horses 

 in this country, and to-day there is a mare near me from him ; she is over 

 30 years old, and as sound as a colt. No horse ever left a better class of 

 stock than the Way Boy. The last time I ever saw him was on a Buffalo 

 dray cart ". 



Sire of second dam of John H. 2 :2O, \vinner of 25 races, and fifty-race trotter. 



BLACK LION 



Black with stripe in face, 16 hands, 1240 pounds ; foaled 1846 ; bred by 

 Chester Pratt, Bridport, Vt. ; got by Black Hawk : dam dark bay, about 151^ 

 hands, noo pounds, bred by Benjamin Peacock, Bridport, Vt., passed to 

 Uriah Miner, Reuben Gillett, Mr. Pratt, all of Bridport, Vt., got by Smith's 

 Liberty. (Mr. Pratt says the dam of Black Lion was very like her sire, square- 

 built, wide leg, high head, and lived to be 31 or 32 years old, doing 

 service until 30. He also says the Liberty stock were very noted for 

 long life and endurance and were usually of large size.) Black Lion was 



