424 THE MORGAN HORSE 



sold, about 1854,10 a company in Geauga Co., O., for $1500 ; was repurchased 

 by Chester Pratt, about 1858, and died his property, 1868 or '69. He was ad- 

 vertised at Bedford, O., 1857. 



PAUL GEORGE 



Dapple brown, 15^ hands, noo pounds; foaled 1850 ; bred by Martin 

 Cowles, New Haven, Vt. ; got by Black Lion, son of Black Hawk : dam light 

 chestnut, blaze in face and white hind feet, said to be by Harris' Hamiltonian. 

 Sold to David Briggs, 1852; Alfred Briggs, Manchester, Vt., 1854; W. 

 H. Benedict, same place, 1866 ; Charles Perry, Londonderry, Vt., 1867 ; to 

 Fred Weir, Walpole, N. H. A powerful horse and natural trotter; colts 

 large, good gaited, and made good carriage horses. 



Sireof 2d dam of Florence 2:23%, fifty-race trotter, and Don Carlos 2:28%- 



DAVID 'HILL -2D 



Dark bay, 16 hands, 1300 pounds; foaled 1852 ; bred by John Brittell, 

 Weybridge, Vt. ; got by Black Lion, son of Black Hawk : dam bay, small 

 stripe in face and white hind foot, about 15^ hands, 1000 pounds, foaled 

 about 1830, a little inclined to be coarse, with long neck, pedigree unknown. 

 (Chester Pratt states that he tried to trace the dam after Mr. Brittell's 

 death, but failed.) Sold, 1855, to Chester Pratt, Bridport, Vt., who took him 

 that season to Troy, Wis., and left him there with James H. Hall, a hotel- 

 keeper, who sold him the next spring. Afterwards purchased by J. G. Mc- 

 Cracken, who took him, 1860, overland to California, and kept him at 

 Sacramento, and after 1868 sold to a Mr. Ashley, San Joaquin Co., Cal., whose 

 property he died, 1872. Mr. McCracken is said to have refused an offer of 

 $10,000 in gold for him when gold was worth $2.50 in paper. He could trot 

 in 2 140. He left much good stock both in Wisconsin and California. 

 Received ist premium at California State fair, 1864; also in 1866 and 1868, 

 shown with ten of his get. 



Races won, 14. Races lost, 7. Total races, 21. 

 Sire : Black Ralph, 2, i p. ; Dave Hill Jr., 2. 



DAVID HILL, JR 



Bay, noo pounds ; foaled 1864 ; bred by J. G. McCracken, Sacramento, 

 Cal. ; got by David Hill 2d, son of Black Lion : dam said to be by St. Law- 

 rence. Sold to James McDonald, Mountain View, Cal. Could trot in about 

 2 145. Exhibited with his sire, David Hill 2d, by J. G. McCracken, at the 

 California State fair, 1866, and received premium as the best two-year-old 

 stallion; also ist premium, 1868, as a four-year-old. 



