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about 1834, purchased by Jewett of Henry Hagar, Weybridge, Vt., and said 

 to be by a son of imported Messenger. Sold to T. H. Ashton and Silas M. 

 Burrows, Medina, N. Y., 1847 ; Benjamin Chase for the Erie County, O., 

 Agricultural society, 1850 ; Alexander Reed, Toledo, O., 1858 ; Dr. Tyler and 

 Judge A. V. Stebbins, Henry Co., O., 1861. Died 1864. Alexander Reed, 

 Toledo, O., in a letter July 30, 1872, to H. D. McKinney, Janesville, Wis., 

 says : " Morgan Messenger was an elegant-looking horse, and could trot a 

 mile in about 3 :oo. He was never trained for the course. Some of the 

 finest horses that I ever saw on the Maumee river were sired by him. In my 

 opinion, Morgan Messenger did more to improve the stock of horses in Lucas 

 and Henry counties than any dozen horses that were ever located there. 

 He was a strong breeder and produced gray colts with his shape nearly every 

 time ". Humphrey Jones, Toledo, O., writes to Mr. McKinney : " No horse 

 ever got better colts than Black Hawk Messenger, as he was called ; all good 

 limbs, smooth hips, good rump and stifles. I can tell the family anywhere ". 



Sire of third dam of Phalline 2 \y>. 



NORTH STAR (BENSON HORSE) 



Dark chestnut, small star, fine wavy mane and tail, 16 hands, 1150 

 pounds ; foaled about 1846 ; bred by Harry Wentworth, Whiting, Vt. ; got by 

 Black Hawk : dam bay, bought by Mr. Wentworth at Rochester, Vt., said to 

 be by the Wm. Hubbard Horse, a Morgan owned in Rochester. Owned 

 by J. F. Benson, Whiting, Vt. Kept at Whiting and Shelburne, Vt., and 

 afterwards taken to Chicago by Mr. Benson, and died there about 1856. A 

 tall, rangy, handsome horse ; could trot in about 3 :oo. 



JOHN J CRITTENDEN (GARIBALDI) 



Bay, 1534 hands, noo pounds; foaled 1854; bred by Fuller Brown, 

 Whiting, Vt. ; got by Benson Horse, son of Black Hawk : dam black roan, 

 bred by Storrs Moulton, Whiting, Vt., got by Walker's Financier ; 2d dam 

 light bay, bred by John Polly, Whiting, Vt. : got by Austin's Brutus. Sold to 

 G. F.Benson, Whiting, Vt., 1854; John Chase, Brandon, and John Bul- 

 lock, Leicester, Vt., fall 1860, for $1500, and went to Baltimore ; to Charles 

 Corsar, Palmyra, N. Y., for $1800, 1861. While owned by Corsar, exhib- 

 ited at Chicago and took ist premium over n horses, including, it is said, 

 Magna Charta and Volunteer. He is said to have trotted in 2 122. 



Sire of Gilroy, i. 



ETHAN ALLEN 2D (SMITH'S) 



Bay, about 15 hands, 900 pounds; foaled about 1846; bred by Gen. 

 George W. Grandey, Vergennes, Vt. ; got by Black Hawk : dam bred by Gen. 

 Grandey, got by Cock of the Rock, son of Duroc. Sold, when two, to Robert 

 H. Smith, Pontiac, 111., who exhibited him at the Illinois State fair, 1860, 

 taking 2d premium, also a prize as the fastest trotting stallion in a field of 

 13. Could trot in 2 150 ; left some fine stock. 



Sire of dam of Harry Pulling 2:29%. 



