440 THE MORGAN HORSE 



vus N. Wicker, Ticonderoga, N. Y. ; got by Black Hawk: dam chestnut, 

 winner of a 2O-mile race, bred by Townsend Cock, Oyster Bay, L. I., got 

 by Cock of the Rock, son of Duroc ; 2d dam said to be by Black Plato, son of 

 Plato. Sold to C. M. Fletcher, Orwell, Vt. ; to James D. Ladd, then of Rich- 

 mond, O., afterward of Ottumwa, la., and Win. H. Ladd, then of Richmond, O., 

 afterward of Brooklyn, N. Y. ; to Peter Melendy, Cincinnati ; to a stock com- 

 pany, Greene Co., 111. Kept in Richmond and Smithfield, O., from 1852 

 to 1855 ; Hamilton Co., O., 1856; afterward in Green Co., and at Jackson- 

 ville, 111., or in that vicinity. Trotted on ice in 2 140. Advertised in "Ohio 

 Farmer", 1857, by Rickart, Brace & Co., to stand at Carrollton, 111., at 

 $30. Mr. Linsley says : " Compact and muscular, with beautiful ear and 

 head. He has taken the first prize at five State and several county fairs. 

 Spirit, style and action excellent. In the fall of 1855 he trotted two miles 

 in 5 =45 " 



Sire of dams of Nina K. 2:28%, Sam Purdy (?) 2:20%. 

 Second dam of Brian Boru 2:27%. 



BENECIA BOY 



Bay with star, right hind foot white, 1 6 hands, 1200 pounds; foaled 

 about 1858; bred by Joseph Rickhart, Whitehall, 111. ; got by Champion 

 Black Hawk, son of Black Hawk: dam dam of Honest John (Eldred's), 

 which see. Bought by Elisha Eldred, Carrollton, 111. Became vicious and 

 gelded. Received ist premium at Illinois State fair, 1860. 



HONEST JOHN (ELDRED'S) 



Light bay, 16^ hands, 1300 pounds ; foaled 1859; bred by Silas Eldred, 

 Carrollton, 111. ; got by Champion Black Hawk, son of Black Hawk : dam 

 bay, large, bought by Mr. Eldred of a man moving from southern Illinois to 

 Missouri. Sold to Jacob Strawn, Jacksonville, 111., 1864; William Cobb, 

 Carrollton, 111. Died 1873. Disposition very kind ; action good. 



YOUNG HONEST JOHN (HONEST JOHN JR) 



Bay, \6 l / 2 hands, noo pounds; foaled 1875; Dre d by P. M. Story, 

 Murrayville, 111. ; got by Honest John, son of Eldred's Honest John, by 

 Champion Black Hawk ; dam bay, said to be by Leviathan, son of imported 

 Leviathan ; and 2d dam by Copperbottom. Kept three years by Dr. J. H. 

 Story, at Clarksville, Mo.; then, about 1890, sold to J. A. Baldwin, Rood- 

 house, 111. 



JUSTIN MORGAN JR 



Brown, 16 hands, 1200 pounds; foaled 1882 ; bred by T. C. Emerson, 

 Queen City, Mo. ; got by Young Honest John, son of Wood's Honest John, by 

 Eldred's Honest John, son of Champion Black Hawk : dam dark bay, bred 

 "by T. C. Emerson, Quincy, 111., got by Silverheels, son of Black Hawk. 

 Owned, 1887, by J. S. Ferret, Allerton, la. ; 1888 by A. W. Warren, Powers- 

 ville, Mo., and later by A. B. Wakeman & Son, Bedford, la. 



