DESCENDANTS OF SHERMAN MORGAN 447 



Hawk : dam gray, bred by Dr. Shumway. Owned by Henry P. Rowell, 

 whose property he died, supposed to have been poisoned. Kept at Essex, 



N. Y. 



Sire of dam of Frank 2:19!^ 2:08% with running mate; winner of 17 races and 5o-race 

 trotter. 



CHAMPLAIN (BUCKEYE LAD) 



Black, 14^ hands, 1000 pounds; foaled 1856; bred by David Hill, 

 Bridport, Vt. ; got by Black Hawk : dam sister to Lady Litchfield 2 133, 

 said to be by Black Hawk. Owned successively byWilliam H. Ladd, Brook- 

 lyn, N. Y. ; Benjamin Ladd, Denver, Col. ; William Gifford, Chicago, 111 ; 

 and Mr. Sutherland, Smithfield, O. Kept nearly all his life in Jefferson 

 Co., O., where he died, 1886. A successful sire of road and carriage 

 horses. 



BERTRAND BLACK HAWK 



Black, 15^2 hands, 1080 pounds; foaled 1860 or '61 ; bred by Wm. H. 

 Ladd, Richmond, O. ; got by Champlain, son of Black Hawk : dam Belle 

 Burns, bay, bred by Benjamin Drennon, Steubenville, O., got by Champion 

 Black Hawk, son of Black Hawk ; 2d dam Nellie Drennon, bay, bred by Dr. 

 Reed, West Liberty, Va., got by Buck, thoroughbred son of Bertrand ; 3d 

 dam bay, said to be by Herod Tuckahoe. Sold to James D. and Benj. Ladd, 

 Iowa, 1863 or '64 ; to Major Rathburn, California, about 1866 ; afterwards to Mr. 

 Mills, Oakland, Cal. Mr. James D. Ladd says : " Bertrand Black Hawk is a 

 square trotter. He served a few mares at Ottumwa, Oskaloosa and Eddys- 

 ville, la., I think, in 1868 or '69. Belle Burns was double gaited and had 

 more than ordinary speed in all gaits, but was never trained. Nellie Drennon 

 was a pure, square trotter without any inclination to pace. She had eight 

 foals, two of them by her half brother, Irvin's Tuckahoe ; these two inbred 

 full brothers were both pacers, and both fast. Bolivar, the older one, got a 

 pacing record of 2 132 on a very poor, slow, third-of-a-mile track, and Reed's 

 Tuckahoe, the younger one, a record of 2 133 ". 



Races won, 12. Races lost, u. Total races, 23. 



Dam of Boswell Jr. 2:19 and To Order (2 yrs.) 2:26%. 



STAR OF VERMONT (HERRICK OR WILLIAMS HORSE) 

 Dark bay or brown with star, very heavy mane and tail, 16 hands, 1200 

 pounds; foaled 1847; bred by C. M. Luther, Addison, Vt. ; got by Black 

 Hawk : dam gray, bred by Martin Luther, Addison, Vt., got by Red Rock, 

 son of Cock of the Rock ; 2d dam gray, bred by John Price, Ferrisburgh, 

 Vt. Sold to Homer Eldredge and Daniel Braisted, Bridport, Vt., about 

 1852 ; Eldredge's interest to Milton McKenzie, Port Henry, N. Y., where he 

 was kept several seasons ; to L. D. Herrick, Highgate, Vt. (whole interest) ; 



