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THE MORGAN HORSE 



to Geo. W. Williams, Oconomowoc, Wis., 1 865 , f or $ 1 600 ; to Mr. McCracken of 

 same place. Died 1871. Kept one season at Northfield, Vt. He was a 

 good-looking, strong-muscled and very quick-moving horse, with quiet dis- 

 position. 



BLACK SQUIRREL (ROMEO, SKELLY HORSE) 



Bay, 15 hands, 1000 pounds ; foaled 1854; bred by N. R. Braisted, 

 Shoreham, Vt. ; got by Star of Vermont, son of Black Hawk : dam chestnut, 

 said to be by Sir Charles, son of Duroc. Sold to A. S. Bliss, Findley's Lake, 

 N. Y., about 1863 ; Job Skelly, same place, 1864 ; Nelson Waters, Union City, 

 Penn. ; to Joel Molinsbury, North Benton, O., whose property he died. He 

 was quite a trotter. 



COMET (CUTLER'S) 



Brown with star, 16 hands, 1050 pounds; foaled 1860; bred by Jacob 

 Carman, Highgate, Vt. ; got by Star of Verrnont, son of Black Hawk : dam 

 brown with good figure, bred by Samuel Sunderland, Highgate, Vt., got by 

 Smalley & Adams Horse (Young Comet), son of Billy Root; 2d dam dark 

 bay, imported from England by Col. Dyer of the British army, and said to 

 be thoroughbred. Sold, 1864, to Dr. H. C. Cutler, Richland City, later of 

 Dodgeville, Wis. Died November, 1881. He got ten colts while in Ver- 

 mont. Very speedy, as were many of his get. 



Races won, 12. Races lost, 32. Total races, 44. 



SURPRISE 



Bay, 1 6 hands, noo pounds; foaled 1867 ; bred by Milton B. Persons, 

 Dodgeville, Wis. ; got by Cutler's Comet, son of Star of Vermont, by Black 

 Hawk : dam Corsica, bred by Col. P. Wallis, Maryland, and purchased by 

 Geo. Mathews, Mineral Point, Wis., breeding not reported ; 2d dam Selima, 

 said to be by imported Top Gallant. Well proportioned and quite speedy. 



Races won, 16. Races lost, 43. Total races, 59. 

 Dam of Western Wilkes 2 : 



FARMER (HEMENWAY HORSE) 



Dark bay, 15^ hands, 1050 pounds ; foaled 1847 ; bred by Jonas Hem- 

 enway, Bridport, Vt. ; got by Black Hawk : dam dark bay, one of a pair 

 bought by Jonas Hemenway in Charlotte, Vt., said to be by Woodbury 



