DESCENDANTS OF SHERMAN MORGAN 449 



Morgan. Died about 1875. A thick-set, blocky, Morgan-built horse of much 

 style and action, and a favorite parade horse. Well spoken of as a stock 

 horse. 



YOUNG BLACK HAWK (REMINGTON'S, AUBURN BLACK HAWK) 



Black, 15 hands, 1000 pounds; foaled 1847 ; bred by John Hyatt, Red 

 Creek, Wayne Co., N. Y. ; got by Black Hawk: dam dark brown, about 

 1000 pounds, said to be by Mambrino Chief, son of Mambrino Paymaster; 

 and 2d dam by imported Messenger. Sold, 1848, to I. D. Remington, Sen- 

 nett, N. Y., who sold him, February, 1859, to Mr. Barton, Clarksville, Tenn. 

 Received 3d premium at New York State fair, 1851, and 4th, 1852. 



H. D. Remington writes : "Mr. Barton wrote me that Auburn Black 

 Hawk trotted in 2 130 at Tennessee State fair, Nashville, Tenn., taking first 

 prize and beating all competitors. He left some of the finest stock ever 

 bred in this county. His colts were all very stylish and of good size. He 

 was the most perfectly formed horse I ever saw. Some of his colts trotted 

 fast for those times. Four of his stallion colts were sold at three years old 

 for $1000 each. Two went to Illinois, one to Michigan and one to Wis- 

 consin". 



BILLY 



Bay, a little white on one heel, about 16 hands; foaled 1855 ; bred by 

 Rev. Ira Bennett, Weedsport, N. Y. ; got by Remington's Young Black 

 Hawk, son of Black Hawk: dam bay, small with bobtail, bought, 1853, by 

 Mr. Bennett of Dea. Whitman, said to be Morgan. Sold, 1857, for $450, to 

 Rev. Mr. Card, near Cherry Valley, N. Y., who took him to Illinois. Re- 

 ceived ist premium at New York State fair, 1857. 



BLACK HAWK TURK (GREEN MOUNTAIN BLACK HAWK) 



Bay with snip and white hind ankles; foaled May 25, 1855; bred by 

 Dwight Cheney, New Hope, N. Y. ; got by Remington's Black Hawk, son 

 of Black Hawk : dam chestnut, 1000 pounds, brought from the East to New 

 York by G. O. Remington, Sennett, N. Y., and said to be by Green Moun- 

 tain Morgan. Sold to William S. Parker, Moravia, N. Y., 185 7 ; to Dr. Downer, 

 Elizabeth, N.J., 1866, from whom he was stolen the same year. He is said 

 to have been a remarkably handsome and excellent horse. 



BLACK HAWK (WILSON'S) 



Black with snip and white fore foot, 15^ hands, 1050 pounds; foaled 

 about 1847 ; bred by William Wilson, Potsdam, N. Y. ; got by Black Hawk : 

 dam brown. Sold to Norman Dayton and went South about 1859. 



TOM HYER (SHELDON'S) 



Bay, 15^ hands, noo pounds: foaled June 7, 1853; bred by Shubel 

 R. Gurley, Potsdam, N. Y. ; got by Wilson's Black Hawk, son of Black Hawk : 

 dam said to be by Morgan Eagle. Sold, for $150, to V. Sheldon, Canton, N. Y., 

 1856; for $1000, to A. P. Shaw, Pierpoint, N. Y., 1858, who, the same or 



