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THE MORGAN HORSE 



Lansingburg, N. Y., got by Bill Morgan, son of Gillett Horse ; 2d dam bay, 

 bred by Daniel Fish, Schaghticoke, N. Y. 



YOUNG DARKEY 



Black with small star and a little white on one hind foot, 15 hands, 1060 

 pounds ; foaled 1860 ; bred by H. Hopkins, Wallingford, Vt. ; got by Darkey, 

 son of Rounds Horse, by Black Hawk : dam dark gray, bred by Lincoln 

 Andrus, Wallingford, Vt.,got by Rounds Horse, son of Black Hawk ; 2d dam 

 gray, bred in western New York and purchased by Alvin White. Sold, 1862, 

 to R. P. Benton, Boston, Mass., who kept him in Middletown, Vt., three or 

 more years, then sent him to Canton, N. Y., where he died. Mr. Benton 

 writes : " While I owned Young Darkey, he got many fine horses, and was a 

 very fine animal himself ". 



VICTOR 2 : 



Brown, 14^ hands, 900 pounds; foaled 1870; bred by Mills Norton, 

 Canton, N. Y. ; got by Young Darkey, son of Darkey : dam bay, bred by 

 Lorenzo Norton, Canton, got by Red Bird, son of Mountain Eagle ; 2d dam 

 bred by L. Norton, got by Ogden's Messenger, son of imported Messenger. 



COOK HORSE (OTTO N COOK HORSE) 



Black with small star and little white on left foot, 15^ hands, 1200 

 pounds; foaled 1864; bred by Mr. Carpenter, East Wells, Vt. ; got by 

 Darkey, son of the Rounds Horse : dam Nancy, bay, 15^ hands, bred by 

 Mr. Barden, Wells, Vt., got by Adams Horse, son of Biggart's Rattler ; 2d 

 dam called Morgan. Bought, 1864, by Dexter Gilbert, Tinmouth, Vt., and 

 sold same fall to Henry Jones, who took him to Minnesota, where he was 

 afterward owned by Otto N. Cook, and kept at Lake City and Rochester, 

 until his death, fall of 1877. Awarded ist premium at Minnesota State 

 fair, 1870-71. He left fine stock in southern Minnesota. 



COMET (BREWER'S) 



Bay with slight star, 15^ hands, 1000 pounds ; foaled May 14, 1879; 

 bred by A. M. Brewer, Pleasant Valley, Minn. ; got by Cook Horse, son of 

 Darkey : dam chestnut, bred at Dodgeville, Wis., said to be by Jim Sher- 

 wood (owned by Captain Heaney), thoroughbred son of Lexington ;and 2d 

 dam by Cutler's Comet, son of Star of Vermont, by Black Hawk. Kept in 

 Chisago Co., Minn., 1883-84-85. Taken by breeder to Big Stone City, 

 Dak., 1887. 



KING WILLIAM 



Black; foaled 1864; bred by L. B. Adams, Middletown, Vt. ; got by 

 Darkey, son of Rounds Horse, by Black Hawk : dam chestnut or roan, large, 



