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THE MORGAN HORSE 



Bassatt was advertised by L. F. Payne, 1866, to stand at Chatham Four 

 Corners, N. Y. ; fee $50. He was kept in Columbia Co., N. Y., until nearly 

 20 ; then sold to Col. Best, U. S. A., who used him as a road horse, and finally 

 sold him and he went to Cuba. 



Sire : Columbia Chief, i. 

 Dam ofM. R. 2:28. 



COLUMBIA CHIEF (STUMP PULLER) 2:28^ 

 Black with white hind foot, 16 hands, 1200 pounds; foaled 1866; bred 

 by Heber Van Valkenburgh, Chatham, N. Y. ; got by Major Bassett, son of 

 Stockbridge Chief : dam Lady Jackson, dark bay, bred by Heber Van 

 Valkenburgh, got by Kemble Jackson, son of Andrew Jackson ; 2d dam said 

 to be by Hunter, son of Sir Henry. Sold to George W. Camp, Canaan Four 

 Corners, N. Y., about 1873; to Walter Rogers, Valatie, N. Y. ; about 1875 

 went to Ohio. Died the property of George S. Hanna, Bloomington, 111., 

 1883. Kept at one time at Laporte, Ind. A beautiful horse, of grand style, 

 and fast. Colts fine drivers. 



Dams of Norway 2:29%, Tempest 2:17. 



COLUMBIA CHIEF JR 



Black; foaled 187-; bred by Mr. Fradenburg, Albany, N. Y. ; got by 

 Columbia Chief, son of Major Bassett : dam Jessie, gray, one of a pair of mares 

 called Morgan, owned by L. B. Campbell, Castleton, N. Y. Owned, 1885, by 

 Stone & Fradenburg, Albany, N. Y. A very beautiful horse and fast. 



STRANGEMORE 2 : 29 24 



Black, 15^4 hands, about noo pounds; foaled July, 1879; bred by 

 Peleg Soule, Bloomington, 111 ; got by Columbia Chief, son of Major Bassett : 

 dam Topsey, black, bred by W. B. Lawrence, Bloomington, 111., got by Black 

 Donald, son of Mambrino Chief ; zd dam Lady Alston, bred by Robert 

 Ashton, Lexington, Ky., got by Lexington, son of Boston ; 3d dam Skedadle, 

 said to be by Truxton. Sold, 1880, to George S. Hanna, Howard, Kan. 

 Kind, intelligent and well formed. 



EMPIRE STATE 



Dark bay 16^ hands; foaled 1867 ; bred by Heber Van Valkenburgh, 

 Chatham, New York ; got by Major Bassett, son of Stockbridge Chief : dam 

 the dam of Columbia Chief 2 128^, which see. Received four ist premiums 



