472 



THE MORGAN HORSE 



Races won, 7. Races lost, 19. Total races, 26. 

 Sires : Bismarck, i ; Tornado, i. 



TORNADO 



Foaled about 1870 ; bred in Santa Cruz Co., Cal. ; said to be by Index, 

 son of Keokuk, by Black Hawk : and dam by Black Warrior, son of Black 

 Hawk. 



Races won, 4. Races lost, 3. Total races, -. 



BISMARCK 2:29^ 



Chestnut; foaled 1873 ; bred by Charles Weeks, Santa Cruz, Cal. ; got 

 by Index, son of Keokuk, by Black Hawk : dam Lady Weeks, bred by 

 Charles Imus, and said to be by California Belmont. Owned by John W. 

 Gordon, San Jose, Cal. 



Races won, 5. Races lost, 12. Total races, 17. 



VERMONT CHIEF 



Dark chestnut, stripe in face, 15^ hands, 1160 pounds; foaled 

 June 24, 1848 ; bred by Smith F. Kelly, Pittsford, Yt. ; got by Black Hawk : 

 dam gray, foaled 1830, bred by Daniel Kelly, Rutland, Vt., got by Majesty, 

 a gray horse, 15 24 hands, noo pounds, that was brought from Ohio, 1828, 

 to Vermont, by Thomas Page of Rutland, who sold him to Abner Fenn 

 of Rutland ; breeding unknown, but has been called a Messenger ; 2d dam 

 chestnut, bred by Barton Brown, Danby, Vt., foaled about 1823, got by 

 Magnum Bonum, black, son of imported Magnum Bonum ; 3d dam 

 cream colored, bred by Barton Brown, foaled about 1816, got by old 

 Kersaul, cream, black mane and tail, black list on back (called by Linsley 

 imported Yellow Bird) that was owned or stood by James Brown, and died 

 at Argyle, N. Y., about 1826 ; 4th dam bay, bred by Mr. Brown, Sr. Owned 

 by Elisha Kelly, Danby, 111. Sold, 1878, and went to Wisconsin. Daniel 

 Kelly, Wheaton, 111., writes : " His appearance elegant, action extra good, 

 disposition good. His stock said to be the best of any horse that ever stood 



