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THE MORGAN HORSE 



foaled June 6, 1853 ; bred by A. S.. Eaton, Shoreham, Vt. ; got by Johnson's 

 Vermont Boy, son of Black Hawk : dam brown, bred by Lucius Smith, New 

 Haven, Vt., got by Harris' Hamiltonian, son of Bishop's Hamiltonian ; 2d 

 dam bay, brought from Connecticut. Placed, May, 1859, in charge of Doug- 

 lass Benham, Canandaigua, N. Y., by whom he was bought the following 

 August for $1000. He is said to have made a record that year of 2 138. 



ALDRICH COLT 



Sorrel with stripe in face and white hind ankles, about 15^ hands; 

 foaled about 1860; bred by Seymour Aldrich, Shortsville, N. Y. ; got by 

 Nero, son of Vermont Boy, by Black Hawk: dam light chestnut, about 16 

 hands. Kept near Clifton Springs, N. Y., about 1867. His owners moved to 

 Pennsylvania and took the horse with them. Stout built and could trot fast, 

 but wanted energy. 



Sire : Oceana Chief, i. 



OCEANA CHIEF 2 :23 



Dark chestnut, white hind ankles, slightly silvered mane and tail, 15^ 

 hands, noo pounds; foaled 1868 ; bred by Dr. D. G. Weare, Fairport, N. 

 Y. ; got by Aldrich Colt, son of Nero: dam (dam of Clifton Boy, 2 :23), 

 chestnut, a very stout, fast running and trotting mare, brought from the 

 vicinity of Peterboro, Can., by Mr. Ross, who sold her to Mr. Dimmock, 

 Phelps, N. Y., and he to Dr. D. G. Weare ; thought to be thoroughbred. 

 Taken to Pentwater, Mich., about 1873, by Dr. Weare and sold to Nichols & 

 Bouga of that place. Stood at Berlin, Ludington, Hart and Coopersville, 

 Mich., and it is thought died 1885. Dr. D. G. Weare writes : "Oceana Chief 

 was an extraordinary horse, very fine, very fast, very stout, and of great 

 stamina". O. W. Knox, Hart, Mich., writes : "His colts were uniformly 

 good roadsters, and showed speed if trained ". 



Races won, 14. Races lost, 22. Total races, 36. 

 Sire : Arthur S., i. 



ARTHUR S. (SPOON HORSE) 



Bay, 1 6^ hands, 1080 pounds; foaled 1872; bred by John Spoon, 

 Nunica, Mich. ; got by Oceana Chief, son of Aldrich Colt : darn black, bred 

 by John Spoon, Spoonville, Mich., got by Sir Henry ; 2d dam bred in Ken- 

 tucky. Stylish, kind and speedy. Died 1880. 



