DESCENDANTS OF SHERMAN MORGAN 



477 



about 1854, by D. W. C. Doane, and sold to John Wolf, who took him to 

 Cedar Rapids, la. Then sold to William Gallagher, Iowa City, la. ; to a per- 

 son in Benton, la., about 1874, where he died, 1876. Mr. Sanders, in his 

 stud book, says : "This horse acquired a great reputation in Iowa as a trot- 

 ter, and won many hard races, getting a record close to 2:30". Schuyler 

 Doane writes : "He got a record of 2 128 at Iowa State fair. He was ot a 

 kind disposition, and left stock in Iowa which proved to be very fast and 

 valuable". He received the ist premium at Iowa State fair, 1857, and also 

 in 1861-62-63 in roadster class; In 1864, ist premium for best and fastest 

 trotting stallion. 



SIRE OF 



h'S 



Sire of Dam. 



Total, 6 (i p.) ; 6 race-winners. 



Races won, 25. Races lost, 20. Total races, 45. 



Dam of Dot L. 2 :2i. 



JOE HOOKER 



Bay, 15^/2 hands, 1000 pounds; foaled 1856; bred by Lester Smith, 

 Steuben, O. ; got by Tom Hyer, son of Black Hawk : dam bay, bred by 

 Erastus Smith, Greenfield, O., got by William R. Johnson, son of Kosciusko, 

 by Sir Archy ; 2d dam bay, bred by Richardson Eaton, Peru, O., got by Cub 

 Bacchus, son of Lester Cone's Bacchus. Sold to Thomas Cone, Monroeville, 

 O., 1867 ; to W. H. & E. Vogel, Chicago, O., 1880, where he died, January, 

 1885. Mr. Cone writes that he trotted at Norwalk, O., in 2 140; and, when 

 20, a three-mile dash at Sandusky City, O., beating 1 1 competitors. Very 

 stylish and kind. Stock said to be equal to any in northern Ohio as carriage 

 and general purpose horses. 



Sire of dam of Ebony Wilkes 2 129% and Orphan Boy 2 -.22% ; also dam of Nickel Plate 

 2:25%- 



JOE HOOKER JR 



Bay with star, snip, off fore and near hind foot white, 16 hands, noo 

 pounds; foaled 1877; bred by Thomas Cone, Monroeville, O. ; got by Joe 

 Hooker, son of Tom Hyer : dam bay, bred by Thomas Cone, got by Sweet 

 Owen, son of Kentucky Gray Eagle ; 2d dam brown, bred by Thomas Cone, 

 got by Flying Cloud, son of Black Hawk ; 3d dam bay, bred by C. Wright, 

 Flat Rock, O., got by Silvertail, son of Tippoo Sultan, by Lloyd's Duroc. 



