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THE MORGAN HORSE. 



3d dam by imported Yorkshire ; 4th dam by Cripple. Sold to W. J. Ficklin, 

 Charlotteville, Va., 1886 ; to R. H. T. Adams, Lynchburgh, Va. 



BLACK HAWK (GEN SMITH'S, OLD NIG) 



Said to be by Black Hawk. Owned in Cincinnati, and afterward, in 

 1852, by Nelson Smith, Springfield, Penn. 



NIG 



Black, 1 6*^ hands, 1200 pounds; foaled 1853; bred by Henry Hunt- 

 ley, Conneaut, Penn.; got by Gen. Smith's Black Hawk (old Nig), said to 

 be a son of Black Hawk : dam gray, bought by Mr. Huntley of David Clark, 

 Pierpont, O. Taken, 1862, to Barry, 111., by A. M. Huntley, and sold to 

 Joseph P. Smith of that place, whose property he died from an accident, 1870. 

 Good-tempered, but very spirited and stylish. 



COL E D BAKER 2:35 (WINNER OF 10 RACES) 

 Black, 15^ hands, 1000 pounds; foaled July 25, 1866; bred by A. C. 

 Baker, Barry, 111. ; got by Nig, son of Gen. Smith's Black Hawk : 

 dam black, presented by Gus. Lambert of Westchester Co., N. Y., to 

 Col. E. D. Baker, and after the latter's death at the battle of Ball's Bluff 

 taken to Illinois by his brother, A. C. Baker, said to be by Black Hawk. Sold 

 by S. H. House, Galesburg, 111., 1874, to M. O'Connor of same place. Taken 

 to Lincoln, Neb., fall of 1891. H. M. Richards of Galesburg says : "He is 

 one of the grandest looking horses in the world, disposition perfect, with the 

 action of the Morgans, and, although nearly 30 years old, looks and acts like 

 a colt". 



GEN STARK 



Bay or sorrel with stripe in face and one white heel, 15 hands, 950 

 pounds ; foaled May 9, 1849 ; bred by Francis Wilson, Hinesburg, Vt. ; got 

 by Black Hawk : dam bay, bought in Brownington, Vt., said to be by Sher- 

 man Morgan. Sold, about 1856, to Charles Stone, Lawn Ridge, 111. Died 

 about 1868. 



VERMONTER 



Foaled 1849; bred by Robbins Battell, Norfolk, Conn.; got by Black 

 Hawk : dam gray, about 15^ hands, 1000 pounds, a fast trotter for her day, 

 bought by Mr. Battell of a Mr. Baker, Shoreham, Vt., said to have come from 

 Montreal and called English blood. Sold to William Starr, Burlington, la. 

 Mr. Linsley says : "A very fine horse, and we understand was sold in the 

 spring of 1856 for $1800". A correspondent of "Wallace's Monthly" of 

 June, 1878, says : "While the get of this horse were uneven in size, and none 

 obtained more than a local reputation as trotters, it is but just to state that 



