494 THE MORGAN HORSE 



CAPTAIN (WATSON'S, WATSON HORSE) 



Gray; foaled 1860 ; bred by E. Ordway, Freeport, 111. ; got by Captain 

 Beaumont : dam said to be by Rob Roy, a Morgan horse. Sold to F. Watson ; 

 to Rufus Kirk ; to F. Fetzgar, Freeport, 111., who took him to Iowa. 



YOUNG ECLIPSE 



Gray; foaled 1860 ; bred by James Curry, Freeport, 111. ; got by Captain 

 Beaumont : dam said to be by Osceola, a saddle horse. Sold to Daniel 

 Berry, Baileyville, 111., in whose stable he was burned. 



PET (PEARSE HORSE) 



Dark bay, 16 hands, 1200 pounds; foaled 1865 ; bred by John Pearse, 

 Shannon, 111. ; got by Young Eclipse, son of Captain Beaumont : dam Polly, 

 sorrel, said to be by Young Eclipse, that was brought from Washington Co., 

 Penn., and said to be a son of the celebrated horse Osceola. Gelded, 



CAPTAIN (MILLER'S , MILLER HORSE, LEE HORSE) 2:41 



Gray; foaled 1861 ; bred by M. M. Mayer, Freeport, 111.; got b) Cap- 

 tain Beaumont : dam said to be by a horse of running blood. Owned suc- 

 cessively by F. Crowden, L. H. Lee, Isaac Miller and C. M. Saxby, Free 

 port, 111. Went to London, Can. 



COLONEL (CROWDEN'S) 



Gray; foaled 1871 ; bred by F. Crowden, Freeport, 111. ; got by Miller's 

 Captain, son of Captain Beaumont: dam said to be Morgan. Died 1890. 



CAPTAIN BEAUMONT JR 



Gray; foaled 1867 ; bred by John Barford, Freeport, 111.; got by Cap- 

 tain Beaumont : dam said to be by Hawkins' Morgan. Sold to J. H. Pierce, 

 Florence, 111., and went to Nebraska. 



NORTHERN LIGHT 



Gray; foaled 1869 ; bred by Rufus Kirk, Freeport, 111. ; got by Captain 

 Beaumont : dam gray. Sold to Jas. K. Hill, Chicago, 111. ; then taken to 

 Morris, 111. 



CRIPPEN HORSE 



Gray ; foaled 187- ; bred by Ira Crippen, Florence, 111. ; got by Northern 

 Light, son of Captain Beaumont : dam Black Jennie. Sold to R. V. Sheetz ; 

 to S. F. Taylor, both of Freeport, 111. Died 1890. 



VERMONT (DOWNING'S) 



Dark bay, 15^ hands, 1000 pounds ; said to be by Black Hawk. Bought 

 by Marcus Downing and his father, Joseph L. Downing, Lexington, Ky., of 

 a resident of New York city, who kept the horse in the country. Died their 

 property. J. C. Curd, Lexington, Ky., son-in-law of Marcus Downing, writes : 

 " Vermont was grand in style and shape, and magnificent in action ; never 

 trained, but fleet and was a great premium horse. He made few full seasons. 



