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THE MORGAN HORSE 



KENTUCKY WHIP 



Black, 1 6^ hands; foaled 1860; bred by Gabriel Salter, Lancaster, Ky. ; 

 foaled the property of Wm. Raney, Ky. ; got by Gill's Vermont, son of Down- 

 ing's Vermont: dam foaled 1857. Sold, 1865, to Moses Ray of Indiana. 



Dam of Elsie Wood 2 .-30. 



LONGFELLOW WHIP 2:20^ (WINNER OF 22 RACES) 

 Brown with tan muzzle and flanks, 15^ hands, noo pounds; foaled 

 1877 ; bred by W. J. Martin, Noblesville, Ind. ; got by Kentucky Whip, son 

 of Gill's Vermont : dam Bessie Brown (dam of Flora C. 2 129^), black, 14^ 

 hands, of Morgan appearance, a fine light harness and saddle mare that 

 could run half a mile very fast, bought by Mr. Martin of Nathan Clover, 

 Noblesville, Ind., said to be by Bird. Sold to J. D. Speers, Peoria, 111. Trotted 

 79 races, 1883-88, winning 22, and 81 heats 51 heats below 2 130. Mr. 

 Martin writes : " Longfellow Whip was of a kind and affectionate disposition, 

 with great courage and speed ; while I owned him he trotted quarters in 33 

 seconds, and a half in i :o8. He was handsome and stylish, with the best 

 of feet and legs". 



YOUNG TRUE BRITON (BOLLY OR BAILEY'S MORGAN, 

 TAFT HORSE) 



Dark bay with blaze and four white feet, 15^ hands, noo to 1200 

 pounds ; foaled about 1849 ; bred by Timothy Taft, Crown Point, N. Y. ; got 

 by Black Hawk : dam bay, of good size, bred by John Crossman, Crown 

 Point, N. Y., said to be a descendant of King William ; 2d dam bay, bred on 

 Long Island, said to be by a thoroughbred horse ; 3d dam a mare brought, 

 while in foal, from Long Island to Addison, Vt., owned by John Hinds of 

 Addison, who sold her before foaling to John Crossman. Sold to Russell 

 Root, Schroon River, N. Y., and in 1853 taken to Ohio, together with Pea- 

 cock, by John A. Bailey. He was kept in Licking, Putnam, Knox and Han- 

 cock counties, O., and perhaps at Fort Wayne, Ind. Died about 1859, said 

 to be from effects of overdriving. He was high-tempered and somewhat 

 vicious. Appearance and action fine and could show a 2 : 40 gait. His colts 

 were excellent, especially as roadsters. 



Sire of dam of Jubilee Lambert 2 .'25. 



WARNER HORSE 



Black with stripe in face and probably one or two white feet, 

 hands, 1000 pounds; foaled about 1849; bred by Col. Root, Essex Co., N. 



