DESCENDANTS OF SHERMAN MORGAN 



497 



Y. ; got by Black Hawk : dam black, pacer, brought from Canada to Crown 

 Point, and matched in a race which she lost. Owned, 1854, by Oliver Bates 

 in La Salle Co., 111. ; shortly afterward by A. C. Warner, Ottawa, 111., who 

 kept him in his livery stable one or more seasons. Received 2d premium at 

 La Salle county (111.) fair, 1854. 



Sire of dam of Kate Hazard 2 131, winner of n races. 



MORGAN (MOORE'S) 



Bred by W. C. Moore, Ottawa, 111. ; got by Warner Horse, son of Black 

 Hawk. Sold, when a colt, to W. A. Moore, Ottawa, 111., and owned by him 

 many years. 



Sire of Smutty, dam of Ottawa Chief 2:25. 



FULTON 



Said to have been owned by Sidney Rowley, Ellington, N. Y., and got 

 by Black Hawk. 



Sire: Morgan Messenger, t, 4 p. 



MORGAN MESSENGER 



Dark bay, no marks, 15^ bands ; foaled about 1855 ; said to be by Ful- 

 ton, son of Black Hawk. Sold, when three, by Sidney Rowley, Rushford, N. 

 Y., to James Morrison, Enterprise, Ind. Afterwards owned by James Camp- 

 bell, Sugar Creek, Ind. Died, 1881, property of John Curtis, Mount 

 Vernon, Ind. 



Ezra S. Seymour, Enterprise, Ind., says : " Morgan Messenger was a 

 very beautiful and stylish horse, the best trotter in this region at the time, 

 and the best roadster sire ever here ". Alex. Warner, Enterprise, Ind., says : 

 " The Morgan Messengers were very good horses. There were several of his 

 sons kept stallions the Dr. McLaughlin horse, at Aurora, Ind. ; the Dr. Mc- 

 Carthy horse, near Canaan, Ind. ; one owned by Moses Osborne, Sugar 

 Branch, and, a pacer owned by Jim Works ". 



SIRE OF 



Sire of Dam. 



Total, 10 ; 5 in 2 :3o, (4 p.) ; 10 race-winners. 



Races won, ->5. Races lost, 60. Total races, 85. 



Sires : Blackwood Messenger, i p. ; Morgan Messenger Jr., 2. 



Sire from Daughter : Albert, i. 



Dams of Charles W. Wooley 2:22%; David Copperfield 2:16 and Edward B. 2:26%. 



Second dams of Dynamite 2 :28, Stella Magnet 2 :24%. 



