500 THE MORGAN HORSE 



Barber, Benson, Vt., got by Barney Henry, son of Young Signal; 2d dam 

 Queen Bess, chestnut, bred by E. S. Howard, got by a chestnut Morgan 

 stallion owned by E. S. Howard. Sold, September, 1859, for $3000, to Benoni 

 Gleason, Kalamazoo, Mich., where he died a few months after of lung fever. 

 Either this horse or Tom Howard, a full brother, was kept at Hudson, N. Y., 

 two seasons, about 1858-59. A very beautiful and stylish horse. 



Sire of dam of Independence 2:23%. 



BLACK HAWK (HOVEY'S) 



Black, 1 6 hands, 1300 pounds; bred by William Woodstock, Putnam, N. 

 Y. ; foaled the property of Justice Benson, Benson, Vt., May n, 1855 ; got 

 by Howard's Highlander, son of Black Hawk : dam Mink, black, bred by 

 John Easton, Putnam, N. Y., got by Sir Charles, son of Duroc. Sold to 

 Elizur Hovey, Darlington, Wis. ; Walter Scofield ; William Beardsley, Granger, 

 O., fall of 1867 ; Mr. Snyder, Akron, O. A fine-appearing horse, and got 

 valuable stock. 



YOUNG BLACK HAWK (COOK'S) 



Black, 15 hands, 1000 pounds; foaled fall of 1850 ; bred by Joseph 

 Cook, Bridport,Vt. ; said to be by Black Hawk : and dam black, 1050 pounds, 

 by the Rodgers Horse, son of old Shark from Long Island. Taken 

 West by breeder and kept, 1855, at Elyria and Cleveland, O., and afterward 

 at Sycamore, 111. Mr. Cook sold him, 1862, to James Freeman, Washburn, 

 111. John C. Hines, Marengo, 111., writes : "Very prompt, proud, stylish and 

 intelligent. A good stock-getter ". 



RISING SUN 



Chestnut with star and white hind foot, 15% hands, noo pounds ; foaled 

 1850 ; bred by Gustavus V. Cook, New Haven, Vt. ; got by Black Hawk : darn 

 gray, bred by Mr. Cook, got by Patriot Messenger, a smart-built white horse, 

 of 925 pounds, purchased, October, 1834, by Harvey Yale, Middlebury, Vt., 

 of Dennis A. Parsons, Hartford, Conn., and stood by Mr. Yale several seasons 

 in Middlebury, Lincoln and Hancock, Vt., when he was repurchased by Mr. 

 Parsons, and taken back to Hartford. (Mr. Yale informs us that the dam of 

 Patriot Messenger was Patriot Damsel, that was sold for $1000 when old.) 

 Taken, fall of 1855, by Mr. Cook to Manchester, 111., and exhibited at the 

 Macoupin Co. (111.) fair, 1858. He is thought to have died at Bunker Hill, 

 111. He got a good many colts in Vermont. Linsley says : " Limbs are 

 large, muscular and well-shaped, and the whole animal well proportioned, 

 possessing abundance of life and vital energy. He is a fine horse. He re- 

 ceived the ist premium at the Addison Co. fair, 1854 ". 



BAY STATE 



Bay, 15^ hands, 1050 pounds; foaled 1850; bred by F. D. Sargent, 

 Maynard, Mass. ; got by Black Hawk : dam bay, said to be by Sherman 

 Morgan. Sold to Marshall Stone, Jay Bridge, Me.; Isaac Strickland, 

 Livermore, Me. 



Sire of the dam of Maggie Miller 2 :26%. 



