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THE MORGAN HORSE 



bred. Hon. Geo. W. Grandey of Vergennes,Vt., writes of this mare and her pro- 

 duce : " The high-blooded English mare referred to in your letter was a dark bay 

 mare of high and gay style, very dashing and rapid road gait and of great 

 endurance. She raised eight colts from Black Hawk in eight succes- 

 sive years four of them were raised by Pierson on his farm at Shelburne 

 (at the halves), the other four at Addison by E. Adams, on his farm in Addi- 

 son (at the halves). Of these eight colts, four were horse colts and four 

 were mares : four were bay color and four were black. Her second colt was 

 the celebrated bay mare, known here in Vermont and in New England as 

 'Jenny Lind', bought of Capt. R,. W. Sherman by his brother, Benj. S., 

 and she took several prizes at the New England and Vermont fairs. Two of 

 the four colts raised by Adams were the popular and distinguished stallions 

 ' Silverheels ' and ' Quicksilver ', which distinguished themselves at Spring- 

 field, 111., and at St. Louis for their speed and style. Every colt of the 

 eight was of good and superb size and style, and rapid and vigorous gait". 



Schamyl and Siples Horse were the other two stallions referred to. Sil- 

 verheels got some colts while owned by breeder, and in spring of 1855 was 

 sold to Gen. James W. Singleton, Quincy, 111., whose property he died in the 

 fall of 1862. He was a horse of magnificent form, very fine disposition, and 

 a natural trotter. His colts also trotted well. Gen. Singleton, in a letter to A. 

 B. Wakeman & Son, Bedford, la., dated Singleton Park, Feb. 19, 1889, says : 

 " Silverheels was a nice bay approaching a rosewood. He had no record. I 

 kept him for breeding only. He trotted in the thirties at fairs and on my 

 private track ". Received ist premium at Illinois State fair, 1857. 



aces won, 2. ace os, . , . 



Dam of Walter C. 2 :28%. 



SILVERHEELS 2:33 



Bay, 1 5 hands, 1 1 oo pounds ; foaled about 1863; bred by Charles Rahne at 

 or near St. Louis, Mo., and foaled the property of Isaac H. Miller, Freeport, 

 111. ; got by Singleton's Silverheels, son of Black Hawk : dam Jennie, a sorrel 

 pacer, bred at or near St. Louis, Mo. Sold to Reuben Miller and L. B. 

 Markel, Davis, 111. ; then to Samuel Markel, Davis, 111., whose property he 

 died, 1884. Has trotted quarters in 32 seconds, and a mile at Rockford, 

 111., in 2 124. A horse of good appearance, action and disposition, and left 

 stock noted for their great powers of endurance. 



BLACK HAWK SHERMAN (JOHNSON'S BLACK HAWK) 



Black with small star, 16 hands, 1200 pounds; foaled July i, 1850; 



bred by G. W. Johnson, Clarenceville, P. Q. ; got by Black Hawk : dam black, 



of great courage and speed, foaled 1824, said to be bred at Poughkeepsie, 



N. Y., and got by Black Snake. Sold to Messrs. Slocum and Elliott, 



