DESCENDANTS OF SHERMAN MORGAN 513 



Durgin, Fisherville, N. H., and in November, i858,by V. C. Gilman,Nashua, 

 N. H. Received ist premium at Merrimac county (N. H.) fair, 1854, and 

 at New Hampshire State fair, 1855. 



Sire of dam of Susie 2 :2i, winner of 20 races. 



SCHAMYL 



Red roan, about 15^ hands, 1 1 oo pounds; foaled about 1850; bred 

 by Capt. Thomas D. Chapman, Vergennes, Vt. ; got by Black Hawk : dam 

 Queen of the East, dam of Silverheels, which see. Taken to Ottawa, 111., 

 about 1855, by Hosea Potter of Ottawa, and kept in that vicinity for many 

 years. Stylish with high crest, and could trot in 2 140 or better. He is said 

 to have greatly improved the breed of horses in La Salle county. 



Sire of second dam of Ottawa Chief 2:25. 



LIVE YANKEE 



Black with star, 16^ hands, 1237 pounds; foaled May 14, 1851 ; bred by 

 Jonas N. Smith, West Addison, Vt. ; got by Black Hawk : dam said to be by 

 Long's Eclipse, son of Eclipse ; and2d dam by Brutus, son of Justin Morgan. 

 Owned, 1858, by Jonas N. Smith and John B. Spaulding, who sold to Mr. 

 Lord, Rochester, N. Y. 



OSCEOLA 



Chestnut, 15^ hands, 991 pounds; foaled June 10, 1851 ; said to be by 

 Black Hawk : dam Lady Walker, chestnut, 15^ hands, 1000 pounds, said to 

 be one of the fastest mares of her day in Vermont for 20 miles, a Morgan on 

 her dam's side, and got by an imported blood stallion called Napoleon, which 

 was kept in Canada. Advertised in " Vermont Stock Journal ", by David 

 Hill, Agt., to stand for seasorf of 1857 at Bridport, Vt., and Mr. Hill says in 

 the advertisement : " Has an open slashing gait and can trot a mile in less 

 than 3 :oo without training". Exhibited by Mr. Hill at Massachusetts State 

 fair, 1858. 



ROLLING ROCK 



Brown, left hind foot white, 16^ hands, noo pounds; foaled 1851; 

 bred by Schuyler and George W. Doane, Shoreham, Vt. ; got by Black Hawk : 

 dam said to be by Harris' Hamiltonian. Sold, 1853, to Philetus G. Waite, 

 and taken to Oregon, 111., and, in 1860, sold to Edward F. Butcher, Oregon, 

 111., whose property he died from accident in the winter of 1863. He had 

 long neck, heavy quarters, rather high hips, light tail and long thin mane ; 

 could trot untrained in 2 150, and was a good horse. His stock were tall 

 and fine roadsters. 



JACK WETHERBEE (WETHERBEE'S BLACK HAWK) 

 Dark chestnut with blaze and four white feet, silver mane and tail ; foaled 

 1851 ; bred by David Hill, Bridport, Vt. ; got by Black Hawk : dam bay with 

 blaze and four white feet, silver mane and tail, bought by David Hill out of 

 a drove of horses from Canada or the north part of Vermont, said to be 

 Morgan. Sold to Frank Williams, Bridport, Vt. ; to Seth Wetherbee, Jack- 



