518 



THE MORGAN HORSE 



IOWA CHIEF 



Black, 15 hands, 980 pounds; foaled 1851; bred by Perry Fletcher, 

 Bridport, Vt. ; got by Black Hawk : dam sorrel, said to be by a son of Justin 

 Morgan. Sold, 1854, to L. H. Lampson, Maquoketa, la., and kept at Ma- 

 quoketa and Davenport, la., until 1861, when he was taken to California, 

 and sold, 1862, to George Ferguson of San Francisco. Died 1863. He was 

 one of the first Black Hawk stallions taken to Iowa. Handsome, stylish and 

 a natural trotter. Repeatedly awarded ist premium at State and county 

 fairs. L. H. Lampson writes : " His first race was a match with Black Bird 

 for $5000 a side, at Davenport, la., which he won in straight heats of 2 156, 

 2 154 and 2 151. Same year trotted against Dick Dample in a matched race 

 of $500 a side, at Dubuque, la., and won in 2 146, 2 :43 and 2 139 ". 



Sire of dam of Robert Burns 2 130. 



GOLDFINDER 



Black or dark chestnut, 15 hands, 1000 pounds; foaled 1851 ; bred by 

 S. Dueg, Champlain, N. Y. ; got by Black Hawk : dam black, bred at Cham- 

 plain, N. Y. Sold to Dueg & Stevenson ; Truman B. Derrick, Clarence- 

 ville, P. Q. ; to William S. Battle, Tarborough, N. C., for $5000. Kept at 

 La Colle, P. Q. Mr. Derrick writes : " He was one of the handsomest stal- 

 lions that Black Hawk ever got ; was level-headed, but hard to manage. I 

 drove him on the Raleigh (N. C.) track in 2 126". His stock in North Car- 

 olina were very highly valued. 



ROUGH AND READY 



Bay, 15^ hands, 975 pounds; foaled 1851; bred by Calvin Sanford, 

 Milton, Mass. ; got by Black Hawk : dam gray, purchased by Mr. Sanford 

 of James Hill, Bridport, Vt., said to be English blood. Sold, 1855, to Harri- 

 son Bacon, Copenhagen, N. Y., who owned him three years. Died, 1867, at 

 Fabius, Onondaga Co., N. Y. He trotted, when three, at State fair, Provi- 

 dence, R. L, in 2 158. Mr. Bacon writes : " Except for cribbing, he was the 

 best horse I ever owned. He did not do much stud service ". 



Races won, 29. Races lost, 105. Total races, 134. 

 Dams of Kitefoot 2:17%, William Kearney 2:20^. 

 Second dam of John A. Logan 2 12714. 



