520 THE MORGAN HORSE 



IOWA BLACK HAWK 



Black, 15^ hands, 1075 pounds; foaled June 10, 1878; bred by Natha- 

 niel Brown, New York, la. ; got by Illinois Black Hawk, son of Semple's 

 Black Hawk : dam Black Doll 2d, bred by Nathaniel Brown, got by Africa, 

 son of imported Onus ; 2d dam Black Doll, dam of Illinois Black Hawk, 

 which see. Owned by E. F. Brown, New York, la. 



DICK YATES 



Dark bay, hind feet white, 15 hands, 900 pounds ; foaled June 2, 1883 ; 

 bred by W. M. Littell, Corydon, la. ; got by Iowa Black Hawk, son of Illinois 

 Black Hawk : dam Pet 2d, sorrel, bred by N. Brown, New York, la., got by 

 Billy Brown Morgan, son of Billy Rix Morgan, by Gifford Morgan ; 2d dam 

 Pet, sorrel, bred by N. Brown, Morton, 111., got by Hickory, son of Hickory 

 Boy, by Warren Colt ; 3d dam black, bred by N. Brown, Morton, 111., got 

 by Black Sam, son of Colonel Maynard Horse ; 4th dam black, bred by Mr. 

 Wilson, Washington, 111., got by Billy the Stranger, son of imported Diomed. 

 Owned by breeder. 



MORGAN ECLIPSE 



Chestnut with stripe in face and three white feet, 15^ hands, 1225 

 pounds; foaled 1881 ; bred by Nathaniel Brown, New York, la. ; got by 

 Illinois Black Hawk, son of Semple's Black Hawk : dam Roberts mare, brown, 

 bred by Nathaniel Brown, got by Bucyrus 2d, son of Bucyrus ; 2d dam Cora, 

 bred by R. Roberts, Morton, 111., got by Cassius M. Clay, son of Lion, by St. 

 George. Owned by E. F. Brown, New York, la. Stood at Syracuse, Neb., 

 1885 to 1891. 



CHAMPLAIN 



Brown, 15^ hands, 1000 pounds; foaled 1851 ; bred by Robbins Bat- 

 tell, Norfolk, Conn.; got by Black Hawk: dam gray, about 15^ hands, 

 1000 pounds, a very fast roadster, said to have come from Montreal, and 

 called English. Full brother to Vermonter. Owned, 1856, by Messrs. Bat- 

 tell and Phelps in Fond du Lac Co., Wis. Linsley says : " A fine 

 horse ". 



NICHOLAS 



Said to be by Champlain, son of Black Hawk : and dam by Champion 

 Black Hawk. Owned by Phelps and Battell, Ripon, Wis. 



PLATO 2:42 



Black, 1 6 hands, noo pounds; foaled 1851 ; bred by Messrs. Grosvenor, 

 Shoreham, Vt. ; got by Black Hawk : dam bay, large, said to be by Sir Char- 

 les, son of Duroc ; and 2d dam by Doolittle's Post Boy (bred by Col. Earl of 

 Massachusetts from a Virginia thoroughbred mare), son of Dinwiddie, by 

 imported Diomed. Sold to D. A. Bennett & Co., Bridport, Vt. Ran off a 

 bridge and was killed about 1858. Stood at one time in Northfield, Vt. 

 Received 2d premium at Vermont State fair, 1855, and ist at Addison 



