DESCENDANTS OF SHERMAN MORGAN 529 



phy : dam gray, bred by H. McRorie, got by Loomis' Gray Eagle, son of 

 McKesson' s Gray Eagle. 



ALBERT L 



Chestnut, one white hind foot, 16 hands, 950 pounds; foaled 1889; 

 bred by Samuel Coy, Prescott, Wis. ; got by Jim Elaine, son of Jim Murphy, 

 by Siples Horse, son of Black Hawk : dam bay, bred in Minnesota, said to 

 be by Champ, son of Badger. Sold to Albert Laird, River Falls, Wis. Pac- 

 ing record 2 140^, when two. 



FITZ-JAMES 



Brown with star, 15^ hands, 1000 pounds; foaled 1890; bred by Sam- 

 uel Cox, Prescott, Wis. ; got by Jim Blaine, son of Jim Murphy : dam bay, 

 said to be by Champ, son of Badger. 



BLACK BILLY (BOYD'S BLACK HAWK) 



Black with stripe in face and snip, 15^ hands, 1050 pounds; foaled 

 about 1852 ; bred by John R. Boyd, Whitehall, N. Y. ; got by Black Hawk : 

 dam gray, bred by Martin Reynolds, got by a flea-bitten gray horse brought 

 from Boston, Mass., by a Mr. Burdett, pedigree unknown ; 2d dam black. 

 Passed to H. J. Hurlburt, then to Edwards B. Parsons of East Rosendale, 

 Wis., about 1863 ; to Ed. F. Bills, Omro, Wis., whose property he died, 1873. 

 Mr. E.'F. Bills writes : " Black Billy was the best stock horse ever in this 

 country; his stock are great roadsters, some fast trotters, and very stylish ". 



GRAYHOUND 



Gray, about 16 hands, 1050 pounds ; foaled about 1852 ; bred by T. D. 

 Chapman ; foaled the property of Luther Stone, both of Charlotte, Yt. ; got 

 by Black Hawk : dam gray (dam of Laura Williams 2 124^, Charley Mac 

 2 125 and 2d dam of Robert Lee 2 123^), bred by John Leonard, Orwell, 

 Yt., got by North America (Bullock Horse). Sold to George Fowle, Alex- 

 andria, Ya., 1856 ; to Lloyd Minturn, New York city, 1858. Kept, 1857, at 

 Alexandria, Ya. ; that fall went to Long Island, in care of Wm. Wheelan, who 

 is said to have driven him a mile in 2 130, and two miles in 5 114. Kept, 1858, 

 at Yergennes, Yt. ; 1859-60, at Ferrisburgh and Charlotte, Yt. ; fall of 1860 

 went to Waterloo, N. Y., and remained there and at neighboring towns until 

 his death in 1872. R. R. Minturn, Shoreham, Yt., writes that Grayhound in 

 his youth was a dark iron gray, very stylish and with good action. Received 

 ist premium at Vermont State fair, 1858. 



Sire of dams of Ebony Spink 2:29%, Middlesex 2:24, Ripton (?) 2:26, Robert Lee 2:251/4. 

 Second dams of Clara P. 2:17, Minnie B. 2:29%. 



ROOT HORSE 



Chestnut with blaze and one white foot, 15^ hands, noo pounds; 

 foaled 1857 ; bred by H. C. Root, Charlotte, Yt. ; got by Grayhound, son of 

 Black Hawk : dam black, bred by Noble Root, Charlotte, Yt., got by Craig 

 Horse, son of Pilgrim Morgan. Of good action and disposition. 



