DESCENDANTS OF SHERMAN MORGAN 



Races won, 35. Races lost, 47. Total races, 82. 



BLACK HAWK (COE'S, VEACH'S BLACK HAWK MORGAN) 



Black, 15^ hands, about noo pounds; foaled 1853; bred by Mr. 

 Sollace, Bridport, Vt. ; got by Black Hawk : dam said to be by Green Moun- 

 tain Morgan ; 2d dam by Woodbury Morgan ; and 3d dam by Sir Henry 2d, 

 son of Sir Henry. Brought, 1860, to Lexington, Ky., by Messrs. Shaw and 

 White, who sold him to David Veach, Cynthiana, Ky., where he made several 

 seasons, and was sold to William Houston and Elijah Coe, Connersville, Ind. 

 Died, 1870, it is thought in Idaho. Charles I. Thomas, Harrisburg, Ind., 

 writes : " He had fine style and action, good disposition ; his colts were un- 

 usually fine, and many of them are still owned about Connersville, 

 Ind ". 



BLACK PRINCE 



Black, about 15 hands, noo pounds; foaled about 1856 ; bred by Gen. 

 John Bidwell, Chico, Cal., while en-route across the plains to California ; got 

 by a Black Hawk Morgan stallion that was being taken across the plains. 

 Sold to Charles Hedges then of Yuba Co., Cal., and afterwards owned by A. 

 D. Starr, Oakland, Cal., who writes : " I had him gelded after one year's 

 service and before we knew the value of his get; but of some 15 to 

 20 colts several proved quite fast, and all were a hardy, valuable breed. I 

 have driven him often with a buggy eight miles in 30 minutes. He was very 

 intelligent, beautiful in every respect, had a long mechanical stride, and a most 

 kind and gentle disposition, so that he was used as a family horse with safety 

 and confidence ". 



Sire from Daughter: Brown Douglass, i. 



Sire of Black Flora, dam of Huntress 2:28, Nona Y. 2:25, Perihelion 2:25 and Sister 2 :i9%. 



Second dams of Knight 2:29%, Merrilies 2:28%, RHey Medium 2:10^4. 



SHOREHAM BLACK HAWK 



Dark brown, stripe in face and white feet, 15 hands, 900 pounds; foaled 

 about 1853; bred by W. W. Moore, Shoreham, Vt. ; got by Black Hawk: 

 dam bought by Mr. Moore of Mr. Cloyes, who lived on the Ed. Wright farm, 

 Bridport, Vt., said to be by Searcher, son of Barney Henry; and 2d dam by 

 Smith's Young Hamiltonian, son of Bishop's Hamiltonian. Bought when a 

 weanling, with his dam, by Mr. Swift, New York city, who sold to Caleb 

 Tompkins of New York city, who owned him many years. Passed to 

 C. W. Green, New York, who, about 1876, sold to R. L. and T. E. 

 Morgan, Aberdeen, Md. He was burned, in winter of 1881, at Hall 

 Cross Roads, Hartford Co., Md. Very handsome, could show some speed, 



