540 THE MORGAN HORSE 



PATRICK HENRY 



Black, 15 hands, 1025 pounds; foaled 1855 ; bred by William G. Bald- 

 win, Ticonderoga, N. Y. ; got by Black Hawk : dam Jenny, black (dam of 

 Col. Moulton 2 128^, and Nonesuch 2 125^), foaled 1856, bred by C. 

 Morgan, Moriah, N. Y., got by Bigelow Horse, son of Black Hawk ; 2d 

 dam chestnut, large, said to be a Magnum Bonum. Sold, about 1860, 

 for $5500, to Robert L. Morgan, Hall's Cross Roads, Aberdeen, Md., whose 

 property he died, 1871. 



Races won, 9. Races lost, 28. Total races, 37. 

 Dams of Boston 2:27%, Nelly Gray 2:27%. 



PLUTUS 



Black, 15^4 hands, noo pounds; foaled 1871 ; bred by Mr. Morgan, 

 Aberdeen, Md. ; got by Patrick Henry, son of Black Hawk : dam chestnut, 

 bred by Wiliam Eliott, Ferryman, Md. ; got by Ti Boy, son of Black Hawk ; 

 2d dam chestnut, bred by J. C. Hollis, Ferryman, Md., got by Velocity, 

 thoroughbred. Owned by Thomas E. Morgan, Aberdeen, Md. Handsome 

 and speedy, with fine disposition. 



NOVATO CHIEF 



Black, 16 hands, noo pounds; foaled June, 1855; bred by Austin 

 Dana, Bridport, Vt. ; got by Black Hawk : dam bay, large, bought of Samuel 

 Moore, Shoreham, Vt., said to be by Sir Charles, son of Duroc ; and 2d dam 

 by Sprightly Cub, imported by Mr. Earle, Williamstown, Mass. Sold, 1858, 

 to Francis DeLong, who took him to California. Afterward owned by John 

 Switzer, Novato, Cal. 



Sire of dam of Volunteer 2:27. 



BLACK EAGLE 



Black, 15^4 hands, noo pounds; foaled 1855; bred by Jason Daven- 

 port, Middlebury, Vt. ; got by Black Hawk : dam black, large, bred by John 

 Tracy, Monkton, Vt., got by Foote's Hamiltonian, son of Bishop's Hamil- 

 tonian. Bought, with full brother, Black Warrior, 1860, by R. J. Jones and 

 S. B. Rockwell, Cornwall, Vt., who took them the following winter to Cali- 

 fornia, where Black Eagle was sold to Charles Reade, Knight's Landing, Cal., 

 who sold him to William Clark, Yolo, Cal., whose property he died. A very 

 stylish horse, and left much fine stock throughout northern California. It is 

 said that no horse has since had a finer reputation in that part of the State. 

 He got a few colts in Vermont, and was kept a part of one season, we be- 

 lieve, in Lincoln, Vt. Received 2d premium at Vermont State fair, 1858, 

 and ist premium at California State fair at Sacramento, 1861. 



