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and owned and kept him many years in the State. Charles Rockwell writes : 

 " Mink was almost a duplicate of the old horse. I bred a filly, an own sister, 

 that I sold for $550 when horses were low. She was taken to Baltimore, 

 Md., from there to Long Island, where she won many large purses on the 

 track ". 



MILES STANDISH 



Bred by Reuben S. Denny, Rochdale, Mass. ; got by Black Hawk : dam 

 Mary Taylor, foaled 1842, said to be by Bolivar. Taken to California, when 

 about six, by Mr. Bush, Shoreham, Vt. 



Sire of May Day, dam of Nancy 2 .'231^, and 2d dam of Mahlon 2 :22%. 



RICHARD 3D (LITTLE DICK) 



Brown bay with star and snip, 15 hands, 900 pounds; bred by Orville 

 S. Rowe, Orwell, Vt. ; got by Black Hawk : dam said to be an Eclipse mare. 

 Sold to Mr. Rowe of Battle Creek, Mich., a brother of breeder, who trotted 

 him in Michigan, and sold him, about 1863, to H. J. Hendryx, Dowagiac, 

 Mich. Very stylish. 



Sire of Polka, dam of Belle of Lexington 2:26%. 



HECTOR 



Brown, almost black, with blaze in face, 15 hands, 1000 pounds; foaled 

 1 8 ; bred by N. R. Raymond, Stowe, Vt. ; got by Black Hawk : dam bay, 

 950 pounds, purchased at Middlesex, Vt., said to be by the Stewart Horse ; 

 and 2d dam by Sherman Morgan. Sold, when about 20, by Mr. Raymond, 

 to M. C. L. Stevens, North Danville, Vt., who owned him five or six years. 

 Had the style of the Black Hawks, and got colts which sold for good prices. 



A. W. Thomson, Woodstock, Vt., writes of the Stewart Horse as follows : 

 " Stewart was a counterfeiter and had some narrow escapes from the officers. 

 The speed of his horse saved him from being taken more than once. His 

 horse was gray and said to be of the .Connecticut Ranger blood. He left 

 many descendants which resembled the Morgans in size and form". 



BLACK SHERMAN 



Black with star and white fore foot, 15 hands, 1000 pounds; bred by 

 Albert Chapman, Weybridge, Vt. ; got by Black Hawk : dam brown, brought 

 from New Hampshire and said to be a Bulrush Morgan. Sold to Abram L. 

 Pennock, Philadelphia, Penn. ; to Samuel R. Sager. Died in Vermont. Mr. 

 Pennock writes : " He was an unusually fine horse ; his descendants are said 

 to be the finest horses for family use, road and endurance bred in Delaware 

 Co.; one of his colts trotted close to 2 :2O ; a number of them were prize 

 winners. He could show a 2 140 gait ". It was said that Mr. Pennock was 

 offered $7000 for him at a public sale. 



VERMONT (MOORE'S) 



Bay, 15^2 hands, 1050 pounds; bred by Franklin Moore, Shoreham, 

 Vt. ; got by Black Hawk ; dam bay, bred by Oliver Russell, Shoreham, Vt. ; 



