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THE MORGAN HORSE 



HONEST ALLEN 

 See Chapter VII. 



WALTER ALLEN 



Dark bay, 16 hands, 1050 pounds; foaled 1859 ; bred by C. F. Crosby, 

 East Somerville, Mass. ; got by Honest Allen, son of Ethan Allen : dam 

 bright bay, 16 hands, 1000 pounds, brought from Nova Scotia. Owned, 

 1867, by J. S. Durgin & Co., Fisherville, N. H. A horse of extraordinary 

 power, fine action and speed. 

 Sire of dam of Thorndale F. 2 :3o. 



HONEST ALLEN JR (SMITH'S) 



Golden chestnut with snip and two white ankles, 15^ hands, 1050 

 pounds ; foaled 1859 ; bred by Mr. Buzzell, Hopkinton, N. H. ; got by Hon- 

 est Allen, son of Ethan Allen : dam Durgin mare, chestnut, Morgan pattern, 

 15 hands, 1000 pounds, purchased by Mr. Buzzell of a neighbor in Hopkinton, 

 said to be by Gifford Morgan. Sold, a weanling, with the dam, to Richmond 

 Smith, Concord, N. H. Died July 23, 1886. Many of his colts were fast. 



Races won, 10. Races lost, 15. Total races, 25. 



SHAKESPEARE 2 :30 



Bay with star, one roan forward ankle, one white hind ankle, 15^ 

 hands, 1050 pounds; foaled 1865; bred by Richmond Smith, Concord, 

 N. H. ; got by Honest Allen Jr., son of Honest Allen : dam black, bred in 

 Gilmanton, N. H., and said to be by Draco, son of Young Morrill ; 2d dam 

 bay. Died, 1872, property of breeder. Mr. Smith writes : " He won a race 

 with Snowflake, Ned Wallace and another horse from New York, at Hills- 

 borough, N. H., when seven years old, in three straight heats, taking a record 

 of 2 130. Trotted a private trial at Mystic Park in 2 124 ". 



ALTON BOY 2 : 2 

 Roan, 15 hands, 900 pounds; foaled 1866; bred by Parker Emerson, 

 Alton, N. H. ; got by Honest Allen Jr., son of Honest Allen : dam a small 

 black mare, noted as a roadster, and said to be Morgan. Sold, for $1400, to 

 Boston parties, where he died of lockjaw, 1887. 



BRENTWOOD 



Golden chestnut, flaxen mane and tail, 15% hands, 1000 pounds; foaled 

 July, 1868 ; bred by Richmond Smith, Concord, N. H. ; got by Honest Allen 



