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THE MORGAN HORSE 



Boston by William Hutchinson. Owned by the estate of breeder. Died 

 1889. One of the best sons of Ethan Allen, combining high finish with 

 large size and speed, and proved a very successful sire. His record of 2 136 

 was made over a very poor half-mile track, and was no measure of his speed. 



Total, ii ; 6 in 2 :30 (i p.) ; 10 race-winners ; 3 ten-race winners ; i fifty-race trotter. 

 Races won, 76. Races lost, 122. Total races, 198. 



Sires: Ethan Allen (Ashley's) i, 2 p. ; Ethan Allen (White's), i; Waldensian, i p. 

 Dams of Kensett F. (?) 2:22%, Peerless Ben 2:26%, Sterling 2 iiy 1 /^ Topsy 2:21%. 



ETHAN ALLEN (SISCO'S) 



Gray, 15 hands, 1020 pounds; foaled about 1862 ; bred by Charles 

 Sisco, Irasburgh, Vt. ; got by Young Ethan Allen (probably Holabird's), son 

 of Ethan Allen : dam gray, bred by J. H. Allen, Irasburgh, Vt., got by 

 Billy Root, son of Sherman Morgan; 2d dam bred by J. H. Allen, 

 got by Royal Morgan, son of Sherman Morgan. Kept at Glover and 

 Barton, Vt. Died 1879. Disposition pleasant; action and appearance 

 good. 



BUTLER HORSE 



Bay with star, snip and white fore foot, 15^ hands, 1175 pounds; 

 foaled May 22, 1867; bred by Walter A. Weed, Shelburne, Vt. ; got by 

 Holabird's Ethan Allen, son of Ethan Allen : dam brown, 15^ hands, said 

 to have a record of 2 135, owned on Staten Island, X. V., sent to Mr. 

 Weed to be bred, said to be by a horse called Cock of the Rock. Pur- 

 chased, when TO months old, by Willard Butler, Pittsford, Vt., who kept him 

 12 years. Sire of Rutland Girl and Myron, each sold by James Hastings, 

 Brandon, Vt., for $2750. 



GEN BAXTER 



Bay with a few white hairs in forehead and a few on one hind foot, i$*/i 

 hands, 1028 pounds; foaled 1869 ; bred by H. T. Nott, Brandon, Vt. ; got 

 by Holabird's Ethan Allen, son of Ethan Allen : dam Queen of Vermont, 

 dam of Star Ethan, which see. Sold to E. D. Hinds, about 1870 ; to Dr. M. 

 Goldsmith, Rutland, Vt. ; J. P. Williams, Shrewsbury, Vt. ; George Ruane, 

 Don Baker and J. K. P. Pine, Troy, N. Y. J. B. Williams writes : " Very 

 stylish, and one of the best of roadsters. Stock mostly bay, good size, great 

 roadsters and very kind ". 



