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THE MORGAN HORSE 



1 88 1. Mr. Stevens writes that he has the best 201 mile record of any horse 

 in the world and has been driven a mile in 2 127^. This extraordinary 

 drive Mr. Stevens' circular of 1881 describes as follows: "January, 1879, 

 he made this record in his great match with George Gueyon for $1000 a side, 

 the conditions of the race allowing Hessing to be ridden or driven, but was 

 driven to sulky the whole distance eight circuits to the mile, 201 miles 

 in 24 hours; 105 miles being made in the last 10 hours, Hessing being so 

 for ahead at that time that Gueyon gave up the race. The horse came out so 

 fresh that it was the opinion of the best judges that he could have added 15 

 or 20 miles more had it been necessary.". 



C. W. Lillie, referring to Jane, 3d dam of Hessing Jr., writes as follow 

 from Independence, la. : " My brother's old Jane was sired by Green 

 Mountain Morgan, the finest horse I ever saw. Young Jane, the daughter of 

 old Jane, was sired by General Hibbard, a noble horse owned by a noble 

 man. Green Mountain Morgan I think was sired by old Gifford Morgan ; 

 my brother's matched mares, Old and Young Jane, were a magnificent span 

 of mares. Gifford and Green Mountain Morgan were beauties and both dark 

 chestnuts ; they had as much pride to appear well and seemed to enjoy it as 

 much as any man or fine lady that ever lived. Green Mountain's dam was 

 not a handsome mare, but it seemed to be a good cross. I have seen Green 

 Mountain and old Gifford ridden up and down in front of a regi- 

 ment by the colonel and adjutant at our old-fashioned musters, when every 

 soldier in line would swing his hat and yell at the top of his voice ; and don't 

 you believe those two horses enjoyed it. The old Morgans of Vermont were 

 a noble race of horses, proud, courageous, good war horses and genteel for 

 the wealthy as carriage horses. I came West 35 years ago ". 



ABDAMED ALLEN 



Bay ; foaled 1869 ; bred by William Bateman, Du Page Co., 111. ; got by 

 Woodward's Ethan Allen, son of Ethan Allen : dam Fan Bateman, said to be 

 byGlencoe. Owned by John Line, La Porte, Ind.,whose property he died, 1887. 



Races won, 26. Races lost, 44. Total races, 70. 



MAGNET (COL ETHAN ALLEN) ' 



Bay, with stripe in face and white hind feet, iS/4 hands, 1000 pounds ; 

 foaled 1867 ; bred by Geo. N. Stearns, Blackberry, 111.; got by Woodward's 

 Ethan Allen, son of Ethan Allen : dam Nellie, bay, bred by B. F. Stearns, 

 Ellisburgh, N. Y., got by Clark's Consternation, son of imported Conster- 

 nation ; 2d dam. chestnut, said to be of Duroc blood. Sold to J. B. Howe, 

 Batavia, 111., 1863; to Morgan Horse Co., Dundee, 111., 1888. 



