6i6 THE MORGAN HORSE 



farm. The Emperor, Currier Horse and Jackman Colt I consider as valu- 

 able stock horses as have ever lived in Vermont or New Hampshire. Dam 

 of the Currier Horse was one of the most remarkable mares on the road be- 

 tween Burlington and Boston. Richard Currier, my father, began keeping 

 an inn in Enfield, N. H., over 80 years ago. He kept it 50 years. Cur- 

 rier's tavern was well known by the traveling public before the days of rail- 

 roads. He, like myself, was a great admirer of good horses, and to find 

 them thought it necessary to go to Vermont, and was fortunate in getting 

 one very fine gray horse of William Connor of Williamstown, Vt., and looked 

 some time to find a mate, and finally purchased a fine mare of Nathan Blake 

 of Corinth, Vt. These were as good a pair as there was between Montpelier 

 and Boston. I have owned a great many horses, having from 3o to 90 some 

 years, of different kinds, and from many States, but for general purpose 

 horses, hitched to the carriage or plow, I have never yet seen the equal, all 

 things considered, of the Morgan horse. For doing two days' work in one, 

 living to old age and keeping sound, they have no superiors. Of the three 

 old noted horses, viz. : Woodbury, Bulrush and Sherman, their stock varied ; 

 under the saddle, the Woodburys rather excelled, but in harness I should 

 prefer the Sherman or Bulrush. The Bulrush had extraordinary strong and 

 lasting feet, and in my judgment were faster trotters than either the Wood 

 burys or Shermans". 



JACKMAN COLT 



Dark bay, i^/4 hands, 1050 pounds; foaled 1858; bred by Charles 

 Jackman, Enfield, N. H. ; got by the Currier Horse, son of Morgan Emperor : 

 dam bay, said to be by Bulrush Morgan. Sold, 1860, to J. G. Currier, and 

 died his property, 1878. 



WILMOT HORSE 



Bay, i6y 2 hands, 1387 pounds; foaled June i, 1877; bred by E. F. 

 Wilmot & Son, Pompanoosuc, Vt. ; got by Jackman colt, son of the Currier 

 Horse : dam bay, bred by Warren Blake, Haverhill, N. H., got by Wells 

 Horse, son of Morrill ; 2d dam bay, 1200 pounds, a fine-built mare of Mor- 

 gan pattern, breeding unknown. Owned by breeder. Stock reported good. 



MORGAN EMPEROR 2D 



Dark bay, 15 hands, 1075 pounds; foaled 1849; bred by Josiah White, 

 Petersham, Mass. ; got by Morgan Emperor, son of Bulrush Morgan ; dam said 

 to be by Sherman Morgan. Sold to Harrson Bacon, Barre, Mass. ; to George 

 Benedict, Verona, N. Y., who kept him two or three season with Pathfinder, 

 at Verona. Linsley says : " Strong, well-formed, fine-moving horse. In 1855 

 took two premiums, one at the United States fair in Boston and one at 

 Worcester, Mass ". 



MARTIN HORSE 



Bay with snip and two white feet, heavy mane and tail, about 15^ 

 hands, noo pounds; said to be by Morgan Emperor, son of Bulrush Mor- 

 gan : and dam bay with stripe in face and three white feet, by Frink 



