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THE MORGAN HORSE 



MORRILL CHARLES (COLBY'S) 



Seal brown, 15^ hands, 1270 pounds; foaled June 26, 1877 ; bred by 

 Henry A. Bridgman, Elida, 111. ; got by Mountain Chief, son of Merrill : dam 

 black, bred by Henry A. Bridgman, got by a horse said to be a son of Black 

 Hawk. Sold to Craig Bros. ; Robert Schimerhorn, Cherry Valley, 111. ; N. S. 

 Colby, McHenry, 111. 



VERMONT REINDEER 2 : 55 



Black with snip, 15 hands; bred by Dr. Blood, Newbury, Vt. ; got by 

 Morrill : dam black, 15^ hands, bred by Dr. Blood, who gave half in- 

 terest to E. H. Oilman to raise her until four, got by Black Hawk, son of 

 Sherman Morgan; 2d dam, dam of Black Hawk (Blood's), which see. 

 Burned at Montpelier, Vt., when five, while in charge of E. H. Oilman. 



REINDEER 



Black with small star and snip, 14^ hands, 900 pounds ; foaled 1862 ; 

 bred by E. H. Oilman, Montpelier, Vt. ; got by Vermont Reindeer, son of 

 Morrill: dam sorrel, 14^ hands, bred by H. S. Boutwell, Montpelier, Vt., 

 got by a very fast pacing horse of unknown breeding; 2d dam dark chest- 

 nut, 15 hands, said to be by Woodbury Morgan. Owned and kept at Mont- 

 pelier,Vt., until 1883, which season he stood at Woodsville, N. H. In 1885 

 he became the property of Dr. E. G. Hooker, Waterbury, Vt., and, 1887, 

 of D. A. Gray. F. A. Castle, Underbill, Vt., writes : " He could show a full 

 mile on a half-mile track in less than 2 140. His stride when speeding was 22 

 feet, but not a heavy or logy gait. The Reindeer horses are a race of great 

 nerve and courage ". 



Races won, 10. Races lost, 19. Total races, 29. 

 Dam of Lucy P. 2 127^. 



METACOMET (TUFTS HORSE) 



Black with one white hind foot, 15^ hands, u 60 pounds; bred by 

 Nathan Paige, Danville, Vt. ; got by Morrill : dam black, bred by Nathan 

 Paige, got by NewelPs Gray, son of Sherman Morgan ; 2cl dam buckskin, 

 said to be by Sherman Morgan. Sold to French Morrill, Danville, Vt. ; to 

 E. P. Tufts, East Cambridge, Mass., and kept one or two seasons in Mid- 

 dlesex Co., Mass. ; to Carpenter, Woodward & Martin, Boston, Mass. ; 

 to S. W. Wilson, Deering, Me., where he was kept several seasons, then sold 

 at low price, and gelded. Trotted fast, and sold once for $3000. 



WINTHROP MORRILL JR 2 : 27 



Black, 15^ hands, about 1000 pounds; foaled 1864; bred by Nath- 

 aniel Gould, Camden, Me. ; got by Metacomet, son of Morrill : dam 



