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THE MORGAN HORSE 



MAGNA CHARTA JR (MACOMB CHIEF JR) 



Bay ; foaled about 1864 ; bred by Edward Leach, Utica, Mich. ; got by 

 Magna Charta : dam Peggy Gordon. Sold to Perry McCommins, Rockford, 

 111., and was taken, when six, to California. 



P H BAKER 2:41 



Bay with snip and white hind ankles, 15^ hands, 1060 pounds; foaled 

 1869; bred by Peter H. Baker, Sturgis, Mich.; got by Magna Charta, son 

 of Morgan Eagle : dam black, bred at Kalamazoo, Mich., said to be by 

 Vermont Hero, son of Sherman Black Hawk ; and 2d dam by old 

 Moscow. Sold to E. G. Newhall, Sturgis, Mich. ; Dr. C. Palmiter, Lig- 

 onier, Ind. ; Dr. G. W. Coppes, Ligonier, Ind. ; to parties at Columbia City, 

 Ind. 



MAGNA CHARTA JR 



Brown; foaled 1870; bred by Peter H. Baker, Sturgis, Mich.; got by 

 Magna Charta: dam, the dam of ' P. H. Baker, which see. Sold and went 

 to Grand Rapids, Mich. Owned by David Cole, Portland, Ore. 



MAGNA CHARTA JR (SHURTZ 1 MAGNA CHARTA) 

 Bay, stripe in face and three white ankles, 15^ hands, noo pounds; 

 foaled 1870 ; bred by Jacob Jacobs, Sturgis, Mich. ; got by Magna Charta : 

 dam bay, about 1200 pounds, bred by Mr. Jacobs, got by Swan's Red Bird, 

 son of Blanchard's Morgan ; 2d dam said to be by a Messenger stallion owned 

 in Michigan. Sold to Daniel Shurtz, White Pigeon, Mich., 1871, who kept him 

 several seasons at White Pigeon ; to Charles R. Shurtz, Osage, la. ; to some party 

 in Minnesota. William Wisgard, White Pigeon, Mich., writes: "His ap- 

 pearance was very fine, carriage lofty, action, when trotting, fine. He moved 

 with great resolution, was high strung, but very kind. Stock very fine. I 

 sold his first colt, when two years old, for $500". 



Sire of dam of Silver Cloud 2:22%. 



MAGNA CHIEF 



Dark chestnut with star and snip, i5 3 / hands, 1150 pounds; foaled 

 1872 ; bred by B. J. Williams, Whitewater, Wis. ; got by Magna Charta Jr., 

 son of Magna Charta : dam Tabby, dark brown, bought by Mr. Williams of 

 Melvin Gibson, Mukwanago, Wis., said to be a Morrill mare ; and 2d dam 

 thoroughbred. Half interest sold to C. W. Phillips, Delevan, Wis., 1874. 

 After Mr. Phillips' death the horse was sold to W. A. Marlow of Nebraska, 

 from whom he was purchased by Mr. Stratton, Wahoo, Neb., who owned him 

 10 years and sold to C. D. Talmade, Lincoln, Neb., whose property he died, 

 December, 1889. He was a very excellent horse. 



