DESCENDANTS OF WO ODB UR Y MOR GAN 667 



GEN MEAD (BLACK H\WK FLYAWAY, YOUNG BLACK HAWK 



ECLIPSE) 2:36 



Black, 1 6 hands, 1050 pounds ; foaled 185- ; bred by J. & R. C. Johnson, 

 Bradford, Vt. ; got by Morgan Eclipse, son of Morgan Caesar : dam, dam of 

 Black Hawk Eclipse, which see. Sold to N. M. Tribon, Middleborough, 

 Mass. ; to William S. Briggs, Taunton, Mass. ; when about four, to James 

 Cole ; to Mr. Thornton, Taunton, Mass. ; to D. T. Harvey, Danville, Va., and 

 was kept several years in Person, and Caswell counties, N. C., when, it is 

 thought, he went to Illinois. Kept for some years near Taunton, Mass., by 

 Dan Mace. He was at one time called the fastest trotter in the Eastern 

 States, and was the first horse to trot in 2:27 with running mate. A power- 

 ful and very handsome horse. 



WEST HORSE 



Deep bay, 15 X hands, 975 pounds; foaled 1853; said to be by 

 Morgan Caesar, son of Woodbury Morgan. Owned by Nelson Herrin,Houl- 

 ton, Me., and kept at different places in Aroostock Co., Me. A prompt 

 driver ; stock fair. 



Races won, 8. Races lost, 24. Total races, 32. 



BABBITT HORSE 



Chestnut with small star, 15^ hands, 1000 pounds; foaled about 1830; 

 bred by Simeon Gates, Barnard, Vt. ; got by Woodbury Morgan. Sold to 

 David Woodbury, Bethel, Vt., April, 1832, for Sioo; to S. A. Babbitt, same 

 place, 1838; to J. McKinstry, Willimantic, Conn., about 1840, whose prop- 

 erty he died, 1844. Sarah Woodbury, daughter of David Woodbury, a very 

 efficient business woman and an excellent judge of a horse, said : " I always 

 thought that the Babbitt Horse had pacing blood back of him, because he 

 got many fast pacers. I remember when father brought him home. He 

 was a showy horse, and I remember how he pranced around. It was in the 

 spring with snow on the ground. We raised one fast pacer from him that 

 would be considered very fast now. Dr. Terry of East Bethel raised one 

 that would go 60 miles a day without feeling it. We had four of his colts 

 when father died, 1839 ; all would pace some. The Babbitt Horse was one of 

 the best roadsters, very tough but skittish". 



MORGAN HERO (RICE HORSE) 



Bay with star and one white hind foot, 15^ hands, uoo pounds ; foaled 

 about 1837; bred by Stephen Shepherd, Stockbridge, Vt. ; got by Babbitt 

 Horse, son of Woodbury Morgan : dam bay, bred at Royalton, Vt., said to 

 be by Gen. Hibbard, son of Woodbury Morgan. Sold to Benjamin Rice, 



