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cross, the same as his sire, from having different managers. Woodbury and 

 Putnam Morgan were very much alike in all particulars ; they would bear 

 any amount of kindness but no abuse. They were both trotters, and, if trained, 

 would have trotted better than three minutes". The Putnam Horse has been 

 described by another correspondent as a good, square-looking horse, rather 

 thick-set, not very tall but very high on the withers. 



Sire of dam of Royal John 2 '.26%. 



MORGAN BELLFOUNDER (BELLFOUNDER MORGAN) 

 Dark chestnut with small star, silver mane and tail, 16 hands, 1250 

 pounds ; foaled June, 1836 ; bred by Alfred B. Allen, Colchester, Vt. ; got by 

 Putnam Morgan, son of Woodbury Morgan: dam Kate, 165^ hands, 1200 

 pounds, foaled 1813, purchased in Quebec, P. Q., 1 8 1 5 , by Seneca Page, called 

 English. Sold to Childs & Corbin, Grand Isle Co., Vt., 1846 ; to Brown 

 & Norris, Milton, Vt., 1848 or '49; to John Q. Adams, Milton, Vt., about 

 1851, who trotted him at Montreal, P. Q., a year later. 



BELLFOUNDER MORGAN (BABCOCK'S) 



Dark chestnut, iS/4 hands, 1200 pounds; foaled about 1850; bred by 

 Job Babcock, Alburgh, Vt. ; got by Morgan Bellfounder, son of Putnam 

 Morgan. Owned by Ezra Babcock, Alburgh, Vt., and kept at Alburgh, Vt., 

 Champlain and Chazy, N. Y. He was a nimble and active horse and a good 

 roadster. 



WHEELOCK MORGAN 



Bay with star and snip, 15 hands, noo pounds; foaled 1842 ; bred by 

 John Abbott, Stockbridge, Vt. ; got by Putnam Morgan, son of Woodbury 

 Morgan : dam bay, bred by John Abbott, got by Austin Horse, 15^ hands, 

 1000 pounds, that was brought from Long Island with his dam by Deacon 

 Cleveland, and was said to be by Duroc, son of imported Diomed ; 2d dam 

 gray, bred on Long Island, said to be by Eclipse. Sold to Mr. Wheelock, 

 Royalton, Vt., about 1844; to Samuel B. Ormsbee, who took him to Fond 

 du Lac, Wis., about 1850; to J. H. Wheelock, Maysville, Wis., about 1855 ; 

 to a cousin of Mr. \Vheelock, about 1861, who took him to Illinois, where he 

 died about 1863. A well-broken, showy horse of Morgan pattern. 



ROYALTON 



Bay with star, snip and near hind foot white, 15 hands, 1060 pounds; 

 foaled June 10, 1848 ; bred by Mr. Benson, Royalton, Vt. ; got by Wheelock 

 Morgan, son of Putnam Morgan: dam bay. Sold, 1848, to Ziba Durkee, 

 Alden, N. Y., who took him to Alden, June, 1851, where he died, 1874. 

 He was kept at Kenosha, W r is., 1855. He was quite a trotter, and his colts 

 were stylish and excellent roadsters. 



TUNBRIDGE 



Chestnut with star and white hind feet, 15 hands, 985 pounds; bred 

 by Geo. S. Lee, Royalton, Vt. ; foaled June, 1851, the property of Ziba 



