670 . THE MORGAN HORSE 



Durkee, Alden, N. Y. ; got by Wheelock Morgan, son of Putnam" Mor- 

 gan : dam chestnut, foaled 1845, bought of George S. Lee, August 10, 1850, 

 and said in the bill of sale to be by Gifford Morgan. Owned by George B. 

 .& Charles L. Durkee, Alden, N. Y., who sold, 1865, to Harvey Durkee, 

 Kenosha, Wis., where he died, 1874 or '75. He could trot in 3 :oo, and his 

 get commanded high prices. 



CHITTENDEN COUNTY MORGAN 



Chestnut with stripe in face and off hind foot white, silver mane and 

 tail, 15 hands, 1000 pounds ; foaled 1843 ; bred by Oila Thompson, Jericho, 

 Vt. ; got by Putnam Morgan, son of Woodbury Morgan : dam dark bay, thick- 

 set with small head, about noo pounds, a very fine animal, bred by Charles 

 Hubbell of eastern Vermont (later of Jericho, Vt.), got by Bulrush Morgan : 

 2d dam said to be by Justin Morgan. Sold to Martin Messenger, about 1844 ; 

 to Loren Whitcomb ; Julius Halbert, Essex, Vt. ; Samuel T. Wilcox, Essex, 

 Vt., 1847; Joseph Downer, Keene, N. Y., about 1853; to some one in 

 Rhode Island, where he was used as a truck horse ; to Ferdinand Beach, 

 Jericho, Vt., who brought him back to Chittenden county, Vt., and kept him 

 there several years ; to H. Benson, North Duxbury, Vt., who owned him, 

 1858. Not fast, but a good horse, and many of his colts showed speed. 



COMET (GOFF'S, MORGAN COMET) 



Dark chestnut, 15^ hands, 1240 pounds; foaled 1849; bred by A. 

 Dwinell, Hyde Park, Vt. ; got by Chittenden County Morgan, son of Putnam 

 Morgan : dam bred by Heman Allen, Highgate, Vt., got by Putnam Morgan, 

 son of Woodbury Morgan ; 2d dam, dam of Young Comet (Smalley & 

 Adams Horse), which see. Taken from Vermont to Aurora, Ind., June, 

 1852, where he was owned by T. & J. W. Goff, who sold, 1854, to Snyder, 

 Jenkins & Mosby, Petersburgh, Ky., and they, 1856, to Jones & Hardesty, 

 Eminence, Ky. Kept seasons of 1 860-61 at Pleasant, Ind., in charge of Al- 

 fred Glenn; returned, August, 1861, to Eminence, Ky., where he died 

 about 1867. 



Alfred Glenn, Latona, 111., writes : " He was a very dark chestnut, with 

 a few white hairs in forehead, mane long enough to look well, but light, a 

 heavy tail ; was on short legs ; had a heavy body ; carried his head way up, and 

 one of the finest heads I have ever seen in every particular ; a fine ear, wide 

 between the eyes ; a good eye, with the finest expression you could imagine ; 

 good throat-latch, neck of medium length with a very heavy crest, a good 

 shoulder, back a little long, ribbed out round, a good hip and hind leg. I 

 have seen many show horses, but I never saw a finer one to look at than 

 Comet". 



J. C. Jenkins, Petersburgh, Ky., writes : " He was distinguished as one 

 of the best sires ever in this part of Kentucky, his colts being very fine. He 

 was perfect in disposition, anybody could drive him ; was a bold mover, a 

 fine looker, and could trot very fast for those days. His colts were very val- 

 uable for all purposes, and were really the beginning of the improvement of 



