672 THE MORGAN HORSE 



obtained by Mr. Taylor of a party who brought her from the East and said 

 she was a Crockett. Died, 1881, the property of W. H. Whittemore, Charles- 

 town, 111. 



Sire of dam of Estelle 2:26. 



OCTOROON 



Dark chestnut, 16 hands, 1250 pounds; bred near Lexington, Ky. ; 

 foaled 1858 ; said to be by Comet, son of Chittenden County Morgan : dam by 

 Drennon, son of Davy Crockett ; and 2d dam by Bulrush Morgan. Brought, 

 1865, from Louisville, Ky., to Guthrie, Ky., by R. P. Madison. Above pedigree 

 and description are from R. P. Madison, who writes : " I bought him at 

 Louisville, Ky., 1862 or '63, but cannot now remember the party that bred 

 him. In appearance he was large, handsome and stylish with a trappy, 

 speedy trot. His colts were uniformly a good lot and stylish road horses ". 

 From other sources we learn that Octoroon was a fine saddle and harness 

 horse, and produced excellent stock, especially for road use. Died property 

 of Miles Boon, Kentucky. 



Sire of dams of C Geneva S. 2 : 19%, ( Sir Knight 2 =23%, William M. Singer ly 2:i6V 2 . 



< Mattie H. 2:n 1 4, (Suzerain 2:29%. 



(Quinine S. 2:28%, 



YOUNG OCTOROON 



Said to be by Octoroon, son of Comet, by Chittenden County Morgan : dam 

 by old Joe Brown, son of Davy Crockett ; and 2d dam the Dr. Runyon saddle 

 mare from upper Kentucky. Owned, about 1870 and for a number of years, 

 near Trenton, Ky. He both paced, trotted and ran, winning races at each 

 gait. 



MINGO CHIEF (GOLDEN'S MINGO) 



Bred by Samuel H. Golden, Jefferson Co., Ind. ; got by Goff's Comet, 

 son of Chittenden County Morgan : dam said to be by War Eagle, son of Gray 

 Eagle. Kept at Madison, Ind., 1872-73. Taken to Baton Rouge, La., about 

 1876, by Mr. Waters, who sold him to S. Knox, whose property he died, 

 about 1882, from sharbone, a disease peculiar to the South. 



PUTNAM MORGAN JR (COWDRY'S) 



Chestnut; foaled 1851 ; bred by George Whitney, Tunbridge, Vt. ; got 

 by Putnam Morgan, son of Woodbury Morgan : dam bred by George Whit- 

 ney, got by Bulrush Morgan, son of Justin Morgan ; 2d dam bred by George 

 Whitney, got by Morgan Eagle, son of Woodbury Morgan. Bought, Oct. 7, 1853, 

 by D. W. Cowdry, South Royalton, Vt., who, Dec. 5, 1854, sold a half inter- 

 est to Epaphro Seymour, Brattleboro, Vt., and, later, the other half to James 

 McNassah, Burlington, Vt., where, as we understand, the colt went, and later 

 was sold and taken West. Mr. Cowdry writes : " He was of very good size 

 and a well-made, stylish colt ". 



GEN PUTNAM 

 Dark bay, 15 hands, 1075 pounds; foaled June, 1852; bred by Alvah 



