678 THE MORGAN HORSE 



mium at Windsor county (Vt.) fair, and New York State fair, 1849. Linsley 

 says : " Action fine and a sharp goer ". 



GRAY HAWK (JENNING'S) 



Gray, 15^ hands, 1025 pounds; foaled 1851 ; bred by William Gibbs, 

 Sudbury, Vt. ; got by Gray Hawk, son of Morgan Tally Ho : dam chestnut, 

 said to be by Black Hawk. Taken to Mutual, O., by C. B. Jennings, and 

 afterwards went to southern Illinois. C. B. Jennings writes : " He was the 

 fastest horse I ever sat behind ; was never trained, but I have often paced him 

 a quarter in 32 to 35 seconds, and fully believe if he had been tracked he 

 could have pulled a wagon better than 2:15". 



WINSLOW HORSE (MACK, GRAY EAGLE) 



Dark gray with one eye out, 15^ hands, 1300 pounds; foaled 1851 ; 

 bred by S. E. Munger, Woodstock, Vt. ; got by Gray Hawk, son of Morgan 

 Tally Ho: dam brown, 1000 pounds, foaled about 1846, bred by Paul 

 Crowell, Barnard, Vt., got by Robert Perry Horse, said to be a circus horse ; 

 2d dam said to be by the Danforth Davis Horse, son of Gifford Morgan. 

 Given, when a colt, to Salmon Edson, Brookfield, Vt., who sold, fall of 1858, 

 to Gardner Winslow, South Pomfret, Vt. Sold and went to Providence, R. 

 I., 1862. Mr. Winslow writes : "A rapid walker, strong, docile. He raced 

 a few times ; went in 2 141, beating seven others on the Woodstock Trot- 

 ting Park, among which were Romeo (Chester Pike Horse) and Flying 

 Cloud (Col. Davis Horse) ; then at White River Park in 2 142, winning two 

 out of the three heats. His colts were large, many gray ones, never saw 

 an unsound one ". 



BEN 



Golden sorrel with star and white hind feet, 15^ hands, 1250 pounds; 

 bred by John McClure, Ridgefield, 111. ; got by Frink & Walker's Gray Hawk 

 son of Morgan Tally Ho : dam said to be Morgan. Sold to William Hill, 

 Crystal Lake, 111. Afterward owned by Asa Burbank, who took him to 

 Kansas, about 1871. He left some good stock in Illinois. 



QUICKSILVER MORGAN 



Bay, 1 200 pounds ; foaled about 1846 ; bred by Sylvester Randall, Wood- 

 stock, Vt. ; got by Morgan Tally Ho, son of Woodbury Morgan. Sold, 1856, 

 to Fulton Brown, who took him to Watertown, N. Y. 



Sire of the dam of Frank Munson 2 :25, winner of 27 races and fifty-race trotter. 



JEAN BAPTISTE 



Gray, 16 hands, 1 100 pounds ; foaled 1859 ; bred by J. H. Ford, Brushy 

 Fork, 111. ; got by Morgan Tally Ho, son of Woodbury Morgan : dam bay, 

 bred by Gov. Wm. Vance, Darbyville, O., got by Joe Gales, thoroughbred 

 son of Marlborough ; 2d dam bred by Henry Ayers, Darbyville, O., got by 

 Saltram. Kept, till 1864, at Indianapolis, Ind. ; owned at different times by 



