DESCENDANTS OF WOODBURY MORGAN 683 



by H. H. Preston, Warner, N. H. ; got by Flying Morgan, son of the Hack- 

 ett Horse : dam dark sorrel, bred by James M. Colby, Warner, N. H., got 

 by the Holmes Horse, son of the Barker Horse, by Woodbury Morgan ; 2d 

 dam sorret, bred by James M. Colby, Warner, N. H., got by the Johnson 

 Colt, son of the Barker Horse ; 3d dam a noted roadster, called Morgan, 

 Owned by breeder. Could trot in 3 :oo. 



WHEELER HORSE 



Dark chestnut, 14 hands, 950 pounds ; foaled 1844 ; bred by Mr. Mead, 

 Cornwall, Vt. ; got by the Hackett Horse, son of Gifford Morgan : dam said to 

 be by Gifford Morgan. Sold to Mr. Xash, New Haven, Vt., 1844; to Free- 

 man Wheeler, New Haven, soon after, and was taken by him to Wisconsin, 

 1864. Linsley says : "An exceedingly hardy and active horse ". 



WOODBURY 2D 



Dapple gray, 14*^ hands, 1000 pounds; foaled June 21, 1847 ; bred by 

 Luke Havens, New Haven, Vt. ; got by the Wheeler Horse, son of the Hackett 

 Horse, by Gifford Morgan : dam gray, of medium size, said to be by the 

 Hackett Horse, son of Gifford Morgan. Sold to Joshua Scott, Vergennes, Vt., 

 and afterwards owned at Whitehall, N. Y. Linsley says : " Neck long, 

 style excellent, a light, easy-stepping horse full of vigor and action ". 



MORGAN MESSENGER 



Bred by Phineas Alvord, Middlebury, Vt. ; foaled about 1850; got by 

 the Hackett Horse, son of Gifford Morgan : dam, dam of Black Eagle 

 (Davenport's), which see. Sold to Asa A. Fuller, winter of 1854, and taken to 

 Illinois. 



BARNARD MORGAN, VERMONT MORGAN AND GOLDDUST 

 See Chapter XII. 



DESCENDANTS OF GOLDDUST 

 See Chapter XXVI. 



GRANITE STATE 



Bay, 15 hands, 1000 pounds ; foaled 1853 ; bred by D. Trew, Plainfield, 

 N. H. ; got by Barnard Morgan, son of Gifford Morgan : dam bay, said to be 

 by Morgan Tally Ho, son of Woodbury Morgan. Sold to John G. Sawyer, 

 1855, who took him to Alton, 111., with his sire and a brother called Bulrush 

 Morgan; to J. C. Higgins, Bunker Hill, 111., where he was kept from 1858 

 to his death, 1886. Received ist premium at the Illinois State fair, 1858. 



J. C. Sawyer, Godfrey, 111., writes : "Granite State was always kept for 

 service ; never on the tracks except at fairs, where he received many ist pre- 

 miums. He trotted on half-mile track in 2 145. He was one of the best 

 roadsters ever shown on any track, a square trotter ; in harness he was very 

 gentle, and often driven by ladies". 



MAJOR GIFFORD (ELLIS HORSE) 

 Chestnut; foaled 1843 ; bred by Christopher Ellis, Springfield, Vt. : got 



