686 THE MORGAN HORSE 



Barnard, Springfield, Vt. ; got by Gifford Morgan : dam bred by Henry Barn- 

 ard, got by Merry Momus, a horse kept at Springfield, Vt., by Henry Barn- 

 ard, 1837 to 1840. Taken by a Mr. Whitcomb, about 1850, to Kalamazoo, 

 Mich., where he was bought by N. A. and Samuel Balch, and kept at Kal- 

 amazoo and Schoolcraft, Mich., a number of years. A small, sprightly horse ; 

 had lost one eye. 



GIFFORD MORGAN (DAVIS', NAT) 



Dark chestnut, 15^ hands, 1.025 pounds; foaled June 23, 1845 ; bred 

 by Nathaniel Richmond, Barnard, Vt. ; got by Gifford Morgan : dam black, 

 strong-built, with heavy mane and tail, and a fine roadster, bred by Enoch 

 Ellis, Royalton, Vt., got by Cowdry's Young Bulrush Morgan, son of Bul- 

 rush Morgan ; 2d dam said to be French. Sold to Isaac D. Davis, Barnard, 

 Vt., spring of 1848, whose property he died 1870. A horse of great courage, 

 spirit and endurance, not as stylish as his sire, but a good roadster. His 

 colts had good feet and limbs, were fine roadsters and had great endurance. 



LITTLE PUTNAM (BILLY RIX MORGAN) 



Chestnut, 14^2 hands, about 900 pounds ; foaled August, 1845 ; bred by 

 D. S. Putnam, Bethel, Vt. ; got by Gifford Morgan : dam a fast trotting mare 

 bought by D. S. Putnam of Geo. W. Cheney, Salem, Mass., 1841, said to 

 have been bred at Littleton, N. H., and got by Sherman Morgan. Sold to 

 Norman Putnam, 1846 ; to John Robertson; to Mathew Rix, who took him, 

 about 1855, to Bloomington, 111., where he stood for some years, and left 

 much good stock. 



Sires from Daughters : Chicago Volunteer, 4; Diamond Volunteer, i. 



YOUNG GIFFORD (RIFORD'S) 



Foaled about 1850 ; bred by Royal Orcutt, Randolph, Vt. ; got by Little 

 Putnam, son of Gifford Morgan : dam bred by Royal Orcutt, got by Wood- 

 bury Morgan. Sold ; when four months old, to Otis and Samuel Riford, 

 Braintree, Vt., who sold him, about 1860, when he went to the war. After- 

 wards kept at Lowell, Mass. While owned by the Rifords he got many good 

 colts. 



MORGAN EAGLE (RIFORD'S, ED CONGDON HORSE) 



Light chestnut, 15 hands, 1050 pounds; foaled June 6, 1858; bred by 

 O. & S. Riford, West Randolph, Vt. ; got by Young Gifford, son of Little 

 Putnam, by Gifford Morgan : dam chestnut, bred by Calvin Bucknam, Bethel, 

 Vt., got by Gen. Hibbard, son of Woodbury Morgan ; 2d dam chestnut, bred 

 by Calvin Bucknam, got by Woodbury Morgan. Sold to Almon Buttles, 

 1860; to James E. Post, Rutland, Vt., for $800, 1861 ; to Edwin Congdon, 

 Clarendon, Vt., 1861 ; to parties probably in New York State, 1865. Dis- 

 position mild ; appearance fine ; action easy and graceful ; stock excellent. 



ED BROWN HORSE 



Light chestnut or sorrel with light-colored mane and tail, 900 pounds ; 

 foaled about 1865 \ bred by Nathan C. Fassett, Clarendon (afterwards of 

 Wallingford,Vt.) ; got by Riford's Morgan Eagle, son of Young Gifford: 



