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THE MORGAN HORSE 



CHARLEY 



Bay, 14% hands, 975 pounds ; foaled May 23, 1851; bred by Calvin 

 Blodgett, Waterbury, Vt. ; got by Gifford Morgan : dam Miss Floyd, bay, 

 1000 pounds, bred by Henry Floyd, Westminster, Vt., got by Green Moun- 

 tain Morgan. Sold to C. & S. Brown, Waterbury, Vt. Linsley says : 

 " Mane and tail full and heavy ; very compact with good limbs and good 

 action. He is an excellent roadster ". 



YOUNG GIFFORD (CARRIER HORSE, GEN GIFFORD 3D) 



Chestnut with white face and three white ankles, silver mane and tail, 15 

 hands, 975 pounds; foaled about 1852 ; bred by Harry H. Woodward, South 

 Royalton, Vt. ; got by Gifford Morgan : dam said to be by Cock of the Rock, 

 son of Sherman Morgan. Sold to John Carrier, Haddam, Conn. He was a 

 horse of great docility, although very spirited. Could trot in 3 :oo. Stock 

 very good. 



DYER HORSE 



Bay, 151/2 hands, noo pounds; said to be by Gifford Morgan. Owned 

 by a Mr. Dyer. He was kept at Pomfret, Vt., and, one season, at Marshfield, 

 Vt. Sold, when eight, for $500, and went West. 



MORGAN (CLARK'S, GIFFORD MORGAN) 



Bay, 1 6 hands, 1200 pounds; foaled about 1856; bred by Mr. Keith, 

 inn-keeper, Plainfield, Vt. ; got by Dyer Horse, son of Gifford Morgan : dam 

 bred by Mr. George, Washington, Vt., got by a son of Gifford Morgan ; 2d 

 dam bred by Mr. Geoige, got by Bulrush Morgan. Sold to Lyman Clark, 

 Marshfield, Vt., 1859 ; to Mr. Buchanan, Cabot, Vt., about 1875, who traded 

 him the next year and he died soon after. A fine-looking horse. 



YELLOW JACKET 



Bay, black mane and tail, 16^ hands, 1200 pounds ; foaled June 4, 1857 ; 

 bred by William Herriott, Mahomet, 111. ; got by Buckeye Lad (formerly Buck- 

 eye Boy), said to be a son of Gifford Morgan : dam bay, bred by William Her- 

 riott, Georgetown, Ky., got by Star Davies, son of imported Sumter ; 2d dam 

 bay, bred by William Herriott, foaled i85o,got by Plato, son of Tiger Whip ; 

 3d dam black, foaled 1834, bred by William Herriott, got by Woodpecker; 

 4th dam bay, said to be by Sir Archy. Died property of breeder, 1880. 

 A very fine show horse. Received ist premium at the Illinois State fair, 

 1864, over 22 competitors. His colts also took many premiums and sold at 

 high prices. J. D. Herriott writes : " I have known some of his colts to sell 

 from $1000 to $2000, always bringing the highest prices ". 



