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THE MORGAN HORSE 



PARAGON (SHATTUCK'S MORGAN) 



Dark chestnut, 14^ hands, 1050 pounds; foaled 1853; bred by Dr. J. C. 

 Shattuck, Brookline, N. H. ; got by Bailey's Paragon Morgan, son of Green 

 Mountain Morgan : dam known as Bond's Trotter, or Railroad Horse, of 

 great speed and endurance, said to be of Morgan and English blood. Sold, 

 1853, to Augustus S. Shattuck, Pepperell, Mass., whose property he died, 

 1883. A very handsome horse of proud and spirited action. Received ist 

 premium at several county fairs in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. 



BAY STATE MORGAN 



Bright bay with some white on left hindfoot,i53^ hands, 1200 pounds; 

 foaled 1849; bred by Robert M. Wilson, Heath, Mass. ; got by Green 

 Mountain Morgan : dam, dam of Giant Morgan, which see. Sold to J. C. 

 Drury,Rowe, Mass., who took him to Troy, O., about 1856, and kept him there 

 until 1858 or '59 ; to C. and E. Drury, C. H. Maxfield and J. Puffenbarger, all 

 of New Boston, 111., where he died, 1864. He had fine style, very elastic 

 movement, great endurance and excellent disposition. His stock were good. 

 A horse of this name, perhaps this horse, was advertised at Vergennes, Vt., 

 by Silas Hale, 1853. John Monah an, Springfield, O., writes : "I have 

 handled stallions over 50 years. I think Bay State the best general-purpose 

 horse I ever saw. I bought many colts from him at $1000, and one at $2000, 

 big prices for those times". 



Sire from Daughter: I. J., 2. 



SIR ARCHY 



Bay, 15^3 hands, about 1150 pounds; foaled 1857; bred by Joseph 

 Lynn, Springfield, O. ; got by Bay State Morgan, son of Green Mountain 

 Morgan : dam Dart, bay, a fast quarter mare bought by Joseph Lynn in 

 Virginia, said to be by old Industry, thoroughbred; and 2d dam by Janus. 

 Sold, 1859, to J onn Monahan, Springfield, O., who sold in March, 1860, to 

 Timothy T. Jackson, Jamaica, L. I. Mr. Monahan says : " He could trot 

 better than 2 140". 



Sire from Daughter : August Belmont, I. 



YOUNG GREEN MOUNTAIN MORGAN 



Chestnut, 15^ hands, noo pounds; foaled 1849; bred, Silas Hale 

 says, in Vermont about 20 miles west of Brattleboro ; said to be by Green 

 Mountain Morgan : and dam by Bulrush Morgan. Bought by Silas Hale, 

 Royalston, Mass., for $250, who sold, September, 1853, for $1500, to a 

 company in Muscatine, la., where the horse died, 1854, after making a 

 partial season. 



Sire from Daughter : Kirkwood, 3. 



