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THE MORGAN HORSE 



Milwaukee, Wis., and sold, July, 1855, to T- C. Smith, Columbus, Wis., 

 whose property he died, June 2, 1858. Could trot untrained in about 3 :oo, 

 and was a very good stock horse. 



Races won, 4. Races lost, n. Total races, 15. 

 Second dam of Minnie C. 2:25%. 



MORGAN PRINCE (GRAVES') 



Bay with small star and one white hind foot, 15 hands, noo pounds; 

 foaled June 3, 1858 ; bred by R. T. Graves, Randolph, Wis. ; got by Smith's 

 Vermont Morgan, son of Green Mountain Morgan : dam dark bay, foaled 

 1849, in Franklin, Vt., bought at Richmond, Vt., January, 1856, and taken, 

 same winter, to Wisconsin by R. T. Graves, said to be by Royal Morgan, son 

 of Sherman Morgan; and 2d dam by Woodbury Morgan. R. T. Graves 

 writes : " I commenced using Morgan Prince in the stud when four, and used 

 him extensively for 19 years in Columbia and Dodge counties, Wis., until 

 1869; after that until his death, January, 1881, at Ripon, Wis. He sired 

 over 700 colts ; was never trained or fitted, but trotted in 3 :oo. Was a per- 

 fect type of a Morgan horse, very stylish, good action and the very best of 

 disposition. Left hundreds of good roadsters, many of which have found 

 their way to eastern cities ". 



MARVIN HORSE (MARVIN'S MORGAN) 



Brown or black, 15^ hands, 1200 pounds; foaled 1863 ; bred by 

 George Marvin, Randolph, Wis.; got by Morgan Prince, son of Smith's Ver- 

 mont Morgan, by Green Mountain Morgan : dam dark chestnut, foaled 1858, 

 bred by George Marvin, Randolph, Wis., got by Sir Henry, a red bay horse 

 taken to Wisconsin from Ticonderoga, N. Y., by Mr. Goodrich ; 2d dam 

 chestnut, said to be by a Morgan horse. Taken to Minnesota, 1870, by 

 Mr. Hammond. A .thick-set, hardy, fine-appearing horse, spirited but kind, 

 and left much fine stock. 



FLYING MORGAN (GURLEY'S) 



Black with star, 15 hands, noo pounds; foaled 1867 ; bred by N. Pray, 

 Randolph, Wis. ; got by Marvin Horse, son of Morgan Prince : dam Trifle, 

 bay, bred by Clark Smith, Fall River, Wis., got by Smith's Vermont Morgan, 

 son of Green Mountain Morgan. Taken, when a colt, to Blue Earth, Minn. 

 Afterwards owned by Dr. H. F. Harlon and Capt. Gay; and, 1888, by G. H. 

 Gurley, Pipestone, Minn. Stylish and kind. 



MORGAN MAJOR 



Bay roan, 14% hands, 850 pounds; foaled May 22, 1865 ; bred by R. 

 T. Graves, Ripon,Wis. ; got by Morgan Prince, son of Smith's Vermont Mor- 



