DESCENDANTS OF WOODBURY MORGAN 723 



DEFIANCE (MOODY HORSE) 



Chestnut, 15^ hands, uoo pounds ; foaled 1855; bred by John Moody, 

 Bethel, Vt. ; got by Green Mountain Morgan : dam sorrel, bred by John 

 Moody, got by Gen. Hibbard, son of Woodbury Morgan ; 2d dam black, about 

 1 6 hands, taken from Boston, Mass., to Bethel, Vt., by Calvin Morse, and 

 called a Sherman Morgan. Sold to Edwin Morse, Bethel, Vt. ; to John Rob- 

 inson ; to S. F. Coy, Bethel, Vt. ; then went West. Could trot in about 

 3 :oo and was very noted as a roadster. Received ist premium, 1857 and 1859, 

 at Windsor county (Vt.) fair. Appearance, action and disposition fine. 



MAJOR DOWNING (WHITNEY HORSE) 



Dark bay, i4^4 hands, 986 pounds; foaled May, 1855 ; bred by S. F. 

 Whitney, Newfane, Vt. ; got by Green Mountain Morgan : dam, dam of 

 Green Mountain Tiger (Miller's), which see. Owned by breeder until 1884. 

 S. F. Whitney writes : " He was a stylish horse and got many colts. At the 

 Valley fair, Charlestown, N. H., he took ist premium, competing with 30 

 stallions. Received 17 premiums in Windham county on trotting and as a 



stock horse". 



RUTLAND MORGAN 



Chestnut with star and snip, 15^ hands, uoo pounds; foaled May 15, 

 1855; bred by Austin Smith, Addison, Vt. ; got by Green Mountain Mor- 

 gan : dam bred by Austin Smith, got by Black Hawk. Sold to Leonard Utley, 

 Pontiac, 111., 1858; to J. M. Furman, Woodstock, Vt. ; to Geo. H. Cole; 

 a part interest to Abell Bros., Orwell, Yt. Kept at Rutland and vicinity, 

 1 860-6 1 ; Bloomfield, Victor and Canandaigua, N. Y., 1862-63-64; Ludlow 

 and Chester, Vt., 1865-66; Orwell, Vt., 1867-68-69; Chester, Vt., 1870; 

 Bloomfield and Victor, N. Y., 1871, and died at Bloomfield, 1872. He was 

 a great roadster, and got some stylish drivers. 



MONROE MORGAN 



Dark chestnut with white hind heel, 16 hands, 1300 pounds; foaled 

 1865 ; bred by Jacob and J. S. Wells, Monroe Co., N.Y. ;gotby Rutland Mor- 

 gan, son of Green Mountain Morgan : dam said to be by Bathgate's Norman. 

 Sold to Underwood & Rackham, Middlesex, N. Y., 1874; Charles Brig- 

 lin, Steuben, N. Y., 1881. Died 1882. A prompt, stylish driver, well-formed 

 and quite fast. He and his get received many premiums. 



Sire of dam of Billy Burton 2 127. 



Sire of second dam of Gipsy Boy 2 -.28. 



NESHOBE 



Dark chestnut with stripe in face and white foot, 15^ hands, 1050 

 pounds; foaled about 1871 ; bred by H. A. Sumner, Brandon, Vt. ; got by 

 Rutland Morgan, son of Green Mountain Morgan : dam bay, bred by H. A. 

 Sumner, got by Morgan Hunter ; 2d dam said to be by Hubbard Horse, son 

 of Gifford Morgan ; and 3d dam by Gifford Morgan. Sold to Louis Hope, 

 Middlebury, Vt. ; Capt. Cuthel of Colorado ; Albert Matthews, Colorado 

 Springs. 



