742 THE MORGAN HORSE 



JACK (GODFREY HORSE) 



Dark dapple bay with black points, about 15 hands, 1050 pounds ; foaled 

 about 1833; bred by Lowell Cleveland, East Constable, N. Y. ; got by Bill 

 Morgan, son of Gillett Horse : dam old Pat, dapple bay, black points, 1150 

 pounds, a fast traveler, bred by Lowell Cleveland, got by Swiftsure ; 2d dam 

 Black Gin, a fast trotting mare brought from New Hampshire to Constable, 

 N. Y., by Lowell Cleveland, said to be by Justin Morgan. Sold, 184-, 

 to James Godfrey, Hyde Park, Vt., where he remained many years. Mr. 

 Godfrey removed to Enfield, N.- H., taking the horse with him, and sold 

 him, about 1860, to George W. Cleveland, son of Lowell Cleveland, who 

 took him back to Constable, N. Y. A fine parade horse ; get very stylish 

 and enduring. 



VETO (WILLIAM SMITH HORSE) 



Dappled bay, one white hind foot, 15^ hands, 1050 pounds; foaled 

 184-; bred by John McCarthy, Burke, N. Y. ; got by Jack, son of Bill Mor- 

 gan : dam chestnut with narrow stripe in face, about 1050 pounds, very styl- 

 ish, sold, when two, to Asa Kingsbury, Plainfield, N. H., by Lowell Cleveland, 

 Constable, N. Y. ; then sold to John Roberts, stage driver, Chateaugay, N. Y. ; 

 to Hugh Bennett, Burke, N. Y. ; to J. McCarthy ; said to be by Green 

 Mountain Morgan. Sold to Bidgood and John McCoy, for $500, 1851 ; to 

 William Smith, Westville, N. Y., who owned him many years in New York 

 State, and finally, moving West, took the horse with him. Kept in Clinton 

 county, 1851 to 1856, and a while at West Constable, N. Y. He also stood 

 in Canada West. He was a very handsome and stylish horse, but short- 

 gaited ; could trot in about 3 130 to road wagon. Got good stock. C. H. 

 Coonly, Chateaugay, N. Y., writes : "Veto was the best horse in his day that 

 was in this part of the country for appearance and stock". 



W. H. Harwood, M. D., of Chasm Falls, N. Y., to whom we are largely 

 indebted for information on the renowned family of Veto Morgans, says : 

 " Never has there been a family of horses more intensely inbred to the Mor- 

 gan strain than the Vetoes. And never did horses show the characteristics 

 of the family more than they. Scattered in various parts of the Union and 

 in Canada, they are becoming more and more appreciated. The family is 

 owned and prized in various parts of New England, as well as in the Middle 

 and Western States ". 



Sire of dams of Cyclone 2 :3O and Florence S. 2 :25%. 



VETO (CLEVELAND'S, YOUNG VETO, BEMAN HORSE, GRAY- 

 SIDED VETO) 



Foaled 1851 ; bred by George W. Cleveland, Constable, N. Y. ; got by 

 Smith's Veto, son of Jack, by Bill Morgan : dam old Pat, dam of Jack, which 

 see. Sold to Nathan Beman, Chateaugay, N. Y., who sold a few years later 

 to Mr. Packard of St. Lawrence county, N. Y. 



VETO (AUBREY'S) 



Bay, about 1200 pounds; foaled 1860; bred by Nicholas Aubrey, Con- 

 stable, N. Y. ; got by Young Veto (Cleveland Veto), son of Smith's Veto: 



