748 



THE MORGAN HORSE 



got by Fowler's Brandywine, son of Cobb's Brandywine : dam said to 

 be by Whalebone, son of Sherman Morgan. Sold to S. H. Keene, Hebron, Me., 

 1863 ; to Mr. Jenkins; toE. Coding, Jay Bridge, Me., 1866; Ephraim Childs, 

 Canton, Me., half interest, 1867; Daniel Hanscom, Hallowell, Me., whole 

 interest. Gelded, 1869. 



BRANDYWINE (MURRAY'S) 



Brown, 15^ hands; bred by Benjamin P. Bean, Jay Bridge, Me.; got 

 by Coding's Brandywine, son of fowler's Brandywine : dam gray. Sold to 

 Wm. Monroe, Boston ; to W. H. H. Murray, who kept him at his farm, 

 Guilford, Conn. The "Turf, Field and Farm" said of him : "He is a horse 

 of wonderful speed, capable of trotting in 2 -.25 or better". 



ORPHAN BOY 



Chestnut, about 15^ hands; foaled 1856; bred by Sumner Hayford, 

 Hartford, Me. ; got by Cobb's Brandywine, son of Brandywine : dam a mare 

 that took ist premium as breeding mare at Maine State fair, 1860, said to be 

 Morgan. Sold to Otis Holt, Turner, Me., 1860 ; to a resident of Chesterville, 

 Me. Sire of the gray trotting mare, Lady Burleigh, sold, 1873, to R. H. 

 Dunlap, Boston, for $2700. 



JEAN BAPTISTE 



Brown, one white hind heel, 15 hands, noo pounds ; foaled about 1846 ; 

 bred by Felix Boudreau, St. Gre"goire, P. Q., said to be by Brandywine, 

 which see. Sold to Chas. Hough, Quebec ; Mr. Sweat, Portland, Me. ; to a 

 butcher at Portland ; to his breeder and taken back to St. Gregoire. John 

 Harkness, Sherbrooke, Can., says : " Regular Morgan build, a stayer and 

 could trot in 2 140 ". Mr. Hough, Quebec, son of Chas. Hough, says : "He 

 was a very stylish horse and a fast trotter. Mr. Boudreau, his breeder, told me 

 that he was got by a Morgan horse that came from the States. He lived many 

 years, and got a great deal of stock that sold at from $200 to $3000 each ". 



Races won, 8. Races lost, 16. Total races, 24. 



BOSQUET HORSE 



Dark bay, about 155^ hands, 1050 pounds ; foaled about 1826. Owned by 

 M. Bosquet, St. Dennis, afterward St. Cesaire, P. Q., and said to be of Mor- 

 gan origin. A horse of great celebrity in the part of Canada where he was 

 owned. He was lengthy, rangy and had great style. Mr. John McGuire, a 

 very well-known and intelligent horseman of St. Cesaire, says : " Bosquet got 



