750 



THE MORGAN HORSE 



Dr. Horatio W. Heath, Groton, Vt. ; got by Peck's Young Papineau, son 

 of Papineau : dam Peg, bay, about 1000 pounds, a favorite mare with Dr. 

 Heath and his family, and a very famous roadster, called " the best mare in 

 those parts", said to be by Sherman Morgan. Sold, spring of 1842, to Alden 

 G. Heath, Topsham,Vt., who, spring of 1843, sold to Erastus Baldwin of Wells 

 River, Vt. Mr. Baldwin sold him, same spring, to David M. Taggart, 

 Goffstown, N. H., whose property he died, 1861. It had long been supposed 

 that Farmer's Beauty was a son of .Gifford Morgan. In the winter of 1886-87 

 we employed Allen W. Thomson to examine this pedigree for us, which he 

 did, bringing out the fact that he was got by Young Papineau. Our further 

 investigations have brought to light additional facts. We append two letters 

 from A. M. Heath of Groton,Vt., son of Dr. H. W. Heath, breeder of Farmer's 

 Beauty, the first dated July 21, 1888, and forwarded to us by Mr. I. N. Hall : 



" I am a son of H. W. Heath. When a boy, my father owned a very 

 noted mare named Peg. A neighbor, J. J. Peck, owned a two-year-old Pa- 

 pineau stallion out of the Tucker mare by One-Eyed Morgan. I overheard 

 a conversation between my father and Peck, and Peck told my father that a 

 colt from father's mare and his colt would unite the four great strains of the 

 Morgan blood. They traded and the result was Beauty ". The second 

 was written on the back of a list of questions which we sent to Mr. 

 Heath June 26, 1889: "The dam of Beauty I find was a Sherman Mor- 

 gan. His sire was Young Papineau. Old Papineau was a very beau- 

 tiful horse. Young Papineau was from the celebrated Tucker mare as 

 I have already stated, full-blooded Morgan. Young Papineau was two years 

 old when he sired Beauty, and he died in a few months after. He only sired 

 three colts. Old Papineau was a beautiful dapple gray. Young Papineau was 

 dark dapple bay ". 



Farmer's Beauty is described by those who knew him as very intelli- 

 gent, a fine roadster and parade horse, and a superior stock-getter. 



Races won, 3. Races lost, 6. Total races, 9. 



ABDALLAH (TAGGART'S) 2 : 36 



Bay, 15^ hands, 1000 pounds; foaled July 9, 1859; bred by David M. 

 Taggart, Goffstown, N. H. : got by Farmer's Beauty, son of Young Papineau : 

 dam Lady Mac, chestnut, about 15^ hands, 950 pounds, bred by Daniel 

 Bray, at or near Keyport, N. J., got by Abdallah, son of Mambrino ; 2d dam 

 said to be by Clarion, throughbred son of Monmouth Eclipse. (This 

 dam was bought by John Doty, New York city, who furnishes her pedigree, 

 and is traced from him to Mr. Taggart. Dr. Conover, her hitherto reputed 

 breeder, writes that he never bred any foal by Abdallah, and never owned but 



