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got the stallion from a man in Albany when a three-year-old. The said man 

 received him from his father when he moved into that town, and used him 

 to skid logs. Mr. Corbin was there at this man's farm and noticed his nerve 

 and traded a large horse for this stallion. My impression is that he was by 

 a son of Justin Morgan. Color dark or black ". 



BLAZING STAR 



Black with stripe, 15^ hands, 1050 pounds; foaled about 1814 ; bred 

 by William Bridge, Woodstock, Vt. ; said to have been got by a bay horse 

 of English or Dutch blood, which, it is quite certain, was Justin Morgan, 

 that stood at Woodstock, Vt., season of 1813 : dam black, said to be a 

 mare of English blood that was often ridden on parade. Sold, when 

 three, by Mr. Bridge, for $250. A. W. Thomson in his " Horses of Wood- 

 stock " says : " A very muscular, fine-acting horse, resembling in his style 

 and action the Morgans, as did his stock. He was often ridden at musters 

 and trainings and was taken to Canada and back. One of his sons was 

 kept for stock, owned by Sullivan Cady, a brown and not as large as his sire ". 

 A horse called Blazing Star, probably the above horse, is advertised at Hart- 

 land, Windsor and Woodstock, Vt., 1819 ; and a horse of same name, thought 

 to be a. small bay horse, was owned by Calhoun of Westford, Vt., about 1830. 



BRUTUS 

 See Chapter V. 



RAYMOND HORSE 



Gray, good size; foaled about 1818; bred by Increase Sheldon, Ben- 

 nington county, Vt. ; got by Brutus, son of Justin Morgan : dam gray. Sold 

 to Barnes Raymond, Rupert, afterward of Manchester, Vt., and died his prop- 

 erty. Dr. Warren B. Sargent, Pawlet, Vt., says : " They confounded him 

 with Northern Hamiltonian, that was in Remington's hands. A good busi- 

 ness horse and got good, coarse, strong stock, largely gray". 



HOPKINS HORSE 



Buckskin; foaled about 1821 ; bred by Jonathan Ransom, Rupert, Vt.; 

 got by Raymond Horse, son of Brutus, by Justin Morgan : dam buckskin. A 

 solid, substantial horse, but not very active ; lived to be quite old ; took 

 ist premium over Judson's Hamiltonian at Bennington county fair. Stock 

 of much endurance. 



BRUTUS (AUSTIN'S) 



Bay, about 15^ hands, 1050 pounds ; foaled about 1820 ; bred by Apol- 

 los Austin, Orwell, Vt. ; thought to be got by Brutus, son of Justin Morgan. 

 Sold, probably about 1828, to Mr. White, Milton, Vt. Mr. Sanford, Orwell, 

 Vt., born 1805, says : " Apollos Austin owned Brutus, that got very nice, 

 stylish hcrses. Brutus was a beautiful-fronted horse, and looked like a Mor- 

 gan horse ; a good horse, very fine, his stock mostly bay. He may have had 

 him five or six years ; it was before Hill had Sir Charles. I am very sure 

 he raised him ". 



