756 THE MORGAN HORSE 



YOUNG BRUTUS 



Dark bay; foaled 1825 ; said to be by old Brutus, " well-known for 

 speed and bottom " : and dam by old Enterprise, " for many years the most 

 celebrated horse in this part of the country". Advertised, 1829, by 

 Premier Stearns, Panton, Addison county, \ 7 t. 



GORDON HORSE 



Dark bay, 1400 pounds, " low and heavy built " ; bred by Joseph Gor- 

 don, Danville, Vt. ; got by Justin Morgan : dam Doll, sorrel, brought from 

 Canada and said to be French. Taken to Boston, Mass., by John Stearns, 

 sold there and used as a working horse. This information is from Solomon 

 Langmaid, born at Danville, Vt., February, 1796, and living at Newton, la. 

 (where he moved from Danville, 1855), January, 1890. Mr. Langmaid also de- 

 scribes two geldings got by Justin Morgan and considered very valuable, "one 

 a dark brown, not quite black, should think he would weigh 1200 or 1500 

 pounds, bred by a Mr. Bickford, who kept him and wore him out ; and the 

 other bay with head well up, a smart horse, about 1200, owned all his life by 

 a Mr. Brooks". 



RANDOLPH HORSE 



Bay, 1 200 pounds; said to be by Justin Morgan. Owned by David 

 Carpenter, Randolph, Vt., who sold to Mr. Buckminster, Danville, Vt., who 

 sent him to Boston, 1818, in care of George Barker. Solomon Langmaid, 

 Newton, la., from whom we get this information, adds : " He was low and 

 well-built ". 



REVENGE 



See Chapter V. 



BUCKSKIN (WHEELER HORSE) 



Buckskin with black stripe on back and shoulders, black mane and tail, 

 15 hands, 950 pounds ; foaled about 1822 ; bred by Mr. Wheeler, Claremont, 

 N. H. ; got by Revenge, son of Justin Morgan. Sold to Col. Murdock, 

 Keene, N. H. ; to Samuel Stannard, St. Albans, Vt., who kept him at differ- 

 ent towns in Chittenden and Franklin counties, Vt. ; to A. G. Tarleton, 

 Franklin county, Vt. ; when quite old to Wm. M. Fuller, Pike River, near 

 Bedford. P. Q. ; to Jason C. Marsh. A horse of much power and a good 

 traveler. Prominent at fairs and celebrations as a saddle horse. Stock re- 

 ported good. 



BEST HORSE 



Roan, 15^4 hands, 1150 pounds; foaled about 1850; bred by Edward 

 Best, Bedford, P. Q. ; got by Buckskin, son of Revenge, by Justin Morgan. 

 Died, property of breeder, about 1870. 



TYLER HORSE 



Fifteen and one-half hands, 1150 pounds; foaled about 1855 ; bred by 

 Wm. Tyler, St. Armand, P. Q. : got by Buckskin, son of Revenge, by Justin 

 Morgan. 



