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MORGAN SELON 



Dark bay, about 15 hands, 1050 pounds ; said to be a Morgan. Brought, 

 184-, from Canada to Harrison, Me., by Stephen Blake of Harrison. 

 Changed owners several times, but was kept in Harrison and adjoining towns 

 until very old. E. K. Whitney of Harrison, Me., writes : " Our horsemen 

 generally considered him as good a horse as was ever in these parts. Many 

 of his sons were kept for breeding and some of them sold for what were then 

 considered very high prices. He was stout-limbed, capable of drawing 

 heavy loads, or taking one over the roads as fast as any reasonable person 

 would care to ride, and he imparted these traits to his offspring in a remark- 

 able degree. Mr. Blake is dead and I know of no way by which his breed- 

 ing can be found out ". 



CHADBOURNE HORSE 



Said to be by Morgan Selon, which see. E. K. Whitney, Harrison, 

 Me., writes : " Samuel Chadbourne of this town owned at different times 

 two stallions, sons of Morgan Selon, one of which he sold, when four, for 

 $800, which was considered a good price 60 years ago ". 



GUILD HORSE (PRINCE MESSENGER) 



Black with star, 15 hands; foaled 1840; bred by Lauriston Guild, Sid- 

 ney, Me. ; got by a horse brought into Sidney from Vermont about the year 

 1838 and known as the Lovejoy Horse, said to be a Morgan : dam said to 

 be by Winthrop Messenger. (The Lovejoy Horse is described as a blood- 

 like looking animal, bay, about 1000 pounds, head good with prominent eyes, 

 body round and deep, loin fautless, hips long, limbs perfect and clean of 

 hair). Sold to Samuel Guild, Augusta, Me., who sold, him and he died 

 shortly after. When four he injured his hip, and was lame after. 



CHELLIS HORSE 



Dapple brown, nearly black, with star, 15^ hands, 1050 pounds; foaled 

 May, 1840 ; bred by Gen. David Chellis, Newfield, Me. ; got by Roaring Lion, 

 also known as the Warren Horse, said to be the son of a noted Morgan horse : 

 dam dark brown, 15^ hands, 1080 pounds, bred by David Chellis, foaled 

 about 1826, got by a horse known as the Webster Horse ; 2d dam black, bred 

 by Joseph Moore, Newfield, Me. Sold, 1847, to Capt. G. V. Jordan, Saco, Me. 

 Afterward owned by Amos Moulton, who kept him again at Newfield, 1860, 

 and in New Hampshire, 1861. Died, 1862, the property of a Mr. Whitten. 

 G. H. Chellis, Newfield, Me., writes : " All the good qualities were combined 

 in him. His trotting action was perfect, though undeveloped. He was a 

 horse of rare intelligence and fine disposition. Got many excellent colts, 

 some very fast ". 



MORGAN BOY 



Chestnut, 14^ hands, 900 pounds. Owned by E. H. Holmes of Wind- 

 ham, Conn., who purchased him, about 1838, at St. Johnsbury, Vt. Died 

 about 1850. A. J. Congdon, Lancaster, N. H., from whom the above was 

 received, says : " He was a very perfect-built Morgan horse ". 



