76o THE MORGAN HORSE 



TOM TELEGRAPH 



Dark brown, 15 hands, blocky built; said to be bred in Vermont, it is 

 thought near St. Albans, and to be Morgan. Said to have been brought to Vir- 

 ginia from Vermont by Col. Richard Dulany of Loudoun county, probably about 

 1840. Samuel Lea, Baltimore, Md., says : " Mr. Dulany afterwards imported 

 a three-year-old son of Sherman Black Hawk, that he gave $2000 for, and 

 that was living in 1872, black, 15^ hands, noo pounds. He sto'od Tom 

 Telegraph in Alexandria, Va. I know he came from Vermont and was a Mor- 

 gan ; had Morgan appearance, as did his get. A trotter and his get 

 trotters". 



TOM TOUGH 



Bay, 15 hands, noo pounds; said to be by Tom Telegraph. Owned, 

 about 1840, by Richard P. Snowdon, Prince George's county, Md. A 

 chunked, close-built horse with much life. 



SAM PATCH 



Black with star and one white hind foot, 14^ hands. Samuel Lea, for 

 many years a prominent horseman of Baltimore, Md., says : " I drove Sam 

 Patch in many races. He was a Morgan horse, handsome as a picture, 

 brought to Maryland from Vermont, in the forties, by Mr. Nutz, who 

 formerly lived in Vermont, I think at Waterbury. Sam Patch was a trotter 

 and got trotters. He was the sire of Sam Bell, sire of Odin Bell, that got 

 Sadie Bell, who trotted a half mile in i 104, now some years ago. Many of 

 the family were fast, and they made very handsome and excellent horses for 

 driving purposes. Mr. Nutz took Sam Patch to Eastville, Va., where he got 

 Sam Bell ". 



SAM BELL 



Bay, 15 hands; bred by a hotel-keeper, Eastville, Va., whose name is 

 thought to have been Hutchens ; got by Sam Patch : dam Dolly Bell, a fine 

 mare called a Chicopee. Sold to Merritt Eastman ; to Mr. Conklin, Phila- 

 delphia, Penn. A very handsome horse, cross if abused. 



JAKE BELL 



Chestnut with star and white hind feet, 15^ hands, noo pounds ; bred 

 by Mr. Nottingham, near Eastville, Va. ; got by Sam Bell, son of Sam Patch : 

 dam said to be by Bailey Peyton, thoroughbred. A good horse and got some 

 very fine colts ; all speedy. 



ODIN BELL (CAPT WEST, TOODLES) 



Bay ; bred by Wm. Evans, Onancock, Va. ; got by Sam Bell, son of Sam 

 Patch. Kept in Massachusetts, 1879, and afterwards gelded. 



