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THE MORGAN HORSE 



A woman could ride or drive him. He was one of the best horses here at 

 that time, and left a numerous progeny, which was much sought after ". 



. Sire: Snowstorm Jr., i. 



Second dams of Advance 2:24%, Executor 2:24%, Lillie Shields 2:29^4, Lillian 2:23, 

 Prince Edward 2 :2o, Wineshade 2 130. 

 Third dam of Robert Rysdyk 2:13%. 



SNOWSTORM JR 



Gray ; foaled 1855 ; bred by Thomas Blackburn, Scott Co., Ky. ; got by 

 Steel's Snowstorm : dam said to be-bySidi Hamet; and 2d dam by Tippoo 

 Saib. 



VERMONT BOY (FRENCH CHARLEY) 2 : 50)4 

 Dark chestnut, stripe in face and light-colored mane and tail, about 15 

 hands, 1050 pounds; foaled about 1845 ; said to be by Billy Root, son of 

 Sherman Morgan. Brought, when four, from Canada, near the line, 

 to St. Albans, Vt., by Frank Stone, and passed in turn to E. K. Conklin, 

 proprietor of Hunting Park Course, near Philadelphia, 1853; to Joseph 

 Brown, silk merchant, same city ; to M. V. Brown & Bro., Pittsburg, Penn. ; 

 to James Torrence, Gamble's, Penn., who kept him at Lawn Ridge, 111., 1865, 

 at Princeville, 111., one or two seasons, in care of Thomas Powell, and in 

 Mahaska and Jasper counties, la. Died, when very old, near Newton, la. 

 He was a horse of Morgan type and pattern. The " Chicago Breeders' 

 Gazette" said of him: "He was a good horse, possessed great endurance, 

 and looked like a high-bred Morgan horse, which he probably was ". 

 L. Sanderson, attorney of Queen City, Mo., but formerly a resident of Frank- 

 lin county,Vt., where he owned the noted stallion Long's Sir Henry, writes : 

 " When I left Vermont, Mr. Gadcomb and Sanderson were residents of St. 

 Albans. I knew the horse referred to in your letter well, but not his pedigree, 

 except he was a true representative of the Morgan stock ". 



After he went West it was stated in his advertisement that he was im- 

 ported to Canada from France ; but L. R. Sanderson, one of his alleged own- 

 ers before Stone, and who was then of St. Albans, writes us from Boulder, 

 Col., that he had no knowledge of any such imported colt ; and we have learned 

 that Louis Barbou, his alleged importer, who lived at La Prairie, traded in 

 stock, but did not import it. It is evident that this statement of the origin of 

 Vermont Boy was fictitious. Vermont Boy was noted for his endurance, and 

 was fast for his time ; he won several trotting races at long distances. His 

 son, Reconstruction, was his stable companion during his latter years, both 

 being owned by James Torrence. The get of Vermont Boy were generally 

 very excellent horses. 



RECONSTRUCTION 2:34^ 

 Bay, foaled about 1863; bred by James Torrence, Oskaloosa, la.; got 



