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THE MORGAN HORSE 



son of Dr. Kenny Horse: dam (dam of Shanty 2:30^), said to be by 

 Montreal (Canadian) ; and 2d dam by Benton's Diomed. Owned by F. M. 

 DeWeese, Chillicothe, O. Spoken of as a fine horse. 



Races won, 10. Races lost, 19. Total races, 29. 



POTTER HORSE (OLD MORG) 



Brown, 15^ hands ; foaled 185-; said by Mr. Tinkham (his first known 

 owner) to be a Morgan horse, bred in Vermont. Sold, about 1856, by E. T. 

 Tinkham, banker, Chicago, 111., who is said to have traded timber land 

 for him in Green Bay, Wis., to a Mr. Roberts, Oswego, Kendall Co., 111. 

 who kept him about two years, and whose son, C. L. Roberts, sold him to 

 G. Finch and he to Job Potter, both of same county. Potter sold and 

 the horse went to Dubuque, la. He was badly foundered when bought by 

 Roberts. 



Races won, 20. Races lost, 44. Total races, 64. 



VERMONT MORGAN (GIFFORD MORGAN) 

 Bay, 15^ hands, 1000 pounds; foaled 185-. Bought, about 1859, by 

 Joshua Reynolds, Columbus, Ind., who sold to his son, Henry E. Reynolds, 

 Columbus, Ind., whose property he died, 1867. Kept at John Tanner's, 

 Taylorsville, Ind., part of season of 1862, by Jack Bond, now of Browns- 

 ville, Ind. Handsome, kind, and a fast natural trotter. 

 Sire of dam of Red Cloud 2:18, winner of 27 races. 



VERMONT HERO (SAUNDERS') 



Black, n oo pounds; said to be Morgan. Owned by Mr. Rogers, 

 Durand, 111., who sold to Henry Randall, Rockford, 111., for $1000, and he, 

 1868, to John K. Saunders, who took him to Omaha. Said to have been a 

 fast trotter. 



Dr. Daniel S. Chase, breeder of Madge, writes : " In 1869 I was living 

 in Fremont, Neb., and owned a fine mare called Zephyr, which I brought 

 with me from New Hampshire. In the summer of 1869 I wished to breed 

 her to the best horse I could find, and took her to Omaha, where I found a jet 

 black stallion called Vermont Hero, owned by a Mr. Saunders, and kept at 

 what was called the Diamond stable in Omaha. After looking this horse over 

 I decided to breed to him. He had all the points of a fine Morgan horse, 

 was fine looking, of medium size, and was purchased, as I was informed, on 



