7 8 2 



THE MORGAN HORSE 



said to be by Willoughby's Whip, son of Tiger, by Blackburn's Whip. Owned 

 by M. Parish, Clark Co., Ky. 



Second dams of Charley Friel 2 115% and Little Miss 2 126%, Humbolt 2 :2O. 



TOM CROWDER 



Bay with a very long mane and beautiful tail, 15^ hands ; foaled 1836 ; 

 bred by James H. Hutchcraft, near North Middletown, Ky. ; got by Pilot : 

 dam Polly Hopkins, a celebrated saddle mare, bred by Mr. Hopkins, Bour- 

 bon county, Ky., owned by Presley Thomas, Scott county, Ky., got by Vir- 

 ginia Whip ; 2d dam bred by Mr. Hopkins, got by Slasham, son of McKin- 

 ney's Roan (Comet), by Celer, thoroughbred. Sold in turn to William S. 

 Skinner, Ruddell's Mills, Ky.,.i846; to H. B. Corbin, near Union, Ky., 1854; 

 to Thomas Turpin, Warsaw, Ky., 1857 ; to Michael Giegoldt, Aurora, Ind., 

 whose property he died in 1863. A very stylish and fine-looking horse, 

 and a very fast pacer and trotter. Wm. S. Skinner, now of Shawhan, Ky., 

 who gave him his name of Tom Crowder, writes : " Tom Crowder was an 

 extremely stylish and popular horse and the fastest pacer I ever saw for three 

 or four hundred yards. He never was trained only for movement on the show 

 ground, and very few horses could run as fast as he could pace. He was 

 also a trotter. In that day it was not a popular gait. Nothing but saddlers 

 were wanted and I never let him trot". W. P. Corbin, August 21,1885, 

 writes : " It has been fifty years since old Tom Crowder was foaled. My 

 father traded a negro boy to Wrn. Skinner for him in 1846, after the spring 

 season was out. The boy was valued at $500 and the horse the same. The 

 horse was about 10 years old and the boy about the same age. My father 

 made seven successful seasons with him, then sold him to Thomas Turpin of 

 Warsaw, Ky., for $700. Tom Crowder, son of Crowder, was sired while my 

 father owned old Crowder. Tom Wonder was sold at weaning time for 

 $30 to a man by the name of Murphy ". 



Michael Giegoldt writes : " Old Tom Crowder was bay with no marks, 

 15^ hands, very strong and muscular, and I think the best made horse I 

 ever saw. I don't think he was ever trained on any track, but in his day 

 could beat anybody's horse for a short distance ". 



(In addition to the 2 130 performers that appear in following tables, Bas- 

 sett's Tom Crowder is credited with Nelly, 2d dam of Agitator 2 :2oy 2 , and 

 of Pharos, sire of Pharon 2 122^, and Clark's Daniel Boone, probably a 

 grandson of Tom Crowder, with Lucy Marshall, dam of Mamie M. 2 :22^, 

 Pattie Cooper 2 130 and Mambrino Templar Jr., sire of Long John 2 128 %.) 



