APPENDIX 859 



BELLE DEAN 2 130, and winner of 23 races, bl. m. with star and one hind foot white, 15 

 hands, 850 pounds; foaled May 27, 1868; bred by Charles Cloudman, Alexandria, N. H.; 

 got by General Lyon, son of Morrill : clam Fannie, chestnut, 15 hands, bred by Jesse 

 Meader, Rochester, N. H., got by Napoleon Morgan, son of Flint Morgan; 2d dam gray, 

 bred by Jesse Meader, got by John Loker. Trotted 1872-78. 



BELLE OAKLEY 2:24^, and winner of 25 races, ch. m.; foaled 1869; bred by William 

 Fox, Taunton, Mass.; got by Steven's Garibaldi, son of Duroc Messenger, by Rowland 

 Horse: dam Lady Scudding, chestnut, about 1000 pounds, very good roadster, brought 

 from Vermont about 1855 by James White, who sold her to Samuel Wilds, Taunton, 

 Mass., said to be Morgan. Owned by J. H. Philips, Philadelphia, Penn., and sold by 

 him to parties in Italy, where she died about 1885. Trotted 1873-82. 



BELLE SMITH (Ida) 2:29, and winner of 12 races, ch. m.; foaled 1869; bred by T. 

 Bearce, Hebron, Me.; got by Bearce Horse, son of Horner ; Horse, by Cobb's Brandywine: 

 dam purchased by Mr. Bearce of Stephen Curtis, Minot, Me., said to be by a Morgan 

 horse owned by Mr. Bearce, Hebron, Me. (Dam and g. d. of Bearce Horse were Mor- 

 gan). Trotted 1875-77. 



BELLE OF TORONTO (Lady Washington) 2:30, and winner of 10 races, gr. m., 15)^ 

 hands, 1000 pounds; foaled 1861; bred by W. H. Rogers, Hartford, Conn.; got by To- 

 ronto Chief, son of Royal George, by Black Warrior: dam gray, bought about 1852 by 

 W. H. Rogers of a merchant on Broadway in New York, who kept paper hangings and 

 whose name is thought to have been Ferguson. W. H. Rodgers writes that this merchant 

 said that she was bred by some of his family in New York State and got by the Morse 

 Horse, son of European. Trotted 1869-74. Died about 1888 on a stock farm in Ohio. 



BEN FLAGLER 2:26}^, and winner of 10 races, gr. g. 15)^ hands, iioo pounds; foaled 

 about 1865; bred by Paul Kline, Suspension Bridge, N. Y.; got by Niagara Chief, son of 

 Royal George : dam gray, bred by Mathias Kline, Suspension Bridge, N. Y., got by Ivan- 

 hoe, a descendant of imported Diomed. Trotted 1871-75. 



BEN SMITH 2:27, and winner of 12 races, gr. g., 15% hands, 900 pounds; foaled about 

 1867; bred by William W. Smith; got by Young Columbus, son of Columbus: dam gray, 

 said to be by Noble's Hamiltonian, son of Harris' Hamiltonian. Trotted 1867-78. 



BERKSHIRE BOY 2:31, and winner of n races, br. g. with white face and legs, 15*4 

 hands, 900 pounds; foaled 1864; bred by James Yorker, Muddy Brook, near Great Bar- 

 rington, Mass. ; got by a son of Lone Star, by Esty's Black Hawk (either Black Mes- 

 senger or Lone Star Jr., to both of which the dam, a large brown mare, was bred). 

 Trotted 1872-78. 



BESSIE (Sleepy Mary) 2:^-. 2 , and winner of 10 races, gr. m., 15)^ hands, 1000 pounds; 

 foaled 1868; bred by George McKie, Cambridge, N. Y.; got by New York Ledger, son of 

 Hoagland's Grey Messenger : dam black, bred by George McKie, got by Valentine's Black 

 Jack, son of Black Hawk, by Sherman Morgan; 2cl dam gray, bred by George McKie, got 

 by Morse Horse, son of European. Trotted 1875-76. 



BETSEY ANN 2:28, and winner of 17 races, ch. m.; foaled 187-; bred by Levi Thornton, 

 Albion, Mich.; got by Hoagland Horse, son of Bullock's Duroc: dam said to be by Mar- 

 shall Chief, son of Kilburn Horse, by Black Hawk. Trotted 1877-84. 



BIG SOAP 2:23, an d winner of 37 races, b. g., 15% hands; foaled 1870; bred by Michael 

 Sullis, Ottumwa, la. ; got by Honesty, son of Hiatoga : dam said to be by Uncas. Trotted 

 1878-84. 



BILLY BARFORD (Nick) 2:28^, and winner of 26 races, bl. g.; foaled 1866; bred by 

 Benjamin Barford, Ridgeway, la.; got by King Herod, son of Sherman Black Hawk: 

 dam Queen, bay, bred by John Barford, Atlanta, Ga., got by Vermont Morgan, son of 

 Green Mountain Morgan; 2cl dam Coly, black, bred by John Barford, got by an Arabian 

 horse. Sold to Adam Forepaugh, the showman, for a family horse, for 7500. Trotted 

 1872-85. 



