9 o 4 THE MORGAN HORSE 



RIPTON 2:33, an d winner of 19 races, b. g. with blaze and four white legs, 15 hands; 

 foaled about 1829; bred by Burr Meeker, Westport, Conn. (Cross-High-Way); got by 

 Heron Horse, said to be running bred : dam small, called Canadian. Moses W. Weston, 

 Westport, Conn., writes : " There is an Episcopal parish in the town of Huntington, 

 called Ripton. This parish was set off from Christ Church parish, Stratford, in this county, 

 in the year 1849. Christ Church parish is the oldest parish in Connecticut. It was 

 organized 1728. It is some 15 miles away from Mr. Burr Meeker's, who bred the horse 

 afterwards called Ripton. As I understand it, the horse had no name when Mr. Meeker 

 sold him. Samuel H. Blackman, who bought the horse of Mr. Meeker, gave him the 

 name of Ripton. His family once lived in Ripton parish. Trotted 1841-50". 



RIPTON 2:38^4, and winner of 10 races, b. g., said to be by Mambrino Chief : dam by 

 Hunt's Commodore, son of Mambrino; and 2d dam by Potomac. Trotted 1857-65. 



ROBERT B. THOMAS 2:25, and winner of 10 races, ch. g.; foaled 186-; bred by G. A. 

 & W. I. Howe, West Boylston, Mass.; got by Prince Allen, son of Honest Allen: dam 

 black, looo pounds, foaled about 1850. Trotted 1877-79. 



ROBERT McGREGOR 2:1714, and winner of 18 races, ch. h.; foaled 1871; bred by 

 Samuel Whitman, Chester, N. Y.; got by Major Edsall, son of Alexander's Abdallah : 

 dam Nancy Whitman, (dam of Madeline 2:2314), bred by Samuel Whitman, Chester, 

 N. Y., got by Seely's American Star, son of Coburn's American Star; 2d dam bred by 

 Harry Thompson, got by Young Messenger Duroc, son of Lawrence's Messenger Duroc. 1 

 Trotted 1874-83. 



ROBIN 2:24}^, and winner of 14 races, gr. g., 14% hands, 810 pounds; foaled 1875; 

 bred by Temple O. Harris, Nashville, Tenn.; got by Enfield, son of Hambletonian : dam 

 Mary Weaver, gray, 15 hands, 875 pounds, foaled 1858, bred by D. C. Twogood, Canas- 

 tota, N. Y., got by Black Hawk Vermont, son of Kilburn's Hero, by Black Hawk; 2d 

 dam Old Reel, gray, said to have been owned by General Dunham. " A Morgan in appear- 

 ance, and of excellent disposition ". Trotted 1883-85. 



ROCKINGHAM (Granger Horse) 2:25^, and winner of 13 races, gr. g.; foaled about 

 1850; bred by Artemus Beebe, Feeding Hills, Mass.; got by a two-year-old colt of un- 

 known breeding : dam gray, purchased from a drove of horses brought from Ohio. Trotted 

 1858-62. Died 1875. 



RODNEY (Scalpel) 2:34)4 and winner of 15 races, ch. g., said to be by Golddust. 

 Trotted 1863.71. 



ROLLA 2:24!^, and winner of 14 races, ch. g.; foaled 187-; bred by James Baker, Emi- 

 nence, Ky.; got by Shelby Chief, son of Alexander's Abdallah : dam said to be by Brink- 

 er's Drennon. Trotted 1881-8. 



ROLLA GOLDDUST 2 125, and winner of 11 races, br. g., star and white hind ankles, 

 hands; foaled 1860; bred by L. L. Dorsey, Louisville, Ky. ; got by Golddust, son of Ver- 

 mont Morgan : dam brown, bred by Dr. Bartlett, got by Mohawk Chief (Canadian) ; 2d 

 dam said to be by Tyler's Orphan Boy, son of Sir Archy, by imported Diomed; 3d dam 

 Lass of the Grove, by Friendship, son of Apollo, by imported Fearnaught; and 4th dam 

 by old Paragon, son of imported Spread Eagle. Trotted 1864-73. Died May 6, 1880. 



ROSA WILKES 2:1814, and winner of 23 races, b. m.; foaled 187-; bred by T. A. 

 Montague, Lexington, Ky.; got by George Wilkes, son of Hambletonian: dam Black Jane 

 black ( dam of Simmons 2 128), bred by William F. Stanhope and L. Herr, Lexington, Ky., 

 got by Mambrio Patchen, son of Mambrino Chief; 2d dam Lady Stanhope, breeding uu- 

 known. Trotted 1880-82. 



ROSE MEDIUM, 2:26}^, and winner of 16 races, br. m., 151^ hands, 1000 pounds; 

 foaled 1871; bred by E. W. Teakle, Ramsey's, N. J.; got by Happy Medium, son of 

 Hambletonian : dam Clara Jones, bay, bred by Willis F. Jones, Versailles, Ky., got by 

 Mambrino Chief, son of Mambrino Paymaster; 2d dam Pussy Jones, said to be by 



