66 THE MORGAN HORSE. 



years of age, before being used as a stock horse ; after which 

 he earned for his owner, David Hill, of Bridgeport, Yt., the sum 

 of $34,000, commencing at $10 per mare and ending at $100, 

 cash before service. He was a great sire and his colts were 

 much sought after and sold for high prices, and now, forty 

 years after his death, it is not considered a detriment to our 

 best bred trotters to have their pedigrees trace to him. 



Black Hawk was very handsome, stylish, and fast. In 

 color, the descendants of this horse were usually black, bay, or 

 chestnut. His stock was generally larger than himself, being 

 mostly from larger mares. This horse also died, at the age of 

 twenty-one years, as sound as a " Spanish Mill dollar." 



In handling colts from many different sires I have ever 

 found his among the very best for general use. The most 

 noted of all the sons and daughters of Black Hawk was Ethan 

 Allen, sired when he was fifteen years old. 



Ethan Allen was one of the most noted horses in America 

 or the world in his day. In color he was a bright bay with 

 black legs, mane, and tail, had three white feet, a star, and a 

 white snip. He was bred by J. W. Holcomb of Ticonderoga, 

 1ST. T., and foaled in 1849. His dam was a medium-sized gray 

 mare, sired by a Morgan horse called Robbin. When at ma- 

 turity Ethan Allen was fifteen hands high, and weighed 900 

 pounds. He was the fastest trotting stallion living in his day, 

 a very reliable trotter, and the greatest campaigner of his time, 

 and undoubtedly the greatest campaigning stallion of the world 

 to date. 



He had an excellent temper and gait for either the road or 

 track, and was a natural trotter from his colthood. His train- 

 ing commenced at an early age, appearing in public on the turf 

 every year from two to twenty years of age. He was a perfect- 

 gaited horse, never needing any of the artificial appliances so 

 much in vogue at the present time. He was beautiful to look 

 upon, and came as near perfection as the American trotter as 

 any horse that ever lived. 



Ethan Allen was the sire of many good and fast horses, but 



