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E^TON^ STOCK. 



EATON HOESE. 



The originator of the breed of horses known as the 

 " Eaton " was a sorrel stallion, with mane and tail, the 

 same color, and a narrow white stripe in the face, 16i 

 hands high, and weighed 1450 pounds, foaled in 1842, 

 bred by Thomas Pelton, of Anson, near Madison Bridge, 

 got by the Avery horse (which see),' dam, the Pelton 

 mare (so called), said to be by Winthrop Messenger. 



Pelton sold him when two years old to E. D. Robinson, 

 of Wilton; he let Caleb Jones, also of Wilton, have him, 

 and Jones kept him one year and then sold him ba»k to 

 Mr. Robinson. He was afterwards sold to Elteb L. Eaton, 

 "then of Earmington, and became known as the Eaton 

 horse. Mr. Eaton sold him in 1854 to William Beal, of 

 Winthrop, who kept him four years and sold him in 1858 

 to parties in Nashville, Tennessee. We have no knowl- 

 edge of his subsequent history. 



BEALS' HORSE. 



Chestnut stallion with star in forehead, 16 hands high, 

 and weighed 1125 pounds, foaled in 1848, bred by Daniel 

 Beals, of Farmington, Me., got by Old Eaton, dam, not 

 traced. Mr. Beals kept him until he was about twenty 



