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Black Hawk 20 was renowned for his speed and great beauty. He 

 often participated in trotting events and history has it that he never 

 was beaten. He was used in the stud mainly after coming to Br id- 

 port, Vt, J. H. Sanders, in the Breeders' Gazette of April, 1891, 

 said: 



We run up against this Black Hawk family in so many unexpected places in com- 

 bination with other strains .... that we are compelled to recognize him as a 

 stallion of marked prepotency as a sire and one in whose descendants the capacity 

 and disposition to trot fast exist to a remarkable degree. 



Many sons of Black Hawk sold at high prices. Wherever they 

 went they were appreciated, and from them sprang families of sur- 





FlG, 4. — Mansfield. A very promising 3-year-old stallion. Sire, Bennington 5693; darn, Artemisia 02731. 



passing excellence and the highest adaptability for the general pur- 

 poses of business and social life. Black Hawk was the grandsire of 

 Indian Chief 538, a noted show horse and she of show horses, prom- 

 inent among which was Lady de Jarnette. Indian Chief blood is 

 conspicuous in many saddle-horse pedigrees. 



Ethan Allen 50, a son of Black Hawk, was a bay horse with white 

 marks, with a harness record of 2.25^ and with running mate to pole 

 of 2.15. Mr. Wallace, in Wallace's Monthly, wrote of him: 



Of all the horses that have been favorities with the American people, no one has ever 

 approximated the popularity of Ethan Allen. His remarkable beauty, his wonderful 

 speed, his perfect action, and above all his kind and gentle disposition made him the 

 admiration and pet of everybody. 



