The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-03-06
S0orse Department.
Morgan Horses.

ETHAN ALLEN.
We propose to republish from the
Americdn CuHjrotOr a series of articles
Oh the above topics. The fifth in.
stament is 4iven below. The subject
of the article of which this is the con-
clusion is "BIack Hawk"
1t is matter of history that Black
Hawk was not the only son of Sherman
Morgan whose size exceeded that of
his sire. Newells Gray and Mountain
Eagle each stood fifteen and a half
hands high, and the latter weighed 1850
pounds. White Mountain Morgan and
Green Mountain LIST each stood fifteen
and quarter hands, the former weigh
| ing 100 ana the latter 1928 pounds.
Vermont Champion, Cock of the Rock
Whalebone, and Sherman Morgan LIST,
each stood fifteen hands high. The
first two weighed 100 pounds each,
and the last mentioned 1850 pounds,
while Whalebone weighed 975 pounds.
Carpenters Gray stood fourteen and a
half hands, and weighed 1850 pounds
All the above were sons of Sherman
Morgan, and, with single ex-
ception, every one was heavier tina II
| Vermont Black Hawk.
The last argument presented by one
whose signature is "Breeder," claim.
ing that Black Hawk was not son OF
! Sherman Morgan, is that "Sherman
had no speed as trotter nor did he
transmit any, say nothing about Black
Hawk. He never sired horse that
trotted in three minutes"
While this may be true of Sherman
! 1S nj Of
other son of Justin Morgan and en-
phatically true of the teaser Paddy. AL
| though Sherman Morgan got no distin-
guished trotters, 1t must be borne in
mind that there were but comparatively
few turf performers in his day. Lins-
! ley, who was very conscientious
writer, states that the black stallion
Vermont Morgan Champion, by Sher-
man Morgan, was morse of great ac-
| ton, capital roadster and could trot a
mile i'll three minutes.
The records show that Sherman
Morgan's other sons, besides Black
Hawk, got noted turf performers, and
that their progeny have been coming to
| the front in greater numbers and fast
err time with each succeeding genera
ton. Whalebone, by Sherman Nor
gan, as has been before stated, got the
black trottine mare Blackstone Belle,
which, driven by Jack Bowen, beat
! Fanny Allen, near this city, July 2,
1866, getting a record of 2:2S l-2 and
winning purse of $4,000. Blackstone
| Belle started in twenty-three races and
won first money in thirteen. Another
son of Sherman Morgan known as Sher-
man Morgan, ,Jr., got the gray trotting
mare Dolly Warden (2:31 l-4). She
was also known as Silver Maid, and
trotted several races under that name.
Cock of the Rock, another son of Sher-
man Morgan, got the bay mare Alice
(2:29). Whaleboue, sire of Blackstone
Belle, got Pollard Morgan, sire of Lew.
iston Boy, and also sire of the dam of
Whalebone Knox, that got John :.
Head G. ~ l-2) and many other good
ones. Another son of Sherman Nor
gan got Hoagland's Gray Messenger,
sire of Honest Dutchman (2:26 1-2)
and Blonde (2:29 1-2). Hoagland's
Messenger was the sire of Young
America, which got Hazor (2:26 l-4)
These are but few of the many other
fast ones, besides Black Hawk and his
get, that have descended from Sherman
Morgan, but they are sufficient to show
the absurdity of the argument that
Black Hawk could not be his son be-
cause he got no trotters.
The records from first to last fail to
show that son, daughter, grandson;
granddaughter, or any of the progeny
of the teaser Paddy, from first to last,
ever won heat or even started in a
race. This fact of itself is sufficient
to warrant the assumption that it was
impossible for Paddy to be the sire of
a horse like Black Hawk, which was
not only himself trOtter, but founded
a family of distinguished trotters. 1T
has been stated by the writer above
mentioned that Mr.. David Hill, who
owned Black Hawk at the time of the
death of that noted horse, admitted, at
some time and place not specified, that
there was doubt as to Sherman Nor
gan being the sire CT Black Hawk. The
writer no doubt believed Mr.. David
Hill made such an acknowledgements,
but he evidently got the information
from Eearsay and it had no shadow OF
foundation in fact. Mr.. Noble Hill, a
son of the late David Hill, is now liv-
ing in this city. 1t vas through his in
fluence that his father, Mr.. David Hill,
came in possession of Black Hawk, and
when the horse was bought from Ben
jamin Thurston, Mr.. Noble Hill Sc
cured an interest in bin, and now has
the original bill of sale and other papers
pertaining to the horse in his safe at
the First National bank of this city, OF
which he is director.
In recent interview with Mr.. Hill
his attention was called to the state
ment concerning his tather's admitting
that there was doubt about the breed.
ing OF Black Hawk, and his opinion
asked concerning it. His reply was
that he knew the statement TO be a
mistake. Having owned the horse
with his father, and being conversani
with that gentleman's views, he knows
that his father never entertained the
, slightest doubt rs to Black Hawks be,
, ing son of Sherman Morgan. Mr.
Hill stated that he had no interest il
) the matter whatever, any farther than
TO have the truth prevail. lie says tina
| Black Hawks breeding was carfulll