Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-06-25
WALPOLE
THE ElGIN MORGANS.
BY f.. X. WIlITCOMB.
ELGIN. I'LL. MnN l..

kLGIN. Ill.,. May Il. lSS5.
EdU"r Register In answer to youl
enquiry of March 30. | will say Black
Prince. sire of Ada Mason. was IL very
superior horse. much resembling Yer
mont Black Hawk. His style and action
were perfect and very fast his weight
was about 200: was formerly owned by
Il Mr. Potter of Eau Claire. Wisconsin.
and afterwards purchased by |. :. Mason
of Black River Falls, who kept him until
he died, which event happened about one
year after he sired Ada Mason. Mason
had his pedigree in full and where and
by whom raised, but he has long been
dead and his papers are scattered. He
was never trained. but could trot mile
in , :3S.
Barden Morgan-This horse. son of
the old sherman. dam by Justin Morgan.
was perhaps the best or one of the best
of the Morgan family His weight was
about 1000. or perhaps a little more in
good flesh; was II dark chestnut: three
white feet, Il small White stripe in the
face. Il long, waving name reaching to
his knees; Il heavy tail hanging almost
to his hoofS. His style and action sur
passed either that of Clifford or Green
Mountain: was square trotter. yet he
would pace rapidly. He was longer
bodied and little taller than either
Woodbury. or Clifford. His limbs were
perfect, without II puff or Il blemsh. lie
had been badly foundered before reach
ing the West; was Il very fast trottcr for
his time Mr.. Barden showed me his
pedigree, who raised him, and trOttng
record, "a he was trottcd on the ice in
Vermont. do not recollcct who raised
hlm We were always too careless about
such things, only | know he made his
mile in II little less than , 40. He left
excellent stock and To my mind was the
best horse ] ever saw. The best of our
horses now are produced from descend
ants of his offspring. think only three
of his colts were saved a. stations,
namely, the Willard horse, Morgan Tiger
and the Stephens horse. | will mention
these separately: Colby's Morrill, was an
excellent horse; was brought from Yer
mont by Colby himself. lie brought
tWo-One Il black horse. This he sold To
some parties in Iowa. The one you re-
fer to was Il bay horse: weight about
100, good style, and could trot any time
with TWO men in common buggy in
three minutes or less. He left fine stock
has been dead some four or five years.
have now two fine mares from hm-Belle
ll'lCliC anu HtI OWN sister. as you VIII
see by referring TO Wallace's Irouing
Register, vol. 2. | have perhaps got
some of the best Morgan blood West, and
perhaps in the world. As get time
Will mention some of them. Write me
freely at any time and | will do the best
| can to promote your good work.
PadelfOrd's Black llawk-Sired by
Vermont Black Hawk, dam by Wood
bury. was jet black with one white hind
foot, heavy name and tail; resembled
Woodbury. very much except little
more rangy; weight about 1925; never
was trained on track as we call it, but
could haul two men in buggy on good
road in less than 3 minutes any time was
one of the best of the MOrgans. His
colts were either black or chestnut.
When the late war commenced they were
much sought for for parade horses and
they soon became scarce. He died sew
eral years ago from a cancer on his lips.
His owner, Mr.. Padclford, employed the
best medical service in the county, but