The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-15

Rather, Peavine and Honest Allen.
Axworthy, Moko and Peter the Great
have each Morgan cross. The line
ITO Axworthy runs through Strideaway;
to Moko through the Stockbridge mare
that produced Gloster, 2.17; and to Pc
ter the Great through Madison S Octo-
room, descendent of Woodbury. Nor
gan.
The Morgan tide reached Michigan in
the early fifties, the leaders being Nor
gan Eagle, the sire of Magma Charta,
Marshall Chief, the sire of Primus,
Chauncey Goodrich, and Don j. Robin
son, Western Fearnaught, Buell. IS Path
finder, Oceana Chief, Royal Fearnaught,
and Vermont Hero, the sire of General
Knox. Stockbridge Chief died in Hi
nois, where he was joined by Ward s
Flying Cloud, Woodward's Ethan Allen
which was afterwards taken to Ken
lucky, Swansbrough s Creeper, Captain,
Beaumont, Addison, and several Gold
dusts.
In the early days, Wisconsin was the
half way station for Morgan stations
that were being taken to California.
| A few of them made several seasons
there before completing the journey,
/ the group including Benecia Boy, Dave
Hill and McCracken S Black Hawk. A
number also remained in the badger
state, the leaders being Coman's Gray
Eagle whose son, McKesson IS Gray
Eagle got Charley Ford, PIG 81, Prince
Pathfinder Live Oak, and Black Fly
ing Cloud, the sire of Badger Girl,
2.22 IL.
Iowa breeders developed fondness
G. LOTT Fhair
selections included Eastman Morgan,
sire of Little Fred, 2.20, Panic, Yer
monter, General Stark, Vermont Boy,
whose son Reconstruction got the dam
of Bonnie McGregor, 2.13 1-2, and King
Herod, while both McKesson S Gray
Eagle and Young Morrill, died in Iowa.
King Herod and Stockbridge Chief
were located in Ohio for brief period.
Jackson 5 Flying Cloud also, after
standing at Urbana spent the last five
years of his life at Springfield where
he got the fourth dam of Binland,
3. 03 ID Many other Morgan stations
were also taken to the buckeye state,
the list including Barre, Austin's Nor
gan Bulrush, and Knowlton S Morgan,
by Bulrush Morgan, General Morgan
the sire of Mazomana, 2.20 IA, Onder-
, uOlh, CuSe ; Dave IllIl, 4NlSSCl DoN'oi;
Orr S Flying Cloud, and Black Squirrel,
sire of the dam of Fred B., 2.lO.3-4.
Ethan Allen, the idol of the Morgan
E family, died at Lawrence, Kansas, III
1876. He left a few foals in that state
/ which was for many years the home OF
Joe Young, 2.l9 l-2, sire of the dam OF
p Joe Patchen, POI II. Joe Young was
. foaled in Minnesota, where his sire
al n
= number of wears. The latter was by
jackson s Flying Cloud and was foaled
q in Connecticut. Herod was also located
r in Minnesota, being brought there from
. Montana where he, as we'll as Prospect
j., and Jubilee de Jarnctte, added to the
. horse values in the mountain state.
, Woodbury. Morgan was taken to Ala
bama in 1886 He was followed by Dor
sey 5 Vermont Morgan in 1860, while
Seth Warner stood in Louisiana anC
! Denning Allen was located in Arkansa:
: where he got Lord Clinton, 2.l0 II
: Charles Caffrey made his reputation IL
Nebraska, and Cottrill Morgan, the sir,
y of the dam of Westmont, 2.l3 81, wa
y located at Clarksburg, w Va, when h
O. got Bell Morgan, the sire of Lady Tur
: pin, 2.23.
{ tennessee DIeeueIS puICH6SeNl y az q
! tuck and Ben Franklin. while Wake
% Morrill, after being located in Mich
gan and Maryland closed his career i
: Virginia, where he got Lamp Girl, 2.0l
the fastest Morgan trotter in the nal
line, and Marendes, 2.l7 IA, whose dan
was by Serman Morgan, jr., q grandso
of Flint Morgan.
. Patrick Henry and Black Prince wei
the Morgan pioneers in Maryland. tt
r latter sired the dam of Make Cobb
213 IA. In New Jersey, North Morri
and Morgan One Eye preceded Gener;
r Knox, who got General Washington an
:, Charles Caffrey while located at FashiC
. Stud Farm. New York was the hon
i state of Ethan Allen and Daniel Ian
r, bert 1t was also the headquarters
- Superb, a horse which was all that h
name implied, Benedict S Pathinde
Sam Houston, Humbird and Victor.
New England has always been Il
headquarters of the Morgan horse. AT
er the old stock disappeared, Vermol
retained the Jennison Colt, whose own
was given a pound of tea for his ser
or ices when he got Morrill,, Darkey, Hig
IL land Gray, who got the dam of j.
Audubon, the sire of Audubon 30
DIX l.591-4, and Young Morrill, while VI
mont Black Hawk was located the
. from 1914 until he died in 1856, al
Daniel Lambert for 16 seasons. Bo
Fcarnaught and Vermont Black 1lav
were foaled in New Hampshire, VIII
Star of the West, Naugatuck, Vernon
or, Fred Allen, Hampden Boy a
Young Clifford were either bred
owned i'll Connecticut.
Massachusetts was at different tim
the home of Ethan Allen, Winthr
Morrill,, Fearnaught and Daniel La
bert, while General Knox and Winthr
Morrill, made their regulations
y Maine They succeeded Morgan Caes
sire Of Mac, 228, Whalebone, sire
Blackstone Belle, 22S IL, and [
grandam Of Hopeful, 2.143-4 Bro
.. Harry, Fearnaught, jr., and HOLLAND
Ethan Allen, and were followed by n
son, 200, whose grandam was by V
mont Black Hawk. The Morgan W
also the pioneer light harness horse