American farming and stock raising, with useful facts for the household, devoted to farming in all its departments . him; the firing of guns in no wajtdisturbed him; waving flags and gay uniforms seemed hardly able to attract from him asingle glance, and he moved about as if he himself were the principal object of attraction,and the cause of all the attending excitement and display. Black Hawk was sired by Sherman Morgan, the son of old Justin Morgan, the dambeing a half-blood English mare of Jet-black color, and a fast trotter. From him the racethat bears his name are descended, being but ano
American farming and stock raising, with useful facts for the household, devoted to farming in all its departments . him; the firing of guns in no wajtdisturbed him; waving flags and gay uniforms seemed hardly able to attract from him asingle glance, and he moved about as if he himself were the principal object of attraction,and the cause of all the attending excitement and display. Black Hawk was sired by Sherman Morgan, the son of old Justin Morgan, the dambeing a half-blood English mare of Jet-black color, and a fast trotter. From him the racethat bears his name are descended, being but another branch of the Morgan family. He wasfoaled in 1833; was jet-black in color, like his dam, although in almost every other respecthe bore a strong resemblance to the. family of which he was a member, such as size, com-pactness, muscular development, temperament, endurance, and style of action. His stockexhibited similar characteristics; though generally larger, they were (when not black) almostwithout exception a bay. or chestnut. Black Hawk was slightly less than fifteen hands high,and weighed 1,000 THE HORSE. 731 In writing of him wlien he was twenty-three years of age, Mr. Linsley says: — Hiscompact, symmetrica!, and muscular form, and nervous, elastic style of action, give un-mistakable evidence of the speed and endurance he has shown upon the turf and road; andalthough now twenty-three j-ears old, his eye has lost none of its briglitness, his health is stillexcellent, and his movements still graceful and energetic. He was in all respects a remarkable horse, being beautiful and majestic in appearance,and whether in harness or not, he was ever the same splendid animal, always attracting uni-versal admiration. His blood is very highly prized in New England trotting circles ofto-day, as well as other portions of the country. He could trot his mile in 2:40 withouttraining, and was a horse of great intelligence, as well as great endurance. Besides, BlackHawk possess
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