Sketches, Historical And Descriptive, of Noted Maine Horses, Past And ... 1
Sketches, Historical And Descriptive, of Noted Maine Horses, Past And ... 1
Thompson, John Wallace, 1844-
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Town, who was, we believe, a former owner of Young Morrill, and after- wards to Mr. Varill, Laconia, N*.. H., and D. H. Blanchard, Boston. In 1862 he was brought to Maine, by Asher Savage, of "Waterville, and was at that time a pacer. After being sold several times for about $100, he was brought to Winthrop, in January, 1863, and in the .following August he was purchased by Jackson & Rounds. in Winthrop he was first called Winthrop Boy, and finally Winthrop Morrill. At Mr. Chas. G. Jackson's, d...eath, his interest passed into his son's hands, and he re- mained with J. P. Jackson, until the fall of 1871, when he was sold to T. B. Williams, of Boston, it is said for $8,250. As a sire of trotters he r&nks with the best that ever stood in Maine. He is the sire of Glengary, Fleet- wood, Baby Boy, Ben Morrill, Sam Curtis, Modoc, Sweet Briar, and many other fast ones. Digitized by VjOOQIC MORRILL STOCK. 211 WINTHROP MORRILL, Jr. Black stallion, with no white marks, 15 J hands high, and weighs about 1000 pounds, foaled in 1864, bred by Kathaniel Gould, of Camden, Me., got by a horse called Metacomet, he by the Old Morrill horse, of Danville, "Vt Metacomet has since been gelded, and sold to go to New York.
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