Happy Friday! Here is your Friday Flashback, written by Betsy Curler:
Pete Morgan 5411
When A.F. Phillips crossed over the mountain from Brandon to Rochester, he discovered Charles Chaffee’s stallion Pete Morgan 5411. Pete Morgan was foaled in 1890 and bred by Walter S. Chaffee of Rochester, VT. Pete Morgan was a son of Peters’ Vermont, making him a paternal half brother of Peters’ Ethan Allen 2nd. Pete Morgan was a tall 15.2 hand bay that weighed a bit over a thousand pounds. He spent his life doing farm work and withstood the labor well remaining sound at an advanced age. In 1909, when shown at the Vermont State Fair, he looked like “a sturdy five-year-old.” In addition, he was considered to be clever and was a stallion that could be trusted.
Pete Morgan’s dam was a brown mare bred by Walter Chaffee that was sired by the Varsil Hubbard Horse (x Benedict Morrill). The second dam was a bay mare bred by Charles Whittaker of Bethel, VT, and sired by the Bullard Horse (x Hale’s Green Mountain Morgan 42). The third dam was the Barney Cooper Mare (x Gifford Morgan), whom Phillips considered one of the greatest mares in Morgan history.
Phillips noted of Pete Morgan, that he was a “remarkably rugged animal of great substance and of the Woodbury type.” He was considered to be one of the best blooded stallions available for breeding. One of the most important mares in his ancestry was his third dam, the Barney Cooper Mare, noted for her endurance and speed. Through his sire came the breeding of Jennie (x Hale’s Green Mountain Morgan 42), the dam of Peters’ Morgan, another mare noted for her endurance.
