FOX HUNTER. The above cut is a good representation of the Black Hawk stallion, called Fox Hunter, except the mane of the horse is heavier, and his tail longer, his withers and crest higher, than the picture shows him...
by Griswold, E.D
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[Orwell, Vt.?], 1858. Folio sheet folded, 25 x 20 cm., [2] leaves. First and last pages blank, two inner pages printed. Wood-engraving of a horse occupies the top half of the first page of text, signed N. Orr- Co. s.c. (engraver). Blind embossed stamp of "O. & H." in upper corners of sheet, presumably the stationer. Advertising the stud services of Fox Hunter, a Morgan stallion, giving a full description and pedigree. "For further particulars, inquire of E.D. Griswold, one mile east from Orwell Village, or at Ensign's Hotel in the village. Orwell, Vt., April, 1858." A very good, crisp copy. OCLC lists copies at Vermont Hist. Soc., AAS, Univ. of Vermont Howe Lib.
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- FOX HUNTER. The above cut is a good representation of the Black Hawk stallion, called Fox Hunter, except the mane of the horse is heavier, and his tail longer, his withers and crest higher, than the picture shows him...
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- Griswold, E.D
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