Ethan Allen (June 18, 1849 – September 10, 1876) was an influential
Morgan horse
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sire and
trotting racehorse.
Life
Ethan Allen was
foal
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ed June 18, 1849. He was sired by
Black Hawk and out of an unnamed
gray
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mare
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who was herself sired by Red Robin, a son of
Figure
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. Ethan Allen was bred by Joel W. Holcomb of
Ticonderoga, New York
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.
Ethan Allen was a
bay
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with three white socks and a white star on his forehead. He stood around and weighed at maturity.
Ethan Allen was the champion trotter of his time; he trotted the mile in 2:25. He was owned by multiple owners, and during 1866 and 1868 he stood at stud in
Boston
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for a fee of $100. He sired approximately 72
foal
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s in his lifetime, of which only two were
fillies. He was featured in several
Currier and Ives
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prints and was the model for a popular trotting horse
weathervane
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.
Ethan Allen died in
Lawrence, Kansas
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on September 10, 1876 at the age of 28, and was buried there with a marker over his grave. Later, he was exhumed and his articulated skeleton was put on display in the museum there.
Sire line tree
*Ethan Allen
[Significant Sires Series: Black Hawk](_blank)
/ref>[Trotting Cousins](_blank)
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**Honest Allen
***Denning Allen
****General Gates
*****Autumn
*****Victor
*****Red Oak
*****Scotland
*****Ben Lomond
*****Bennington
*****Castor
*****Dewey
*****Gladstone
*****Linsley
**Daniel Lambert
/ref>
****Madison Lambert
**Ethan Allen (Holabird)
**Superb
**Ethan Allen (Woodward)
Pedigree
* Ethan Allen is inbred
Inbreeding is the production of offspring from the mating or breeding of individuals or organisms that are closely related genetically. By analogy, the term is used in human reproduction, but more commonly refers to the genetic disorders an ...
2S × 3D to the stallion Sherman Morgan, meaning that he appears second generation on the sire side of his pedigree, and third on the dam side of his pedigree.
^ Ethan Allen is inbred 3S × 4D x 4D x 5D x 4D to the stallion Figure (Justin Morgan), meaning that he appears third generation on the sire side of his pedigree, fourth generation thrice on the dam side of his pedigree, and fifth generation once (via Bulrush Morgan) on the dam side of his pedigree.
References
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Further reading
Last Message of Ethan Allen (a poem)
1849 racehorse births
1876 racehorse deaths
Individual Morgan horses
United States Harness Racing Hall of Fame inductees