This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/nAC.2ACI/1512 Message Board Post: Rutland Daily Globe April 21, 1877 Valuable Horse Drowned One day this week Mr. Lewis Wilkins of Bridport took his fine young stallion, Black Hawk, jr., out for exercise. The horse became frightened, threw Mr. Wilkins against some wood, giving him a shock which loosed his hold of the reins, and then ran towards the lake. Attached to the wagon he made for the water, got his leg over the axle and was drowned. The horse was a promising young four year old and valued at $1000.