The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-08-24
For the Middlebury Register.
Have we a Morgan smorg Us ?


This great question which has produE
ccd so much agitation of late. and
which, in comparison. the query of Hay
we Bourbon among us ?" dwindles [
insignifcance, like all questions of lik
nature, has recently reached Gilman,
MIR. Adams of Burlington came fort
crying Eureka, Eureka, l have fount
the Morgan, the fast Morgan. and he i
the unboubted progeny of Flying Nor
gan" being the celebrated Ethan AL
len," who is of royal blood, and nobl
qualities, which challenge the admiration
of the world" IL have found also anoth
er of the same parcntage and royal blood
being the celebrated Highland Maid.
whose claims to distinction are unoues
tionable."
But, as in regard to the Bourbon ques
ton, many people doubted. and shook
their heads ominously when such thco
ries were advanced by the biographer
Mr. Adams, and some even advanced
ideas that these ncwly-found Morgans
were from the SUMMER South, and of 4
different parentage, which according I'd
the theories of Mr.. Adams would debad
them forever from all claims upon royal
regard, and noble blood. At this. oud
theorizer reviews his works and in thd
tracing of lineage is constrained to adj
init that he is at fault that his theory
of the royal blood Of Highland Maidi1
Is untrue and that although he knows
nothing Of the lineage or blood Of az
than Allen" still he is forced to belle, q
that his claims to royalty are undoubt-
ed for he has the same color as his sire.
and as "like bcgots like" therefore all
doubts must BE- idle
Mr.. Adams is certainly very maenal.-
imous. He admits the incorrectness of
a part of his history, in regard to High
land Maid" and adopts method of ira
cling pedigree in regard to Ethan AL
len" which must strike some as remark
ably progressive, and Invested altogeth-
or Of the crime of old Fogyism: To
wit - that if one horse has the same col
or and marks upon the feet, as his repor-
ted royal sire, he must be unquestiona-
bly, the descendant of that sire.
This new theory is likely to prove of
most incalculable importance to Mr.. Ad.
ans, and all similar tracers of pedigree
in future If he should be forced to ad-
nit hereafter, that his theory in regard
to Ethan Allen is untrue as he has
already done in regard to Highland
Maid" he may easily demonstrate any
other horse, showing noble qualities, and
having the same color as being of the
same undoubtcd parcntage.
The dam of Ethan Allen" was grey
mare owned by W. Holcomb of Ii.
conderoga, n. Y and was bred to Black
Hawk" twice previous to her raising e
than Allen The issue of these was
Black Hawk Maid.n and Red Legs" a
gelding, both very fast animals, and both
as dissimilar in regard to each other, as
they are to Ethan Allen" The dam
was put in foal the third time July H.
l94s, and ran in an adjoining pasture
at Bridport, Vt, some six or els hit weeks
before being removed to Ticonderoga
The colt Ethan Allen" was foaled juno
II, 1919. The dam was bred to ''Blacl,
Hawk" the fourth time, and died in foal
in the winter of lS40-50.
These facts can be proved BY nuthen
tic records made at the time, and by the
testimony of witnesses knowing person
ally all The circumstances
We think that Nj. Adams, like his
very meek antecodent, Row Eleazar
Williams, had better refrain from put
ting on assumed honors until he ha:
some little positive proof that they be
long to him otherwise he may yet suf
fer as great reversal of fortune. as a
very innocent ANIMAL whose history i
recorded in -ESop, who, being somewha
ambitious withal, tried to assume author
ity and distinction by putting on lion
skin. "EruAy ALLIES"
Mr.. Adams, since the publication of hi
erroneous assertions, has, in an article in tn
Burlington ScHtiRei, adntittcd that his state
ment that "Flying Morgan" was the sire q
Highland Maid was untrue and that h
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