Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1856-10-03
1grirulturnl.
Sixth Exhibition of the VT.
state Agricultural Society.

lertd Tor competition and exhibition
was 1872 (as,do from foals by the
side Of their dams against 3i2 last
year. Ofthgse there were 76 " Slcr-
man Morgan stations, mares, colts
and fiIlies, l6 Of the Woodbury.
Morgan l3 of the BulIrush Nor
gans 1S of the llamblctoniuns and
other blood 80 pairs Of matched
horses; Ia geldlngs and mares
and 40 foreign horses, or those own
ed without the limits Of the State.
The several branches of the Nor
gan horses were we'll represented,
not only IN their several departments
AS above, but ia the classes of geld
lngs and mares, matched horses, and
among the foreigners. The " Sher-
man branch largely predominalcd.
This inclu les the famous d" Black
Hawk" race and the descendants
OF that worthy sire were 10y FAR more
numerous at the exhibition than
those of any other stock horse. In
deed we doubt whether any living
horse in this country or in the world.
has produced so much aud so uniform
good stock as that celebrated animal
He is justly the pride Of Vermont
aad long may he live TO wear the
honors he has so nobly won
The most prominent OF his descend.
ants, and The one that justly took the
first premium in his class. was the
famous Ethan Allen" He also is
too well known to need description.
The North Horse which drew
the first premium last year was also
on the ground and attracted great
attention Ills former success pre-.
vented his receivlng the honors Of the
Society the present year The stal.
lions owned by II. F. Griffith OF Tun.
bridge, D. A. Bennett d Co., oI
Bridport, A. o. Palmer of Charlotte
Il. Neering Of Orwell, and other.
were all worthy or special commen-
datIon. The same may be said Of
the colts exhibited 10y l.. ID. Stone
and 9. b. Cook of Charlotte, and ID
G. Linsley aud jason Davenport o
Mlddlebury There were others Der,
haps of equal merit, but we had not
time to eXlmlne them. The fIle.
were nearly all very fine and merito.
rlous. The locality OF the FAR wa,
such as to call out an unusually larg,
and valuabled class of this race o
horses. The elegance of outline
grace of movement, high meuIe anc
heetness Of the Sherman sMorgans
fully entille them to be considered Al
the pride of Vermont.
The committee on Sherman Nor.
gans IN their report say :-'' We un.
dersIand the object of the Society il
Offering premiums in this class, is the
improvement of Roadsters, or lighr
carriage horses, and we therefore
make our decisions in conform,t,
with what we regard the proper stan
dard for this purpose"
In the sub-variety ofthe Morgans
known as 4" Woodbury." we're nun,
excellent horses. This class presents
substantial claims on the ground OF
muscle, compactness and strength
combined with great endurance
which render them desirable as road
stefs. In activity, spirit and speed
they are not far removed from then
relatives Of the preceding variety
As at some former fairs, the " Wood
bury's' were headed by old fGreel
Mountain Morgan" now in his 25lI
year. The fire of his youth seem,
still to burn brightly. His eye is not
din nor his natural force abated He
was awarded the first premium in hi,
class--a proceeding the propriety o.
which we must question, as his quail
lies as stock horse cannot, on ac-
count of his extreme age and the ac,
cidents Of early life, compare favor
ably with those of some Younger an
imais. There were several other We,
~ excellent stations, the compara.
live merits Of which are, with the a,
boyo exception, duly recognized il
the awards of the committee. J
Johnson e. Brothers, of Bradford
were the largest exhibitors 10 their va
neiy, aud their stock as well as the
enterprise displayed by them in TAX
ing 50 much trouble to contribute tC
the show, is worthy Of commenda-
ton. The Committee IN their re.
port say that The brood mares eG-
hibited by Jesse Johnson a. Brothers,
were by far the best blood of any
thing under that head aud the loaI
OF the 3 year old mare, sired by the
Imported Hunter, is one of the Ue,
ry best specimens of high blood
which came under our observation
The class OF " Bulrush Morgans'
was comparatively small, there be-
ing but few stations of this variety
in the State. The most noted stock
horse on exhibition was " Young
Morrill," owned by Messrs. Town &
Trow of Barre. He received the
first premium, although the Commit
tee took proper occasion to remark
that in their opinion the interest oi
The society requires that no animal
should receive the first premium in
any Two succeeding years" II will
be remembered that TO this horse was
awarded the frat premium IN the