The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1858-05-01
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, bou, Morgan and other Horses.

turc in rorter's Spirit Of the Times, j.
worthy OF attention:
The degcueracy Of the size Of the Morgaus
Is universally admitted; ard To persist in
breeding from Morgan stations with any
mares. tut most OF all with Morgan mares.
viii necessarily produce further deterioration
and icgcUeTaCv Of tine race IN all the quail
tets essential Cf the horse.
lit y believed that THIS progressive dr=rn-
cracy OF the MorSaus l. attributable chitHy-
II not entirely. To PERSISTENCE III breeding
too long, thai J. to say, :or many successive
generations into one and the same h.opi,
50 that whatever ori-;ua, orii"n OF thorough
blosd existed in their veins has dwind. ~
away tv constant TeIuiu>'"u oi the common
blood, until the race has lost nearly al! that
it once possessed O: what alone gives gcTtna-
nent value 20 anv family of horscS-Durc
Oriental blood Ey coming at the original
blood as nearly a. possible, we shall learn
which Of the new strains % blood To be
found in the country are the most desirable
to the end of eifeCting refrigeration, and
which are tie most desirable to be avoided,
as go closely cOgnate-
Now, OF the original blood Of tine MorganS,
il j. not easy to arrive at anything very Ger
tain; but 1t apears more than probable that
the original or Justan Morgan stallion was
hegotten on a common, or at the best, one
third part bred mare, by horse called True
Biiton, or sometimes the Beautiful Bay IL
Is said that this horse was the charger Of
Col Delaney, Of Kings Bridge, and was
stolen from him during the war of indepen-
drnce. and this also Is likely to be true
The Dcancys of Kings Bridge were great
hOrs--breeders; and General Delaney, the
father Of the Colonel Delaney IN question,
81 the celebrated Club mare. In an adver-
t.>eIn ut OF the owner Of True BritOn, after
Tie robbery. one S.laA Norton describes that
horse a. got by Traveller ont OF Dciancy's
famous racing mare; and attempt has
been made TO show that die Traveller IN
question VISA the famous imported horse,
Nnr.trn Traveller, son Of CrCftS Partner,
and that the rccing mare IN question was
the famous Club mare. Both these hppOtn-
t~tS are uuteaab'c-
There il reason, however for believing
that Irue Britain was very hichiy-breI
bos~c "f either Widair or Lt,H strain,
AMI. yery possibly. that the mother Of the
Justin Morgan was he-Otten by Wlliair
ug1u common country mare Of the NeT-
ttout brce,l, which -, probably. deduct.b.e
trru tie Cleveland bays. That the Morgan
sr.rS A-s been since cross. u with Cana -Jau
Il,lI. no one can Guuh; vho : ac.I-.a 5utcL
with t.r t1rm cf the Ca allan Norman. and
GO tlr peculiar Eea~y and cur.y texture
% Ls.r % the mGul~ 1ad tales % that bFct u.
Apart .~Iti tiis 70 j. known that the Morgan
t..u! has tiactgrt> of the Messenger him
80. tuu liIu. man. sTu Of oil NrsScu-
..-r ,at 81 Messenger mare whose dam j.
-I.I tl have been . thorough IscI. and from
NluI-.a'. . h1'fbryI suu Il OF! Ie~s~f .lT,
There IS 80 % known cross OF King William
b.D..! SO tl.- Ny--lr~, but u rs.- that iu
uir,rr.-v OF lu~ttEr1- the tho. UI-H-J.uGI
,1tur thorough llll.-brri mare, wIo were
a.tru s,irie. To- only the 0ue-i.ur;u o. one
f.tu part bred stations. sons II the Justin
Morgan. which could got by auy means have.
been better than two-thiris part be!
horse. and which probably was not more
than ra't-hrei, wrre he even that, out Of
common I,v-brcd mares Hal tie fam '
been FrrurS1tci iu the opposite way by the
us5Ju d Morgan mares w.-h tanTou-h-hr,o-,
sucu A. Messenger. ilauJ.tgu.au, OF hiuz
William, would have been far better Tor
t." race n al par t!culag>; hut the s,!HJiH-
"f half bred Nc-Sc = mares 20 tie iHisIi-
oily bred Morgan alters, was move N
the wrong ,!Irrstluu, however good and rich
the small portion o! the Lath or Ni.ta.:
tlDai m their veins, since il IS absolutely
Necessary to the improvement Of any rnre
of horses that III" larger fracture OF pure
bIroi shall be ~ the SIZE. net IN the dam;
in other words, tina: enc must breed W, not
down.
Hence it appears that the only way Is
which to improve the NJr-1H< Of - dag il
to- reject the u,r oG the stl...y- entirely, ana
to breed from the best 81 the Morgan m4re-
10 sound, bruv thoroughbred stations oil
the sane quality. -r.diu- all tine male OF
spring - 100; sufficiently noble from which
u ITJc.!. Nry, a. To- the blood Of the sta.
ions from which 10 breed, u /, advisable
that II should be distant from any Of IT,,
recent crosses Of Thoroughbred, but that i
shuuid run back 10 the same source witt
some of the remote crosses. Therefore. on,
wouli avoid breeding to Il son or grandson
Of Messenger or ktrg William, even II Il,
were otherwise ur1ii-ctionab.e: but by nc
meas To 4 horse that had WiIhair or La.l
blood III his veins, or the blood Of any o.
either or both of their ancestors, or Of the
ancestors &c N S~cH=er cr kFug William
y ". NI.daiT was by CaIe out Of Steady
mare, her dam by Partner, grandaln 10y
Greyhound, *. I.lth was by Shepherd
crab, his dam by Lati, grandeur hy Chill
deT$, &c Messenger was by Nambriu0, Iii
Siam by tErf, :raudam by EeguiuS. Cad
ami Iath were both by the GofoIphiu Ara
tiiu out Of Ioxana by the Bald Galloway
ont Of sister 10 CHanter by tine Akaster Turk
Ac-u.uS was also by the GOdolphin Arabian
ont Of GRAY Robinson, another daughter O
Bold Galloway King William was by Kim
fIvrod, out Of Maicap BY Snap, out Of Ms.
Nered-h ~ oil Cade. Therefore. one MAY
say a. once, that while avoiding to breed from
any stallion tracing directly TO Messenger
Kiug William or Latin Second, one shout,
select 4 sta Ion with so many crosses as pos
Of 0'afla. .fh t.1ff1f rYltiu
KinS H-roI. That IS TO say, 10 stallion cal
teIrtJer for the irnl rovemeut OF the Morgan
than one Of the sound, strong. well made son
or .rand>Ons Of SIR ATChy, any Of tn
E-llp~e<. any of the Trustees or any of tn
GirurocS, always having regard 20 thci
81. and bone. The HJ~tou- are T. be avoid
ell OF account of their tendency To- blindness
the PFaus On account of their tendency &
form light bone below the knee, and W
should fear the Aforementioned ~
have never seen the horse himSeif-ior ia
samrrea~or, since his son, Engineer, other
wise 4 very handsome horse, has this la
fault N 4 considerable degree. Tom Glib
which : now standing near Newbur.. il
Orange County, Y. y. and who has sic
bone. and EsIrr, i particularly eligible II
respect To- MS blood, since, while his rrceu
crosses are entirely remote from all mnIer-
American blood, he has at least four crosse
of King llerod, three Of the Gudu!pi.!r. an.
one or more OF both I.1ti and Clfc. W
should prefer breeding Morgan mares +,
this horse than To any other We know.
There Is ore breed or stool, Of horses I
which. thus f.r. We have hut casual
alluded. that * to say, only so Ear as it exist
in modified state, internIix Il with 9th,
varieties and qualifying the general hors
stock Of America. We mean, Of course, a.
T. Iago--rs 49,
extended noii-c, a being in Itself, IN IT,
e., rlnr. n -.rrllrfiv li..irr, fnrn;,,- -.