Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-12-18

all, If the latter afforded the traveller any
more substantial happiness aud pleasure.
Gliding over hill and dale, one is almost
led to be poetical and cxclaim with "Idler,'
who in 1882, wrote on Ny horse" Il
think he must have been a Morgau,) as fol-
lows;
with glancins eye and curv'ns name,
He ncilhs and champs on the bride rein
one spring, and bis saddle hack Pros
Aud our'sls common happiness
MS the rapture of motion IA hurrying cloud
When the ioosenod winds are breathing loud -
a shan tom the painted Indians bow s.
A lifd, In the pride Of speed we go.
Dark thoughts that haunt nc where arc yo now,
While the cleft air gratefully cools my brow,
And the dizzy earth seems rcolng by,
And naught b. at rtst but the arehlng sky.
And the tramp Of my stccd, 60 swim ana strong
Is doater than fame aud sweetor than song
There Il io in the breeze ug we hasten onf
With each bound some care Of earihha gone,
And the lnnguid pulse begins to play,
Aud the niaht OF my soul Is turned TO day.
richer vorduro the earth o'cr.prcads
sparklcs tho strcanlct more ignt In the mead
And It's voice TO tho flowers that bend above
Is son as the whisper Of carly love"
This is beautiful poetry, aud there is
more Of it, hut will come down to terra
frma and talk a little longer on matters
pertaining to the Morgan horse.
GIN. BANKS AND GREEN MOUNTAIN MORGAN.
Ia 1863, there was an old fashioned
" general training or MUSTER" in the Bay
State, at Concord, and quite rivalry
sprang up among the field officers to secure
the finest horses for the parade, Governor
Banks sent a special ambassador to the
owners of Green Mountain" and after
some negotiation, the old horse was taken
from his obscure retreat at Williamstown,
Vermont, and at the age of twenty-five
years, was taken a long distance to con-
tend with field Of chosen studs, in the
trying and fatiguing evolutions Of mil
itary drill. Age had not dimmed the
fire Of his eye, nor checked the full and
vigorous pulsations Of his blood, nor tanned
the unAinching courage and dauntless bear
ing which never failed to rouse the cuthu-
siustic applause Of all beholders. The
staunch old veteran was the " observed Of
all Observers" and it seemed to be the
general feeling that, instead Of the horse
being honorcd by bearing in the cayalcade
the distinguished Governor Of Massachu-
setts his Excollency was rather honored
in being allowed to bestride the finest par
adc horse in the country, as Gen. Wool
declared him to be-
ions Description OF A HORSE GOING TO
BATTLE.
No wonder Vermonters were proud of
this noble representative Of the Morgan
race. To admire him you should see his
mettle and grand bearing as he almost
danced to the strains Of martial music
He would remind one of an instance recor-
ded more than three thousand years ago,
by a sacred writer, who gives us sublime
account Of the manner in which the horse
at that time appeared, especially when Gu
tering into the spirit of the battle. Job
80, 10: Hast thou giren The horse
strength? Hast thou clothed his neck Nth
thunder2 Canst thou make him afraid as
the grdsslopper? The glory Of his nostris
is terrible. lie pa,eeth The ralley, and re-
joieeM in his strength he goeth on TO
meet The armed men. lie mocketh at fear,
and is not aGriglted, neither tnrneth he
his back from The Sword. The qtirer SET
tleth against him, the glittering spear and
Tie shield. lie acaliolcetl the Scord in lis
ferceness and rage. lie saith among The
trumpets, Ha! hal lie Smelleth the bat
tie qfar of, the thunder Of tie captains
and the shoutiag."
ENGLANp's GREATEST P0ET DESCRIBES NOR
GAN.
Shakespeare must have been quite {
horsoman, judging from the description he
gave of a fine horse, and which is truly {
due type of the Morgan. lie says
Round hoofsd short ointed, ietlocks shag aud long
broad breast, null small head, and nOstrl VIDE
High crest short cars straight legs aud passing strong
Thin name, thick tail, broad bullock tender hide
Look what horse should have he did not lack
Save proud rider on SO proud back"
MoRGANs POPULAR,
We have found that the Morgars ar
good roadsters, aud we shall fnd many fas
ones among them, were we to examine then
for this particular. Indeed they hay
ranked very high for their trotting quail
ties, and showed fast time that has scarcel
been beaten. This has made them yer
popular, aud they have commanded remu
neratiye prices As a gentleman of dis
tinction remarked, " For a seller Of horses
it is only necessary for him to establish tn
fact, that his horses are Of the Morga
blood, and he meets with a ready sale q
good prices, and the purchasers are NOR
than satisfied
Says Lindsey, in his admirable work Q
Morgan horses, " the more widely and tho
, oughly they are known, the greater hi
been the demand for them, Fifteen yea
ago the best stations could be procured f
from Eve to fifteen hundred dollars, Il
best geldings from one hundred to one hui
bred and fifty dollars, and the best mar
from one to two hundred. Now the be
= stations cannot be procured for less thi
from one to three thousand dollars. Il
- best mares at from three to six hundred
;, This l know was written 10 1860, VIII
I Vermont had d large number Of spleud
. horses of the Morgan breed.
i, MoRGANs TAKING THE PREMIUMS.
s. At one Of The UniteA States Agriculi
IN raj Fairs, held in Boston in 1855, the
er were over 200 entries Of Morglns, and
list Of premiums shows how popular II
e. were at that time. Three premiums We
es offered to stations as " roadsters;" of tn