The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-03-13

tending slightly above the pas erns.
lie also had white star in forehead,
and a faint, irregular, white stripe
few iuchc, in length extending from
between his nOstrils upward. His hea
was handsome, ear delicate, neck fine,
of good leuglh and clean cut in the
throttle, shoulders deep and obique,
hack and loiu strong, coupling excel
lent, hips long and quarters powerful
~ muscled.
Whatever difference of opinion may
have existed as to Ethan 4 lens breed
ing, no one has ever raised a doubt as
to his being the handsomest, finest
styled and most perfectly gated troiter
that has ever been produced. His
breeding has been subject of consid.
cradle discussion. 1t appears that in
1862, partly for joke and partly for
the personal qualification of annoying
Mr., David Hill, who then owned Black
Hawk, j. w. Holcomb, the breeder and
owner of Ethan Allen, originated a
story to the effect that his colt was got
b. horse called Flying Morgan. AS
there was strong resemblance in color
and form between the two horses, par
ties who had seen Vermont Black
Hawk, Flying Morgan and Ethan AL
en-, tut knew nothing OF the circum-
stances concerning the breeding of the
latter, readily believed the Flying Nor
gan story, and many intelligent horse
men at the present time, who have new
er taken the trouble to investigate
the facts and examine the ante
ce Tents of both horses, still entertain
the idea that Ethan Allen was son OF
that handsome little bay.
Flying Morgan was foaled in 1913,
the property of Il. NJ. Adams, Burllng-
ton, Vt, got by the Hackett horse ; dam
by Woodbury., son of Justin =. Nor
gan. When five years old Mr.. Adams
sold him to DR.. William =. Russell of
Mddlebury, Vt, by whom he was
owned during the season of 1913, but
was repurchased the following year by
Mr.. Adams, who kept him for stock
| purposes until the horse was twenty
two years old Flying Morgan was a
| blood bay in color, with white heels.
| lie was below the medium size, but
! very handsome, and in IN ,st respects,
excepting size, nearly fanltless in pat
tern, as may be judged from the follow
| ing description, given by his owner,
Mr.. Adams, in a pamphlet issued about
| 1850:
Flying Morgan is in height nearly
fourteen hands, his body is, to horse
tancier, a prodigy to look upon, and
when in III ton presents figure that
such cannot fail to admire; long
round body, a lengthy, arched neck, a
beautiful broId head and slim ear, curly
name md all, his color blood bay
with dapple spots, his muscles and ten
dons developed to n high degree; his
hooks very compact and wedgelike and
! his limbs of extra uD-tance"
He was a very fine gated horse, and
quite IT. nttcr i'll his day, winning a
number of races, none Of which appear,
however, either in oval ce's Truring
Register" or "Chester's Complete Trot'
ting and Pacing Record" Liusley
mentions two races in which he was
victorious. The first was ice race, in
1880 in which he beat u horse called
| Framp in straight heats, time, ? 81,
, IS; aud the second a match race OF
mile heats, best three in rive, against
Cleopatra, which came Oft at Cam
bridge Park, Oct. 2, 1851, Flying Nor
gan winning in straight heats, time
? 81, 2,51 IL, . 81. Among the races
trOtted by him, not found upon the
turf records, was one at keesVllle
course, in 1851, where he beat two
horses, one OF which was + nperor
VIII Sc dam was the noted trotting IN are
Fanny Puleu, which was also the dan
of Trustee, the first animal to tro
twenty miles in titty-ui c minute
thirtY-fve and a halt seconds. In lS5:
he beat trUtter known as the Cook
horse, and IN 1888, at Montpelier, w.
won race from Old Morrill,, beating
him in straight heats.
. Flying Morgan left some excellen
stock, several of which distinguished
themselves upon the turf. The tastes
of his get was the chestnut gelding
Jack Ii rter, better known as The Trav
elier, which started in eleven races
( WANING first money in five, and scor
ing record of 2.27 -. Another .
his sons was the chestnut geldng Grit
that won four of the six races in whicl
he started, and got record of , 33. b,
some this Grit is thought to be tn
same horse MS Jack II 'rter and Travel
, Ter. The bay stallion, Ira Allen, whict
started in five race, winning first mon
ely III four, The fastest of which wa:
trotied in 2 SO, was also son of FLY
ing Morgan, his dam being daughte
of Green Mountain Morgan, thus max
ing him inbred to the Morgan strain.
; To be continued