The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-11-06

gan brought the original Morgan horse
from Connecticut. | never saw the
Justin Morgan, but was well acquaint-
ed with Mr.. Sheppard of Montpelier,
who said that he at one time owned
the old Justin Morgan; that he used
him for all kinds of work; that he
could take him out of the team and
run him against any horse they could
bring on and beat every time. Mr..
Sheppard said he traded for this horse.
Mr.. Sheppard was truthful man and
| supposed it was as he said. The Justin
Morgan was blood bay horse with
black maue and tail. He sired very
good and even lot of horses, sound,
smart aud spe edy, think as race fast
er than the Woodbury's, but Woodbury.
sired some fast ones. Figure Eagle
was sired by Bulrush; bred by Capt.
Farnham of Tunbridge. He was a bay
horse, Is "a hands, eleven to twelve
hundred pounds, thick.set, heavy
horse, the proudest of himself of any
horse l ever saw, graceful, beautiful
horse of fine color and about as perfect
as he could be. He was sold to man
at Barre when not more than ten years
old, think land poisoned soon after.
think that Figure Eagle looked the
best on parade of any horse l have ev.
er seen. Old Bulrush had very large
neck, well put on; not bit of eve
neck. He was bold-looking horse, a
stout-built horse, very strong forward,
with full tail and very heavy name.
In my earliest recollection about horses
it was claimed that the original Justin
Morgan was Arabian; he was also
claimed to be of other blood, and there
was quite controversy about it; my
recollection is that Mr.. Sheppard said
that he traded for Justin Morgan: that
he did not keep him more than year
or year and half, and that he bred
him to some mares. | used to take a
good many borses down the river to
Hartford and Springfield. Used to see
= good many Sherman colts. They
did not much resemble Woodbury. or
; Bulrush stock. They were taller, more
: brown and bay, not so bright bay,
and not great amount of chestnuts.
His colts were longer-legged and high
er-shouldered than those of either OF
the others. {? y Magic (2:25 Ia
by Jim Fisk, son of Benedict Merrill
) dam by the Wood horse, sire of the
: Windsor horse by Hale's Green Noun
tain Morgan; Royal John (2:26 LAY
by Woodstock, son of Young Morrill,,
dam by Putnam Morgan, son of Wood.
bury, and Cassius Prince (2:29) by
Billiards. Cassius M. Clay, dam by the
> Harlow horse, son of Morgan Tally-ho
by Woodbury., were bred in this town
Magic being bred by the town of Bar.
, nard, and Cassius Prince bv Alvin
s Wood.
j. NJ. Furman of Woodstock says he
brought the horse Niagara from the
West; he was kept in Vermont five OF
l six years. Potter Westcott of Fail
. Haven had him. lie was large anC
j very fast horse, but would balk. lie
L trotted at Buffalo in 2:3G. Partie:
Il from the West came and bought hin
back. Mr.. Furman has also given us {
b large amount of information on Nor
gan pedigrees which will be published
1 in due time.
s Mr.. Enos Jennings of Woodstock
gives information of the following trot
ters: Indian Rubber Ben, blk. g.,2 ;32
Ia, from Vermont, he thinks from
q Morristown, sired by Comet, son o
). Billy Root, by Sherman Morgan, ant
b was owned by IL. A. Hall of Massachu
n sctts.
a India Rubber, blk. G., 2:29 1-2, wa
n bred in Waitsfield and was bought by
# Mr.. Jennings of Mr.. Dumas of tina
:. place. He was sired by Robert, other
s erwise called the Jocelyn horse, by
& Young Myrick, son of Sherman Blacl
q Hawk. India Rubber was large blacl
q horse with white ankles, stood II
:. hands, had sharp hips, a thin ear ant
y beautiful neck.
h Queechee Maid, b. M, 1925, by Bal
v lard's Cissius M.Clay,was bred by Mr.
k Wood of Hartford, Vt. Her dam wa
:. by the Morse horse. son of Woodstock
i'll by Young Morrill,.
IS May Day, b. m, 2:30, by Ballard
d Cassius M. Clay, he thinks was bred b,
=. Mr.. Ballard of White River Junction
n Col. Pike, b. g., 2:29 l-2, by the sam,
o sire, he thinks was also bred in Yer
mont.
l., Mr.. Grin Dsnforth of Barnard say
1t that before the time of Woodbury. Nor
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