Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-16
THE MORGAN HOUSEHOLD.

lAlDdn wye III New lork sportsman.
In conclusion of a sketch of the rise
and development of the Morgan house
hold, it were fitting to pause somewhat
further upon its capacity for actual la
bors-the d%rudgery, so to say, of horse
life-before passing to an account of the
descendants of the strain which has
achieved great renOwn upon the trotting
courses of the country. As in the be-
ginning, so at all times the Morgan stock
has been pre-eminent for road uses. 1t
is well known that Michigan and Maine
supply the largest proportion of horses
to this city's markets. for liverv-stable,
horse-railroad, buggy. and carriage SER
vice, and both those States have shared
abundantly in the distribution of Morgan
blood. In an especial degree the latter
State, for thither, from Vermont. the
Knox progenitor made his way to ~enliven
and warm the 700 blood of the native
mares of the section. and Michigan was
fortunate in securing in the early emf
grafton which led New Hampshire and
Vermont farmers to 90 to the beautiful
peninsula, taking with them a. part of
their "househOld gods" their choice and
highly-prized descendants of the Morgan
sire. One of the largest horse-dealers in
the country. maybe the very largest in
dividual dealer, Mr.. |. II. Dahlman of
this city. through whose hands there pass
within any speeding twelve month no
fewer than ten thousand head of horses.
and whose privilege it j. to know horses
a. few men can. for he buys and sells
every kind and grade of stock. from fast
drivers. choice roadSters. and finished
saddle horses to the Shelties of Scotland.
and the gigantic dray horses of Clydes-
dale and the Perchc-declares his faith
in the MorganS for road and carriage
uses. In Mr.. Dahlman's view this stock.
a. produced in Maine, i the most eco
nomical; it always brings Il good. fair
price; its feet are good, almost invaria-
draw. or road. OF work to the saddle. is
capital as Il cob, and perfect aS a hack
ney. Stylish, enduring. tractable. the
horse of Maine has Won its way to "A very
warm place in Mr.. Dahlman's affection,
nor the less because he can step out and
"show Il fast clip" whenever he is ''re-
quested."
The color of this household is desira-
bic. TODAY, blood bay. or dark, "
brown, or chestnut its children are. with
now and then a gray or a black. but bay
usually; well-coated, tine-haired, with
good names and tails, they are always in
the fashion, II their close. pOny-like
gait gives them Il power to work and to
endure, which is of great consequence to
the car companies and livery men. who
wan horses To wear-not for Il day, but
for years. | have been impressed by the
uniformity of testimony upon behalf of
the Morgan horses for city labor; the
story is the same everywhere. In Chi
cage these horses are favorites of the
largest and most active of livery men.
such rs they who conduct the Palmer
House and the Leland House stables, and
with the railway companies, which like
the Western Division work three to four
thousand horses in daily business, and
the same fact exists in this city.
have referred to Mr.. Dahlman, who
supplied during the regime of the late
Mr.. Theron X. Butler, the Sixth avenue,
with its horses, than which no line could
show a better grade of stock, and among
the livery men who have expressed their
idea of the subject to me | can cite Mr..
a. Jones of Sixth street, who has EN-
ployed the stock in great quantity, and
prefers it to any other for general pur-
poses. This latter proprietor showed me
one of his pets a typical Morgan, say
l4.2 to l4.3 hands, compact, clean, wiry,
full of life and ambition, yet daily upon
the pavements from morning till night,
and so has been for years. There was
no pedigree of this animal in writing,
but none was necessary. His descent
was written indelibly upon his body
everywhere, from his eyes to his hinder
hoofs, and he seemed to say that he was
good to serve his master for these many
years to come.
In this immediate connection perhaps
a word concerning a famous Morgan
mare, of old time it is true, but yet wor-
thy of remembrance for her great per-
~formances, will be pertinent. Fanny
jerks was a long-distance performer of
remarkable form. In 1911 she made her
eatree at Centerville, l.. L., trotting ten
miles to a sulky, drawing AS lbs, in
29m. sos, and the following spring, in a