Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-08-27


Morrill, was by the Lock Gosse Horse. son
of Sherman Morgan, grandam by Young
Bulrush Morgan and the dam of Gen.
Lyon was by Royal Morgan, son of Sher-
man Morgan. Gen. Lyon got eight turf
performers. and Young Morrill, seven
teen. Young Morrill, got Winthrop Nor
rill from a daughter of the Huc<ins
Horse, he by Royal Morgan, son of Sher-
man Morgan. Winthrop Morrill, got be-
tween twenty-five and thirty sons and !
daughters that have acquired records. |
nine of which are in 2 80 or better, the |
fastest being Honest Harry, winner of |
fifty heats below $3.50, one in 2 % Ia. 1t |
is a significant fact that the dams of Gen. |
Lyon, Young Morrill, and Winthrop Nor
rill all run through short and direct eros
ses to Sherman Morgan, and that with
each additional cross of Sherman Nor
gan blood the success of the stallion has
been more marked. Yet would 1t not be
absurd to give all the credit to the Sher-
man Morgan cross? If so, how much
that the speed Inheritance of Gen. Knox
came from this daughter of Clifford Nor
gan several removes away.
Applying the test to some of the we'll
known Morgans outside of Maine, taking
for example horse with well estab-
lished reputation for speed, like Honest
Allen, the same result is apparent. Hon
est Aliens breeding has never been
questioned. He was by Ethan Allen,
dam, the Edgerly Mare, by the Brooks
Horse. a son of Sherman Morgan. Hon
est Aliens record to harness is :33 -.
llitched with running mate he beat Gold
smith Maid, rugged in the same style, at
/ Prospect Park, J.. j., Sept. 10, 1870, in
straight heats, time, 2:lS 1-2, 2:17 II,
2:2l -. Fourteen of Honest Aliens
get. as shown by Chester's Complete
Trotting and Pacing Record. have proved
winners upon the trotting turf, four of
which have beaten , 80 in public races.
The fastest of these il the black gelding
Tom Allen, record %. Both Tom AL
len and his sire are excellent examples
of ataVism, or reversion. as regards col
or. Ethan Allen was bay, his sire
Black Hawk, black. and his sire. Sher-
man Morgan. chestnut. like his dam.
Honest Allen was Il chestnut. like his
great-grandsire, Sherman Morgan. Tom
Allen is black, like his great-grandSire,
Hills Black Hawk. Tom Aliens dam
was by Brignoli, brown bay; he by
MambrinO Chief, brown; he by Mambri-
no, bay, and he by imported Messenger
gray.
Two of Honest Aliens sons and al
equal number of daughters have pro-
duced , 80 trotters. One of these son,
was Prince Allen. sire of Robert b
Thomas = :25). The other, smith
Honest Allen. which died at the farm OF
his owner. Richmond Smith, Concord
y. H.. July %. at the age of twenty-si2
years. Smiths Honest Allen was an eX
cellent representative of the Morgan fam
lily, and left valuable road stock. Iii,
dam was daughter of old Clifford Nor
gan, making him very strongly inbred Il
the highly-prized Morgan strains. Hi
get were not only superior roadsters, bu
some were distinguished turf performers
Ii has been stated that he got nearly l0OC
colts in all. Two of these, according t.
One was the roam stallion Alton Boy
which James Golden drove to q record o
, 30 - in third heat at Mystic Park
Oct. "A, 1874. The other was the brown
stallion Shakespeare, which beat Snow
flake, Ned Wallace and Mcmahon a
; Hillsboro, n. H., Sept. Is, 1883, in , 80
, 2:3l IL, , 81 II. Shakespeare also VOL
= a number of other good races, but mad
: his best record in the one just mentioned
Gen. Knox and Smiths Honest Allel
I were bred in similar lines. Each inner
q tied the same proportion of Black Hawl
blood through his sire. The dams o
p each possessed the Clifford Morgan strain
q that of Honest Allen being one-half Gil
p ford Morgan. while that of Gen. kno,
4 was one-eighth. According to the rec
I ords, Gen. Knox has produced not les
4 than seventy-tive winners of public race,
= and ten of these are credited with record
/ of , 80 or better, two of which hay
beaten 2 20. The records show that tn
: proportion of winners in the Morga
a family which possess the Sherman MOI
gan strain is about the same As those i
( the Messenger family that have descenC
ed from Mambrino. whose sons produce
p the founders of the lIambletonian. Nam
brine Chief and Champion families. y
i amount of reckless Measurements tina
may get into print concerning these maj
4 tiers can change the facts either of tn
n breeding or public performances of thi
. branch of the Morgan family.
1t is encouraging to know that +. +. L
i is at last willing to ''let fame go where
belongs" We do not question his hon
o esty of purpose, but no one has worke