Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-06-22

tised them as Morgan horses, which is
very derogatory to the Morgan blood.
The stock of Morgan horses is so univer-
sally known and admired throughout
New England that it is hardly necessary
to repeat their merits. For a seller of
horses, it is only necessary to establish
the fact that his horses are of the Morgan
blood, and he meets with ready sale at
good prices, and the purchasers are more
than satisfied. They excel in great en-
durance, carrying weight long distance,
and as roadsters they excel all other
horses in this or any other country, are
full of noble and generous spirit, with
such docility of temper that the most
timid can drive them, but if put to their
mettle they are full hand for the best
driver.
1t has been asserted, and cannot with
propriety be denied, that there has never
been a stock of horses in England which
has proved so generally useful as the
Morgan stock of the original Morgan
horse, raised by Justin Morgan of West
Springfield, Mass, in 1893, and taken to
Randolph, VT, in the fall of 1885; sired
by the True Britton, or Beautiful Bay,
raised by James de Lancey of Long
Island, n. Y, and sired by his imported
English Traveller (known as Mortons
Traveller) who traces directly back to
the Godolphin Arabian. Dam of the
original Morgan was of the Wildair
breed, sired by the Diamond, who was
raised at Hartford, Conn. Diamond was
sired by the Wildair, known as the
Church horse. The Church horse was
sired by the Wildair imported from Eng
land by Gen. Delaney, and afterwards
taken back to England. He was a grand
son of the Godolphin Arabian. The dam
of the Church horse was an imported
Wildair mare, owned by Captain Samuel
Burt of Springfield, Mass.
The above is the genuine pedigree of
the Morgan horse, which is in no way of
French Canadian descent, as many have
enormously supposed. The description
of the Morgan horse is not in the least
exaggerated y. ID. Il. in the Maine
Farmer.
THE HORSE BLACK HAWK AND HIS PROG
ENY
We find the following paragraph in the
last number of the Albany "Cultivator" /:
From a late visit to Vermont we learn
that this stock is more and more highly
esteemed as it arrives to proper age to
be tried. This creates ready demand
for them at high prices. A yearling colt
was lately sold by DIR. Rice of Bridport
for 81 900. His destination is Chicago,
Ill. Instances are not very rare of 81 200
to 81 900 being obtained for colts from
two to three years old and 5000 to $500
for tilies. One of the finest colts we ever
saw is ownedi by Messrs. Hill IL Walker
of Bridport. He was foaled the second
of July last; was by Black Hawk, dam
by Comet, son of Sherman Morgan.
He has, even now, almost the finish and
development of mature and perfect
horse. We saw the old horse III harness
again. He still moves with great ease,
and shows much of the nerve and elasti-
city for which he has always been dis
tinguished. We notice that some news
papers in giving an account of the YER
mont State fair, make distinct class of
Black Hawk and his progeny, and anoth-
er distinct class under the head of Nor
gan horses-thus giving the impression
that Black Hawk does not belong to that
noted family. On this point it is suffi-
cient to say that the writer of this is in
possession of the most positive evidence
which case of this nature admits of,
that Black Hawk was begotten by the
horse called Sherman Morgan.