Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-01-11

: have had great many of his colts that l
, thought great deal of, and l have had
J colts from other strains of the Morgan
blood which thought were very fine.
81 cannot have Morgan horse about
me without becoming firmly attached to
1t. L attribute it to the higher degree of
intelligence which they possess. They
seem to know everything you say to
them. They are not tricky, and are more
reliable than any other horse ever saw.
Once in my experience down in Tennes-
see, within few years, was breaking a
: four-year-old colt that had never been
handled. | had driven her but two or
three times, when on one occasion had
, to get off the carriage to close gate.
|, She was restless, and did not want to
stand while was shutting it. Her nest
, ling caused the harness to break, and the
traces came down, but the mare stood
! there just as quietly as an old horse would
have done until fixed the harness, and
put her in and drove along. Her conduct
; on that occasion reminded me that she
was Morgan.
/ 81 came into the States when was
, thirteen, l think; anyway it was quite
: young. | have lived in the States ever
since, with the exception of one winter,
when l was back in the Provinces be-
| tween Stanstead and Barton, Vt. | kept
, a stable in Maiden, Mass, four years.
have been among horses all my life,
} either stabling, expressing or horserail-
, reading. l was on the Lynn & Boston
J railroad five years; had charge of the
Lynn end of the road Then | rented
l the Stoneham street railway eight years.
= bought all the horses on the Lynn &
Boston railroad while | was there, and
, bought my own up at Stoneham while
: had the lease of the Stoneham street rail-
way. | should judge 20OO horses have
been bought and sold through me. was
: with Fred Stocker of Saugus in 1913.
f My stage experience was in the northern
e part of Vermont. My father ran stage
, from Quebec to Montreal. His father, |
think, went from Connecticut. My father
8 spoke of old Justin Morgan from personal
y knowledge, and admired him very much.
+ At one time he tried hard to buy him.
81 know nothing about horse called
t Taboo, except that he was big rogue.
e My father knew nothing about the origin
d of Justin Morgan. l have met Arabian
horses among the thoroughbreds of the
= South, and | can 90 amongst a pack of
t horses and pick them out; pedigree will
/; tell. | distinguish an Arabian horse
S from the English thoroughbred by Their
Il more nearly round barrel, and they have
: a wider, finer leg than other strains OF
| blood. Their shoulders, too. are gener.
t ally more oblique, their heads are put on
S better, and the whole frame of the horse
t is better. The Arabians have much
p finer head and more intelligent eye than
the descendants of the English thorough
+ bred. Generally their faces are straight
+ but occasionally you will see one little
dished. | have seldom, if ever, seen an
h Arabian with a Roman nose, but have
g found such among the thoroughbreds.
a "Bell Mead, where | was located fol-
o some months, had six thoroughbreds, in
S Guiding Great Tom, an imported horse
e and lroquols, that Lorillard took to
e England; also Luke Blackburn, king OF
d the turf in America. There was Bramble
It one of the sons of Bonnie Scotland, and
o Plenipo, another son of Bonnie Scotland
e and Enquirer, by Lexington. There
g were the six thoroughbreds. Luke
It Blackburn had very nice head. Great
o Tom had fair head, and Bramble had a
it very good head and good trotting gait
e | remarked to the proprietor that good
d trotter would be the result if he would
o mate the Morgan mare Lottie C. with
: Bramble, as sure as the foal lived.
e 81 was in Tennessee little more than
e year and half. | went to Bell Mead
!. but was not exactly satisfied with the
X chance Gen. Jackson gave me, and left
him in six months. A cousin of his wife's
: learned | was coming home and wanted
e me to stay with him. | remained with
him year at Nashville. That was D.
ii. Gavock. He had one carload of Nor.
= gans, and they are still breeding the Nor.
e gans there. had letter from them Il
It few days ago, and they wanted me to &c
e back and look after those. | may con.
r clude to do So | would not hesitate at
e all only my sons health is not just as
l would like to leave him. | bought the
}, horses | took down to Tennessee from
e Vermont and New Hampshise. | took
a twenty-four, including three stations
!. They were mostly from the Sherman
y strain. bought and gathered them from
a the vicinity of Bethlehem, n. H., and
d from Burke and Lyndon, Vt. l helped
: select them all. We bought from the
k farmers. We bought three colts at S5(
/ apiece. We went down in November.
l. "Mr. Gavock breeds horses for the