The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-01-24
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III. Register:-Undcr the above title
I wish to write = series Of letters. In
order to fully explain to the farmers of
Marmaton township the breeding of
our roadster maree and their speed ele-
ments. BY this, I mean to give the
pedigree in full of the four stations
Slyfoot. Baker Horse, Tuckaho and
Doc Cole. Az these horses are not
owned here now, and have left no
stations here, what write will be of
interest to the owners of their female
offspring only. I do not claim to
.know it alp but will do the best I
can. The reason do this is because I
honestly believe we have In this town.
ship the best roadster plant that there
il In Allen county, and I desire that
those who own good mares would keep
them pure and not cross them with
any draft stock, or 20 to raising mules.
1t is saying q good deal to say we
have the best plant in Allen county,
but after 1 am done, you can all judge
for yourselves. The get Of one Of these
stations, Slyfoot, has always taken
sweepstakes premium at our fair,
against heavy opposition. and the clos
est rivalry was by the get of Doc Cole
and our other two sires. 1 do not wish
to be understood that I think there is
more money in breeding this class OF
horses than any other, but as we have
such q good plant it is best to "breed
in line"
I wish now to disabuse the minds OF
come Of our farmers about the differ
ent breeds of trotting horses. When
the trotting bred stallion 5lyfoot came
here, (Juue, 1882 our farmers had q
good class of small mares that they
calpd full blood Hambletonians, I"
"Morgans," and SO forth. Now then,
there is no breed of trotting horses,
and never has been. There never
was, or never will be two horses who
were Hambletonians, Morgans, Whips
and 80 forth. In 17SS the celebrated
thoroughbred stallion, Messenger. was
landed In Philadelphia. The word
thoroughbred in horses, simply
means the EngIirh race horse which il
the pure Arab, bred with care as tc
speed at the run, for nine or more gen.
erations. Messenger was stinted to 9
great many common mares aud from
these we get what some call pure bred
Messengers. His foal from the thor
ough bred mare out of Imported SauI
Kraut was the great Mambrino, 1449
He sired Abdallah out Of mare from
Messenger, and Abdallah l sired
Hambletonian 10 out of mare fiorn
imported BellfOunder. Hambletoniar
10 was foaled in 1s49 aud lived 81
years. In order to form breed ht
would have to be bred at 8 years o
age to a lot of mares, then when his
get were three years old, bred back to
their sire to produce three fourth bred
mare foals. This would have to bt
continued for three more generations
to produce full.blooded mbletoni.
an. aud then these foals would have
to be bred together to make a breed
This was never done. 1t Is the same
with the Morg ans. There are families
whose lines trace several times t
these horses, but the largest per cent
of their blood is what is called ''cold,
or ''cold cross" I have at hand s
stallioneer's card that says his horse
was out of "full blooded Morgan
mare and sired by full blooded Ken.
lucky Whip" There never was o
full blooded Morgan mare and never
was a pure Whip. An English thor.
oughbred was imported to Kentucky
named Imp Whip. From him de
scended many called Whips. At besl
they had only one half Of his blood
When you see this KIDD Of an advert.
isement 1t will pay you to investigate.
Justin Morgan was foaled in Sprin G.
field, Mass, In 1893 and taken to Ran
dolph, Vermont. two years later.
where he became noted sire. His
dam was a common mare. His sire
was True Britton, out Of Gen. Delan.
cy's race mare. True Britton was sired
by Lloyd's Traveller, thorough bred,
or Arab bred horse. Thus 1t will be
seen that the founder of the Morgan
families was one half Arab bred aud
one half native. ..
Justin Morgan left several celebrated
sons The most of them were celebra-
ted for saddle horses that showed of
we'll under the saddle. Three of his
sons names are frequently found in
the pedigrees OF the flyers of the pres
emf day. They were Woodbury.,
Bulrush aud Sherman Morgan The
latter was out OF chestnut mare, and
sired Hills Vermont Black Hawk, the
sire of Ethan Allen and many others,
among whom were Sherman Black
Hawk, NJ. 5, who sired the sire of
Slyfoot's dam. quote from memory
the following about Justin Morgan:
His sire was stolen from his breeder
during the Revolutionary War, and
sold to Seeley Norton, who bred from
him the subject Of this. He is said to
have been bay, with hairy legs. Oace
at great pulling match, no horse