The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1892-01-21
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The true Aorsss horse iof ell bosipess
purposes 10 the bee, bofse that there "a.
Doe cannot bu, love end Admire him Tor
hh many good snd doe qusli,isa Net iss'
for mile. hut icr 40 ell day. drive. aud
. number Of them Gill ouussi number o.
fac, ones. His kind snd pleasant disposi
ton. great intelligence. One road qualities,
90 Tree and easy to drive. smooth aud es'y
wsy OF go,rs. which carries one " essy 10
the wagon ~ II does sheu 90 i,s back, snd
bis great coarsgs and endurance = these
qualities make one love him His sress
beauty. s,yls. proud and lofty bearing ons
cannot bu, admire. His head shows bis
Arabian origin Il large uostiils, intelligent
face. vide between the eyes; eyes sbosins
spirit. energy spd .. timer Gre; ears shori'
thick end rounding, Indicating . strong
constitution. placed we'll apart and point
ing toward esch other; leck srcbine, thick
and heavy u The body. breast very vide.
showing sreA. strength spd luns power
withsrs high and rounding; back short;
hips smooth and rounding; setting d the
tail not high nor low; The hind parts heavy
like the iorepsr.s. they ara in proportion.
corresponding veil - TO looks and size
lsss short and heavy. indicating great
strength; foIelegs some distance sps''.
which mskcs them sure footed; hind legs
no, straight. bu, Tree nom oil book NJ
soupdness; feet Of the very best texture
for holding The thoe; IN SIS there sis
more under fifteen bands than over. end
their general weight vas under DOC
pouuds. ytt they we're heavy horses fol
their tizs. Fifty and seventy five year,
ago they were the horses seen at the mus
tiers and trainings. The Justil Morgan,
,hs founder OF the family. was often the
,sddis horse Of the commanding officer
WAS sent for from . great distance for thu
purpose, Is was his son old Woodbury., biz
gran dson old Clifford, and his great'srsnd
son old Green Mountain. II ives consid
cred one Of the greatest sights to see tht
horses named. on those big days shos
their great s'yle. action and spirit. which
was kept up through the day. A great
gran dson Of old Green Mountain. the Hope
Horse, was ridden at the Centennial d
Bennington. W.. 1877. and showed oil ,h'
beauty, style, action and spirit Of bis an
cestors. II vas . grand eight to see The
Morgsns ct the first isirs. IS they seemed
| 10 vie 10 trying TO show oif the most styl'
and action. and ss they psssed the stand
their ewes seemed TO fash fire sud thel
nos,rils TO Unit smoke. Some would sfel
as dainty as though the ground waS no
good enough for them to tread on. whii'
the tread Of some WAS 70 powerful ss u
make the ground quake. 1t was then on
thought OF The description OF the horse II
Job. II would be 40 interesting fact Il
know how long il would take them TO go
mile 10 their hne. sly lisb way. 1t isl pre-
sumed they never were 'imid, but j
is safe TO say that it took sometimes ball VI
hour, end it caused some 10 cay they coult
trot all day in half bushel, The Morgan
breed OF horses have been allowed siDos
10 die out on account VI tb.ir lack Of sp.et
for mile and their somewhat lack OF size
This is wrong. IS so valuable . breed o
horses should not be lost, There are spe
elm ems encu vh OF the be-, 10 the country
il rightly bred. to soon have 'be mo'gsn'
back % fine rs they were 6fty years ago
Breeders will do well to breed the blood
more frequently : A ". Z N Nem fo'1
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