Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-01-08
THE SIMON PURE MORGAN.

The true Morgan horse for all business
purposes is the best horse that there is,
writes A. G. Il. in an exchange. One
cannot but admire and love HIM for his
MANY good and fine qualities. Not fast
for a mile, but for an all days drive, and
a number of them will outlast any of the
fast ones. His kind and pleasant dis
position, great intelligence, fine road
qualities, so free ami easy to drive,
smooth and easy way of going, which
carries one us easy in the wagon as it
does when on his back, and his great
courage and endurancc-these qualities
make me love him. His great beauty.
style, proud and lofty bearing one cannot
but admire. His head shows his Arabian
origin-large nostrils, intelligent face,
wide between the eyes; eyes showing
spirit, energy and at times fire; ears short
thick and rounding, indicating a strong
constitution, placed well apart and point
ing towards each other; neck arching.
thick and heavy at the body; breast very
wide, showing great strength ana lung
power; withers high and rounding; back
sharp hips smooth and rounding; set
ting on the tail not high or low the hind
parts heavy like the fore parts, they are
in proportion, correspond well as to looks
and size; legs short and heavy, indicat-
ing great strength; fore legs some dis
lance apart, which make them so sure
footed; hind legs not straight, but free
from all hook unsoundness, feet of the
very best texture for holding the shoe ;
in size there are more under fifteen hands
than over, and their general weight was
under 1000 pounds, yet they were heavy
horses for their size. Fifty or seventy
five years ago they were the horses seen
at the musters and training. The Justin
Morgan, the founder of the family, was
very often the saddle horse of the COM
manding officer, was sent for from a
great distance for this purpose, as was
his son old Woodbury., his grandson old
Clifford, and his great-grandson old Green
Mountain. 1t was considered one of the
greatest sights to see the horses named
on those big days show their great style,
action and spirit, which was kept up
through the day. a great grandson of
old Green Mountain, the Slope horse, was
ridden at the centennial at Bennington,
| VT, 1877, and he showed all the beauty,
style, action and spirit of his ancestors.
1t was grand sight to see the Morgans
at the first fairs, as they seemed to vie in
trying to show of the most style and
action, and as they passed the stand their
eyes seemed to flash fire aud their nos
trils to emit smoke. Some would step
rs daintly as though the ground was not
good enough for them to tread on, while
the tread of some would be so powerful
as to make the ground quake. 1t was
then that one thought of the description
of the horse in Job. 1t would be an in
/ teresting fact to know how long it would
take them to go mile their fine, stylish
way. 1t is presumed they never were
timed, but it is safe 20 say that it took
sometimes half an hour, and it caused
some to say they could trot all day in a
half bushel. The Morgan breed of
horses have been allowed almost to die
out on account of their lack of speed for
Il mile and their somewhat lack of size
This is wrong, as so valuable breed of
horses should not be lost. There are
specimens enough of the breed in the
country. if rightly bred, to soon have the
Morgans back as fine as they were fifty
years ago. Breeders will do well to
breed the blood more frequently.