Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-10-13


what he is worth by the pound to cut up
on the block. The day of tickling the
fancy of a heavy horse breeder to the
pitch of paying from fifteen to twenty
five hundred dollars for an imported un-
tested draft stallion is past. SO many
thousand heavy stations have been I'M
ported and used in the States for the past
fifteen years that just as perfect individ-
u Ills can now be had in point of pedigree
and finish in the States MS can be had by
importing. Then, again, the market Is
largely overstocked. bringing the stud
fees down 50 low as to absorb all former
prospects for keepers of this class of
horses for public service. But now, as
to the Morgan horse, let us suggest that
tirst-class, trappy. toppy roadsters, such
as they are in their pure blood, can and
will fill a long-felt want that every class
of horse lovers have needed.
Fortunate. indeed, are we as II country
to be able to state that the old blue blood
of the typical Morgans is not quite eX-
tinct. 1t has been preserved in few
places in Vermont where it first emanat-
ed in all its purity. Within the last two
years something of an effort has been
made at different points to inaugurate
breeding companies for reviving this
type of hOrses-namely by Messrs.
Hornsby Bros, Emiuence, Ky, Morgan
W. w. Stevens. Salem, Ind. Turning to
Vermont, the original birthplace of the
Morgan. we find the interest reviving to
no small degree, and such men as the
following named are doing much to rein
state the popular Morgan to his lost es-
tate: Joseph Battell, Middlebury,
Vt; F. c. Williams, Coventry,
VT; 5. II. Soule, Fairfield, VT. ;
w. IL. Taft, Vergennes, VT; Bal
lard Bros. Georgia, VT; Ross c. Kins-
ley, Lowell, VT; Lester Fish, Rutland,
VI. w. 5. Bailey. Hardwick, VT; Geo.
Sennett. LyndonVille, VT; d. X. Wake
held, Danville, VT, and others. We
believe, were the right right sort Of an
effort inaugurated in Iowa, that within
three years the cold blooded mares now
being bred by farmers and breeders
might be largely supplanted by the
typical Morgan. which, when bred to Il
Morgan stallion or trottlng bred stall
lion. would uniformly produce either a
trotter capable of a mark of } 30 or an
exceedingly choice roadster that, in
stead of being hawlied at sixty or
seventy-live dollars. as is now the case,
would. when properly bred and broken,
command from one hundred and fifty to
two hundred dollars; leaving extreme
speed out of the question. Any man
who has tried to hunt good family
horse and roadster will bear us out in the
assertion that It is not an easy task to
perform. If we were to suggest plan
for the introduction of "A tirst-class Yer
mont Morgan stallion into a community
it would be by a set of men determining
to purchase Il good one, by organizing "A
club, and inviting all those within a
reasonable distance 10 agree To breed to
hun if purchased, and, by booking their
orders this fail and winter for next
spring service. Il good horse would soon
pay for himself, and the patrons make
m ,ney as WE'LL 1t would not be wise to
figure and with the orders booked in ad-
vance of the purchase of the stallion, all
interested would be upon a safe ard pay
ing basis.
Iowa Turf is glad to see the remark
able interest shown at the Worlds fan
in the display of Morgan horses, which il
is said is the finest ever made in the
world at any one time and place. We
must all admit that this will be the
means of disseminating a desire on the
part of horse lovers throughout the West
to breed more of these all-purpose horses
than we have in the past. The Morgans
have a place to fill in this country as
the trotters, the Hackney, the DRAFT
horse or even the Short-horn or Jersey
cattle.
We hope the day is not far distant
when every county in Iowa will have
within its borders one or more pure Nor
gan stations for service. 1t would ado
millions to the State in very few
seasons. Who will be the first to move
in this direction at Des Moines p Iowa
Turf.
THE DEVELOPMENT OF COLTS.
At no time in the trotting hOrs
business has the development of colt
held so prominent place on the turf a
this year of grace, 1893, writes CORES
pendent of the Michigan Horse News
Five or six years ago a twO-year-olC
2:20 trotter would have excited thu
wonder and admiration of the world ant
sent the breeding and racing fraternity
mad. while today we regard 2;20 two
year-old race records with cool admira