Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-02-10
MoRoANs FOR ROAD HORSES.

MORGANS FOR ROAD HORSES.
Did you ever know Il breeder that
wasn't ready at all times to give advice,
asks Dakota Vermonter in Duntons
Spirit of the Turf. Did you ever know
them wasn't better than anything his
neighbors owned? Isn't it strange that
men get in rut and it is hard tor them
to get out of its Way along back In the
"fortes" the old Black Hawk had his
enemies and they did all they could to
ruin his reputation, going so far as to
claim that lac was not sired by Sherman
Morgan, and, although such absurd
claims we're exploded then by positive
evidence, yet we find to-day men so UNI
fair as to keep up the fight. 1t is really
laughable to an old Vermont breeder,
as much so as the foolish talk about
Ethan Allen not having been sired by
Black Hawk. Probably as typical
Black Hawk as now lives is Telescope
Ethan, grandson of Ethan Allen on
the side of his sire, and tracing through
Flying Morgan twice on the side of his
dam The stock of Black Hawk Chief
full brother of Sherman Black Hawk
were noted for their resemblance to
Sherman Morgan, and yet there was no
Morgan blood in Black Hawk Chief
except on the side of of his sire-Black
Hawk. Yet this isn't what started out
to say. Everybody is ready to give
ADVICE. and there is so much advice being
given to young breeders, want to have
my say with the rest. While | am
ready to admit that there is much pleas
ure in breeding and handling horses.
vet the most of us are in the business
for the money there is in it. Consequent
" the breeder who eXpt cts to win money
must adopt plan and stick close to the
mark. Perhaps the young breeder may
have Morgan fad, Il Black Hawk Nor
gan fad, an Ethan Allen Black Hawk
Morgan fad or Lambert. etc, fad 3; if so,
he has struck the mark squarely and if
he breeds to that end, using only the
purest and best Morgan stations on
Morgan mares, his fad will pay him
much better than to attempt to breed
for extreme speed. 1t is only extreme
speed that brings big money in speed
lines, and you are very liable to get that
among the Morgans, for wasn't Black
Hawk the fastest horse of his day? And
with all the new devices and aids to fast
horses there are but few that ever equal
ed Ethan Aliens 2.15. Black Hawk
Ethan Allen, Lambert, IIerod and scores
of Others if now living, with the present
modern appliances, might any of them be
able to 60 out and keep Nancy Hanks
company for a single mile dash, and il
you lengthen the road to a days drive
where do you suppose Nancy would be
at shutdown? In breeding for extreme
speed you stand about one chance in ter
thousand of getting it, while if you breed
for toppy rOadsters that can 90 out and
do their ten or twelve miles an hour and
keep it up, you are sure to win. You
thousand but will be saleable at gooC
round figures. Don't let anyone foo
you with the idea that they are no
sound, for probably no one breed OF
horses that ever lived showed as few
ring-boned or spawned horses as thu
Morgans. None of the leading Morgans
like the three sons of Justin Morgan, o.
any of their prominent sons or daughters
ever showed blemish. The young breed
er, if he determines to breed Morgans
should see to it that he has Morgan
mares. The more Morgan blood yol
Can get the better, and then cross on t.
Morgan sires. Say take strain o
Green Mountain for dams and Blacl
Hawk for sres, and you Will breed colt
that the Hambletonian2 wont throw am
dirt in your eyes at the end of the frs
hours drive. Such colts will bring from
a $50 upward, and they will all flint
ready sale You can to-day buy stand
ard bred stations with ordinary speed a
> about half what Morgan will bring
= For market toppy road, buggy ant
carriage teams is not over-done, bu
the market for non-going standards i
. flooded.
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