Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-03-23
THE ORIGINAL MORGAN HORSE.
me breed ousht to Ne nsintrodueed and
Developed Ior Size.

Developed Tor sisa.
Solomon stc1le, who knew the orig
lnal Morgan horse. Justin Morgan, said
ho could outdraw. outwalk, outirot and
outrun any horse over matched against
him. d. C. Linsloy, who wrote his
tory Of him, says.
The original. or Justin Morgan, was
about I I hands high aud weighed about
$50 pounds. His color was dark bay
with black legs mans and tail. lie
had no white hairs ON him. His mano
and tail were coarse and heavy, hut not
90 fnaasive aa hiss sometimes been de-
tcribcd. tho hair Of both was straight
aud not inclined 10 curl His head was
good. not extremely small, but lean and
bony. the face straight, forehead broad.
ears small and very fine, but sot rather
wide apart. His eyes were medium
size. very dark and prominent, with a
spirited hut pleasant expression, and
showed no white round the edge Of tho
lid. His noatrils wcro very large tho
muzzlo small and tho lips close and
firm. His back and legs were perhaps
his most noticeable points. The former
was very short. the shoulder blade and
hip bones being very long and oblique,
and tholoinsoscccdiugl broad and mus
cular. His body was rather long, round
and deep, close ribbed up; chest deep
and wide. with tho brcastbono project
ing a good deal In front His legs wcro
short. close iointod, thin, but very wide,
hard and FREQ from meat, with muscles
that were remarkably largo for n horse
OF bis size, and this supcrahundanco Of
muscle exhibited itself at every stop.
His hair was short and at almost all
seasons soft aud glossy. lilo had lit
Ito long hair about the fotluclis and for
two or three inches above the fetlock ON
tho back side OF tho legs tho rest u
tho Limits was entirely FREQ from II.
His feet were small but woll shaped.
and he was In every respect perfectly
sound and FREQ from any sort Of hlum-
ish. do was a very fast walker. In
trottlng his gait was low and smooth
and his step short aud nervous no was
not what IN these days would ho called
fast, and we think 10 doubtful " ho
could trot a mile much " any within
four minutes, though il ~ claimed by
many that ho could trot It in three.
Although ho raised hia feet but little,
no never stumbled. Ills proud, bold
aud fearless style Of movement and his
vigorous. untiring action have perhaps
never boon surpassed. When rider
was ON him, he was ohodient 20 tho
elightest motion Of tho rein, would walk
back rapidly under a gentle pressure OF
the bit aud move sideways almost ~
willingly IN no moved forward, IN short
was perfectly trained TO all the pace.
and uyolutiun8 of parade horse, aud
when ridden ut military royiows-aa
wins frequently the cnsc-his bold, i'm
posing style and spirited, nervous ac
ton attracted universal attention and
admiration. lie was perfectly gcntl,
and kind 10 handle and loved 10 b,
groOmod aud cureaaod, but no dislikod
20 have chiltrcn about him and had ar
inVotcrate hatred Tor dogs " loose nj
ways chasing them cut Of sight the In
slant ho saw them. Whom talyon on
with a halter or bride, ho was in con
slant motion and very playful. He wa
a tloot runner ut short distances. Run
ming horses short distances for smul
stakes was very common in Vermont o.
years ago. Eighty rods was very gen
orally tho length of tho course. ANON
tho many races OF this description tina
he ran were two In 1900, at Bto0khuld
VI, ono with horse called swUopsiake
from Long Island, and the other with
horse called Silyeriail from st. Law
renee county, n. y. Both NJ these D.
beat with onso Mi. Morgan, who the
owned him offered 10 give tho owner q
silveitail two moro chances TO win Oh
stake, which was $50, by walking a.
rutting the horses for IL, but tho oilc
was declined,
In harness Justin Morgan was quiet
but full Of spirit, am eager and nimbl
traveller, but patient In bad spots, nu
although for long umo steadily en-
gagged IN tho heavy work of new larf
his owner ut that timU informs as thu
ho never knew him 90 refuse 10 draw %
onena Ms ho was required TO- but he pt
lily adds, II didn't very often have q
usl HIM but once, for whatever be- WI
hitched To generally had 10 come Oh
first time trying This uniform KIND
ness at a phil was ono OF the strllau
churacieristic8 of tho horse, and IN
same truitmay be- observed in tho great
or purt OF his descendants pulhn
matches and pulling bees were us con
mon In those days as short races, au
tho little horse, as he was often cullo,
becumo quito celebrated for his uuyar
ing willingness To- do his best and f.
his great power at what is called u dca
lit.