Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-10-05
JOSEPH BATTELL,
Middlebury, Vt.
THE DEMAND FOR MORoANs
AND OTHER MATTERs.
HUNTINGTON, Pa, Sept. PC, u.s.

AND OTHER MATTERS.
HUNTINGDON, PA, Sept. 26. 1894.
Mr.. JOSEPH BAITELL,
Dear Sir Can you give me the name
and address of half dozen breeders of
the best strain of Morgan horses in Yer
mont or elsewhere? Your tavors will
be very much appreciated.
Yours very truly,
j. c. BLAIR.
CHICAGO, H., Sept. 20, 1894.
Mr.. JOSEPH BATTELL,
Dear SIR 1t is still my wish to buy
a tirst-cass Morgan road horse, such as
l described in my former letter to you,
and if you hear of any such | shall con-
slider it a favor to be advised of ii. Or
if you think proper to advertise, | will
promptly send you the charges result
ing.
do not wish to wait for a bargain,
but wish first to have the quality
in the horse and the Morgan. This be-
ing obtained, wish to pay fair but not
an exorbitant price.
Yours truly.
CHAs. F. GREY.
Mr. Grey is president of the Hide Il
Leather National Bank of Chicago and
Mr.. Blair is president of large manu-
featuring business IN Huntingdon, Pa.
We are in receipt continually of let
ters like the above. which are a strong
suggestion certainly of the demand for
Morgan horses, demand that exists at
all parts of the country and that is
evidently at the present time with diff
ficulty supplied.
frbo folInU,iuo o6f+orio1 fran, tho n
American Horse Breeder illustrates the
same subject: "'rhe demand 70" Nor
gans is steadily increasing. a we'll
known Vermont horseman makes the
following statement in private note
lately received: Il bought an inbred
Morgan mare last week, but before /
could get her home had her sold. If
Vermont don't take some means to keep
some of her best Morgans, they will
soon run out. There has been great
change in the past five years, and there
is not now one good Morgan where
there were - five years ago. We have
had our trotting-horse craze from other
families TOO much. ! have place now
for the best Morgan stallion that money
will buy, but as yet haven't been able
to think who owns one good enough to
fill the bill"
In answer to these letters we would
say that one of the best roadsters we
know of at present is gray gelding, six
years old, owned by Milton Brooks,
town clerk, Middlebury, Vt. This geld
ing is at least l51 hands high and should
weigh at least 1850 pounds. He has a
fine Morgan form and action and we I'M
derstand could he readily trained to trOt
under 80. We have never ridden
after him, but understand that he is an
excellent roadster He was got by
Rumor, son of Daniel l.ambert dam by
Black Pilot, son of WOODBURY. Pilot, max
ing him an inbred Morgan. Mr. Brooks
price for this gelding is $500.
Mr.. John Towle of Cornwall, VT, has
a superior pair Of young horses about l5f
hands-a gelding of four and mare of
five, by Joe White, son of Daniel Lam
bert. These are sOrrel or chestnut, quite
evenly matched in color, size and form,
and judged in the pasture should make
very fascinating road team. The dam
of these colts is the registered Morgan
mare Susanna dam of Daisy Lambert
2:234) by belongs Ethan Allen.
Mr.. Towle has also from the same
mare a very superior bay stallion son of
Denning Allen Registered in Vol. II
of Morgan Register under name of
Waitsield), about five months old. This
colt is in every way of the true Morgan
shape and his very extraordinary trot-
ting action resembling in the great pro-
polling power of his hind quarters that
of Gen. Gates, of the same age, the full
brother of Lord Clinton ? 0S3 Both of
these colts strike the earth and bound
from it with the elasticity of a rubber
ball. Susanna, the dam of Mr.. Towle's
colt, is a bay mare of l6 hands and
weighing about 1900 pounds. Gen.
Gates is owned at the Bread Loaf Stock
Farms. We would mention here an older
stallion colt owned at the Bread Loaf
Farm. Bristol, chestnut, almost l6 hands,
foaled 1892, got by Asbley's Ethan AL
len (sire of Alien Maid 2:lG4; Charles L.
2:l94 Little Ethan 2'24D, son of Hol-
abird's Ethan Allen: dam Winlfred
(by Daniel Lambert), registered in the
Morgan Register Vol. l. Bristol Is a