Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-10-19
1nE DEMAND EoR MoReANs.


becoming one of the most prominent
horse journals of the country
THE SNOWY HARNESS HORSE.
sSIutroduction into the New ork mar
let of fine class of Morgan bred horses
indicates very clearly that the American
breeders ard dealers have at last aroused
themselves to an appreciation of the de-
mand for high-class harness horses,
which the Hackney and Canadian-bred
horses have been meeting for the last sew
eral wears. There have, of course, been
many Western horses entered in the COM
petition. The ere am of high prices mas
hitherto been skinned off by the
Canadians. This is a most encouraging
sign. Railroad trains and electric cars
do the most of our transportation, nova
DAYS, when we are in haste to get some
where, and the demand for horses, thele-
fore, requires that they should not ne
simply racing machines, without beautl-
full conformation and plenty OF Style
The Hackney horse has already proven
and will continue to prove, of the utmost
value bv crossing with our native stock,
and thereby imDarting his beautiful con
formation, STYLE of carriage and thrilling
action. In the high-class harness mar
ket. as IN every other field of COMPETE
ton, the fittest will survive. The Nor
gan horse advocates claim that they can
outshow the Hackney in heavy harness
Naturally the Hackney advocates DIS
pute the claim. No doubt this rivalry
will result in IA vast improvement III both
Hackney and Morgan products. we
shall watch the outcome with much IN
terest."
In tins same paper is an extended ac-
count of the Westchester horse show,
with pictures of prize-wnners, etc.
from which it appears that Morgan blood
entered quite largely in this show, the
first premiums for four-in-hand being
given to j. Diclman Browns team OF
Morgans. We are sorry to see In the
picture that the tails of these beautiful
Morgans have been cut off after the
English fashion. This cruel and bar
barous habit should be taboOed by every
one.
In the advertising columns of the same
paper appear the following advertise
ments, which we copy SO that our horse
breeders, perceiving the demand for this
Morgan stock among the wealthiest
class of purchasers that there is, may at
once set themselves to meet it by breed
ing their best Morgan mares to the best
Morgan stations. The Morgan will GER
tanly take first place as the best road
aud family horse. He has held his
place for nearly a hundred years, and
though in the last thirty, under the
management of the late Mr.. Wallace, the
ornula1 nlnpp
to any kind of horse that could trot "A
mile on track in given time, the dis
astIous results of such promlscuous
breeding as this last have become every
where manifest and the attention of
breeders is again called to the fact that
they must breed good horses in every
sense of the word, and in the first place
good in form. if they would continue to
realize remunerative prices. OF course
style and action must be sustained with
the form, but we mention form especial
ly because this has been so sadly ne
elected in the last thirty years.
For road use IA large degree of speed
will also be required. That is, form,
style. action must be joined with speed
aud it is here especially that the Morgan
horse should excel all others, and ouI
breeders should see that he does excel
all others.
The Bread Loaf has Just been visited
by \. S. Bigelow of Boston with his
stylish four-in-hand. The two leader;
of Mr.. Bigelow's team were bought il
Rutland and Grand Isle county, Yer
mont, at the cost of $1,000. HIS Other
horses (four of them) were purchased il
paid, about the same price. They were
something heavier, exceedingly wei
built, but the Vermont horses were pre-
-ferred because of their superior grace
fulness of action and greater speed. Mr.
Bigelow said that the Vermont horses
were always far better broken than the
Canadians, and that on this account h,
much preferred them. They were more
sensitive to the wishes of the driver
This is undoubtedly largely matt o
intelligence, in which the Morgan hors
has always greatly excelled, and which
quality was thus happily referred to by
Pres. Benjamin Harrison when attend
ing the Vermont Association of RoaC
and Trotting Horse Breeders at Whit,
RIVER Junction, in 1891:
IL had recently through the interven
ton of my secretary of war the priv
lege of coming into possession OF a pail
of Vermont horses. They are all coulC
wish for, and as | said the other day a
the little village from which they came
they are of good Morgan stock, of which
some one has said that their great char
acteristic is that they enter into consul
tation with the driver whenever there II
any difficulty"
The edyertisemL ferred to are thu
following:
High class Canadian, Vermont anC
New York State horses, consisting o.
matched pairs, high-steppers, saddle
horses, hunters and cobs. McGbboa