Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-03-22
A MORGAN BREEDERS ORGANlZA-
TON.
BATTELL,
Middleburv, VT.

TON.
4 correspondent writes us as follows
regarding the lines on which breeders
of Morgans ought to organize for the
furtherance of their best interests
Recognizing that the profitable mar
ket fol- driving and family horses eX-
poets animals of highest excellence in
point of beauty, quality, temper, endur-
ance and breeding; firmly believing
that Vermont is in every way adapted
to successfully produce such horses, and
being anxious that she should preserve
her high prestige, held through cen
fury, as the home of such stock; being
impellcd by the high purpose to
achieve breed of horses possessed of
great beauty, great power, symmetry
hardihood, endurance, courage. docility,
speed and the characteristics of uni
formly transmitting these qualities; re-
alizing fully that an end so difficult of
attainment demands unseltish, enthusi-
astic, persistent, intelligent, united &C
ton, controlled by mutual agreement
upon foundation stock best suited to
most quickly establish such breed, and
controlled also,by a standard of excel
lence mutually accepted as the goal to-
ward which efforts of breeding may be
directed, and which, by its perfection,
may inspire us to place the horses of
Vermont first among the driving horses
of America; therefore. we, breeders of
Vermont, believing that the best de-
scendants of the horse called justin
Morgan more generally and more fully
embody the qualities which we desire
than any other family of horses in
America, adopt such of these horses as
may be Judged individually meritorous
as the foundation stock through which
we hope to reach our ends. and we here
by organize ourselves into an association
to be known as the Vermont Morgan
association.
ave accept pedigrees of Morgan horses
given in the American Morgan Register
as official and final as to facts of breed
ing and declare all animals so registered
aud none others to be eligible to any
competitions, prizes or endorsements
authorized by this association, provid-
ing always that such animals Individual
" commend themselves to the society
or its agents appointed to pass upon their
merits.
ave hold ourselves pledged to use every
means to advance Morgan horses by en-
couraging the use of the choicest dams
and sires, by securing recognition for
the breed at important fairs and stock
exhibitions, by prizes given to animals
of intrinsic merit and by assisting and
encouraging purchasers with trust
worthy information. We agree TO
Withhold all encouragement or endorse
mcnt from any stallion kept for public
service which Is, to our knowledge,
tainted with hereditary defect. In order
to protect pedigrees, and in order to as
sist buying and selling of Vermont Nor
gan horses. each member of this asso-
citation, who keeps IA stallion for public
service, will be required to file with the
secretarv of the society at some stated
y
service book, duly sworn to by the per-
son having such horse IN charge OF by
his owner, In which shall he recorded
date of service, full description of the
mare, together with her full pedigree
and hel owners name with residence.
1--WE Join in the adoption of the follow
ing model, outlined rs a standard and
typifying the horses we desire to pro-
duce Head medium. bOny, clean; fore
head broad and full; large. clean eye;
ear small and erect; throttle cut we'll
up; neck medium in length with grace
full arch; shoulders sloping and well
muscled; back short, very strong at
loins ribs well sprung; barrel round;
quarters long and powerful; tail enter
ing well up and carried high; thighs
strong. wide, heavy; hooks broad, clean;
legs fiat with cords smooth and clean
pasterlS medium in length; hoof good
size wide at heel and tough; pasterns
in front sloping; leg short to knee :;
above long with muscular forearm:
walk rapid and easy; trotting fast and
easy, but not so long stride AS to lose
appearance of bold, strong action; hair
soft; skin thin; general appearance one
of power and symmetry; no mature
animal TO weigh less than 1000 pounds,
m fair condition. nor TO stand under -
hands in height; finally and indispen-
SADLY, the ambition and ability to travel
long distances easily and quickly.
$4,000 IN GUARANTEED STAKES.
THE AMOUNT OFFERED BY THE YER
MONT HORSE BREEDERS ASSOCIATION.
The Vermont association of Road and
Trotting Horse Breeders offers $4,000 in