Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-10-25

which could surpass the descendants of
old Justin Morgan, particularly those Of
the Vermont Black Hawk. Green Noun
tam Morgan. Fparuaught and Winthrop
Morrill, branches of the family In those
qualities winch are most desired today
Tor high stepping roadsters, coaIhers
aud park HORSES.
Mares descended from Ethan Allen.
especially those by Daniel lambert and
his best SONS. bred To some hand. ONE,
gOud-siz Il truttiug stallion That has
plenty of knee action, are sure To pro
duce this class of animals with rs great
uniformity as possible. The Lanberts,
us II ule, are finer in the head. cleaner
/ in the throttle, more frappy gated and
! have better knee action than any other
family that can be found. The Fear
naught. the Winthrop Morrill, and the
| Knox and the Golddust mares will prove
nearly as good. In fact. any cOmpactly-
made. smOothly-turned, trappy-gaited
Morgan mare that has plenty of style
and knee action will answer for brood
mare, and fortunately for Northern
breeders there are many such scattered
about through the farming sections of
New England and the North. There
are also many strongly-nbred Morgan
stations still left from which such ones
can be raised by mating fashonably-
bred trotting mares with them. In fact,
that is just the line of breeding that pro-
duced this $500 mare Ruth and the
S2200 geldng Meteor.
Ruths dam was by Riggs Abdalah,
while her sire. Charles Reade (2;24i), is
intensely inbred to Ethan Allen (2:253) ,
a horse of matchless style and beauty.
a. fine roadster as ever lived, one of
I 81 Ia Il
and an inbred Morgan at that. Charles
Reade was by Woodward's Ethan Allen,
full brother of Daniel Lambert, being
by Ethan Allen (2:254), out of Fanny
Cook, by odd Abdallah. The dam of
Charles Reade is by Daniel Lambert,
out of a daughter of Ethan Allen
g :254), sire of Daniel Lambert. TO be
more explicit. "A daughter of Ethan AL
len @ :255) was mated with Daniel
Lambert, a son of Ethan Allen, and the
produce was Princess Dagmer. This
Princess Dagmer was bred to a full
brother of her own sire. and the produce
was Charles Reade. which has "A trotting
record of 2:24i and he bred to this
Riggs AbdaIlah mare got the prize
winning $500 Ruth.
The animal which brought the next
highest price in this sale was Meteor.
and he sold for $220O. Meteor's sire
was Harry Pulling q POD. and Harry
Pulling was by Menelaus, by Rysdyk's
llambletonian; dam, Bird, by Smiths
Ethan Allen. he by Vermont Black
Hawk, from daughter of Cock of the
Il elk. son of Duruc. The dam of Me-
teor was by McCracken's Black Hawk.
and he by Vermont Black Hawk. sire Of
Ethan Allen q :2j5). out of mare said
to be by Sir Charles. son OF Duroc.
This is Just the line of breeding that
we have constantly advocated for years,
and were urging upon New England
breeders when the standard craze was at
its height. 1t is one which can be fol-
lowed by small breeders with sure
prospect of p otit, provided they make "a
proper selection of SireS and dams.
They must first have mare that is a
first-class individual, and all of whose
ancestors for several generations were
strictly tirSt-caSS animals. They must
select Il stallion that Is equally as good
an individual and whose ancestors for
several generations on both sides were of
the same sort.
When this is done the blanks will be
comparatively few. Not only that, but
there will occasionally he one which will
have speed enough to trot in races, even
in the fastest of company. The Morgan
Star is still IN the ascendency and grow
ing brighter every day. This means
money in the pockets of New England
breeders who use judgment in selecting
their breeding stock.
Don't forget that the day for selling
pedigrees at high prices has passed. 1t
i merit that determines ;he price now.
Pedigree is still valuable and always
will be, but pedigree without merit will
he "A poor commodity 20 take to marker.
Those who intend to raise the best kind
of carriage horses must not expect 10
to get the highest prices quoted for their
products. 1t is only the very choicest
animals that command such figures,
and that, too, after they have been
specially prepared for the show ring.
The demand for such VIII necessarily be
limited but there will be little danger
of OVcrstOcking the market with that
class of animals, for the demand i'm that
direction is constantly increasing.