Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-08-16
MORoANs NOrEXtINCT.


From the Mirror and Farmerl
Editor Mirror and Fdmer:-Within
the last few weeks your columns have
contained three articles from the text.
Morgan Horse" aud though am NOT
IA Morgan crank believe have owned
and sold as many of all branches of the
family in the last five years as any man
in the State of Vermont, r. w. Good
rich excepted.
When it comes to pleasure driving,
either in city park or across country, or
for business use to run here and there,
hitch to post here, and to weight some
where else. or to livery use, no horse
equals the Morgan in some of the points
that are essential to pleasure and COM
fort. In the fist place, almost without
exception the Morgan horse does his
work cheerfully, no whip or spur need
ed, and his short snappy action Is not
firing either to himself or driver.
have never yet seen Hamble;oniau
horse that was cheerful in or out of har-
"sour" of old Abdallah still says "hands
off. let me alone work | can and must,
but never with pleasure
Again. the Morgan horse has more
brains and learns more quickly what is
wanted, and to the man who is on bust
ness intent this means much, as it leaves
him free TO attend to his business.
Friend Human says that Illinois is the
banner Morgan State. That may be;
but if he will name all the principal
sires and noted mares in his State | will
make him E list twice as long and all
more noted owned right here in Yer
mont. If he will get an apprizal OF all
the Morgans in this State | will show
him the same value in Vermont on the
same basis and then have enough left to
show against any State in the West.
Friend DanfOrth says on the other
hand that Woodbury., Clifford and Hale's
Green Mountain would be failure in
the stud today. | don't know. | never
was partial to the WOodburys myself,
but if could have Sherman Black Hawk,
Billy Root, Black Morgan, Morgan
Lion. Ethan Alien, Daniel Lambert or
Vermont Ranger ! know where could
fill book for them pretty quick. For
choice would prefer old Billy Root, in
some respects the greatest of them all.
Danforth says that only speed sells.
| don't want to thrash old straw, but !
know from experience and observation
that less than ) per cent of those bred
for speed are ever heard from. What
will the other % per cent bring? The
auction sales tell the whole story. 1t
is not the short bred ones that make all
the culls.
placed two pairs in New Haven,
Conn, last month and either one paid a
good interest to his breeder, and since
April have placed score or more at
prices that put the credit on the right
side of the ledger, and every one were
from either sire or dam old-style block
Morgan and tit for actual road use.
The old Morgan men overlooked size
in this rush for style, endurance and
ability to pull weight across country.
and they are paying the penalty now.
But good team of Morgan blocks. 10,
l5.l to l5.2 sell today, and at prices that
pay better than butter or mutton, and
, these two are the measure of what a
farm and farmer can legitimately earn
, without speculation.
Dunlon wants to go into breeding
, scheme that. 10y selection, shall repro
. duce the old-time Morgan. If he will
= come to Caledonia county will convince
! him that the Morgan family, represent
. ing the type of Sherman, Black Morgan
| lst and Billy Root, lacks good deal Of
being extinct or Il back number, but the
= old trouble prevails. They are in the
p hands of farmers that breed them to sell
q and each week sees some of the gooC
4 ones go that ought to stay here AS brooC
\ mares and sires.
D., The dollar in the hand is what tell'
=. the story and the future must look on
n for itself. Still few far-sighted one
G are breeding the best to the best and i
n will be "A long day before Vermont en-
y tirely abandons her Morgan horse.
Lyndon, VT
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