Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-07-26
MORGANS AS AL.
HORSES

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roadsters. would answer that first by
saying that they are like other strains of
the trotting family; they are not all trot-
tiers, but a great many Morgans have
been fast trotters. But they have been
in years gone by and will be Gas they are
fast coming to the front AGAIN. the all
purpose horse.
We will start with the trotting branch
first, away back in 1913, when trott'ng
was in its infancy. Beppo, a chestnut
geding by Clifford Morgan Che by Wood
bury Morgan, son of Justin Morgan,
founder of the Morgan family took a
record of Pos. In 1858 Mac, Il brown
gelding by Morgan Caesar, also son of
Woodbury. Morgan. took record of 2 rs.
| I'm 1860 the famous Morgan stallion Ethan
Allen (whose name is so well and favor
ably known all oyer the land) took
trotting record of , :253, but on June 81,
1861, he surprised the world, for hitched
with Il running mate he defeated the then
champion trotter Dexter. 2,l1i, in the
then wonderful time of } 10. 2:lG, 2:l9.
Ethan Allen was got by Ilill's (celebra-
ted Black Hawk, he by Sherman Nor
gan, son of Justin Morgan. He was Il
fest trotter himself and the sire of fast
trotters. His son Honest Allen sired
Denning Allen, which 10 turn sired the
fast aud game gelding Lord Clinton,
:0S5, whose performances need no COM
ment
Other branches of the Morgan family
besides the Black Hawk have produced
trotters of a high order, for instance,
Dorsey's (celebrated) Goddust, sire of
Lucille Golddust, 2:lGi: Fleety Golddust,
,: 20 and many other fast trotters. Gold
dust was got by Vermont Morgan, he by
Barnard Morgan, son of Clifford Morgan.
From the Morrill, branch of the Morgan
family we have Jack Jewett, 2:l33 also
the once celebrated trottng stallion Fear
naught, :234, and many others too nu-
merous to mention. There are hundreds
of fast trotters that trace in direct male
line to Justin Morgan and many more
whose dams trace to him also. Before
leaving the trotting branch of the Nor
gan family let me make mention of the
game old trotting stallion IIerod, owned
by our esteemed friend and writer NJ. L.
Grattan. Herod was great horse and
scored record of :244 when eighteen
years old-a wonderful performance, the
fastest record ever made by "A stallion of
that age.
Are the Morgans show horses? They
{ are. They cannot be beaten as show
horses. They have style, action, lofty
carriage, fine head, still finer ear, good
bone,in limbs, large, full eyes, fine coat
of hair, fine name and tail, and most of
all. lots of sense. What have been and
are the greatest show horses in Kentucky
, and Missouri: Indian Chief (sire Of the
greatest show mare in America, Lady de
Jarnette, , PSI was fine Morgan stall
lion and great show horse, as are also
f his get. He was sired by Blood's Black
, Hawk, son of IIill's Black Hawk. Sev-
r eral of his sons have been famous in the
. show-ring, such as Kentucky Chief, Mo-
t doe. Richelieu, Blood Chief, NindeX, and
Q many others. Another great show horse
r of kentucky that traced direct in the
: male line to Justin Morgan was Cabell's
e Lexington, which was got by Gist':
r Black Hawk. son of Biood's Black Hawk
; Another family of show horses of Nor
: gan blood were the Eurekas, descended
= from Buffers Eureka, son of Greer
4 Mountain Morgan. His famous descend
/ ants were Ioung's Morgan, Coleman''
e Eureka, Starks Morgan, CoX's Eureki
v and other fine show stations whose ge
e have sold for large prices. Other noted
, show stations of Morgan blood were
= Stanhope's Blood Hawk, Cabell's Pea
? light, Vidette, Vidette Boy and very
1 many others, many of which were owned
S in kentucky. At the Illinois State fail
f last fall were shown several highly-breC
;, saddle horses, both stations and mares
A of the Denmark, DrennOn and othel
o strains, and many of them had severa
. Morgan crosses on the dams side.
r Are the Morgans road horses? They
4 are. They cannot be eXcelled or equaleC
4 on the road. No road is too long To-
Y them. Many an old-time Morgan horst
4 went a a hundred miles from sunrise til
f sunset. They are free drivers, easy t.
4 manage, always ready to go and keep i
: up. | have heard it said that to sit NJ
behind a fine Morgan horse, with plenty
$ of style, trappy gait, and with littl
n speed, and then to change and get up be
o hind long-legged, long-necked, long
O gated Hambletonian horse was lik
f changing from a passenger coach to
e freight car. They cannot be equaled TO
it fine, free drivers.
d Are they farm horses? They are, ant
s will be more so in ten years from now
:, Many of the farmers who for the pas
e ten years have beeen breeding to Perche