Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-01-10
THE MORGAN STANDARD.
LETTER OF MR.. eATTeLt.

LEI Elk Of Mhf oA' 'FGt'
We printed in the REGISTER of Dec.
y, with much interest, the article OF Mr.
Delos Dunton of Carpen ersvtlle, ill''
on ''Tho Morgan Standard" 1t is n
valuable contribution on this subject,
that we hope will be follo"ed by
others. Among those that all would
be glad to bear from are our YER
mont breeders Mr.. w. w. Moore of
Shoreham and Mr.. II. II. Cults of orwell.
We are. ourselves, willing to give way
to the general desire of those Interested
to such rules as will best subserve the
result sought i. e., the establishing OF a
breed of horses founded upon blood that
will be especially adapted to use as
roadsters and general family use; the
foundation rock of this breed to he the
Morgan. after which it is named. and
the general characteristics to be those of
the Morgan in its best form.
In doing this there is probably a prac-
teal drift to closer rules than those first
established. If 50, we have no doubt that
such rules will he agreed upon at the
next meeting of the national association
of Morgan horse breeders, which 1t was
understood by those of these breeders
who met at the State fair at Springfield,
ILL.,, last fall would be called at some
convenient time in 1896. We shall hope
to hear from our western friends, Mr..
Dunton and Mr.. Keith, when they think
the most convenient time will be.
The ultimate object of the movement
is a type. The only difference of
opinion is how soon that would better
be reached. We have felt that it was
an object to interest the greatest num-
Der possible in the movement, at its
start, and to do this it might be well 70
give different breeders opportunity to
experiment through the dams for such
improvement as they thought might be
obtained. But these same results could
be effected through second and third
dams, and the general conformation de-
sired. better maintained by closer rules.
Probably the principal difference be-
tween Mr.. Dunton and myself, in look
ing at this question. is that [ place great
er confidence, or rely more, upon the
law of the survival of the tittest than
he. As "a matter of tact there are scarce
ly any horses being registered in the
Morgan Register whose blood seems OBJ
iectionable, and we believe that this law
of the survival of the tittest will proper
IL to1-n. nn - a of those that oct in
Mr.. Dunton refers to the horse Sher-
man Morgan, Jr., as being an excellent
representation Of the Morgan. and hav-
ing an unusual amount of that blood.
We have no doubt he was Il very SUI
perlor horse, and so was Fearnaught.
also largely inbred. The same has been
true of other excellent stations in the
Morgan family, and unquestionably will
continue to be true. But if we cast a
quick glance through the record of the
most celebrated stations in the Nor
gan family we have to admit that, so far
as known, there was no Morgan blood
in the dams of Sherman or Woodbury.
(there was in Billy Root and the Steel
horse. none in Clifford Morgan, MOI
any proven, though we think it very
likely existed, in his renowned son
Green Mountain Morgan; nOnt, st
far as known. in Sherman Black Hawk.
next to Ethan Allen the most renowned
son of Black Hawk; zone in DAME
Lambert and none in the most famous OF
a number of others of the earlier Morgan
stations in Vermont, New Hampshire
and Maine. such as Putnam Morgan
the lIibbaTd Horse, the knights Horse
or Vermont Morgan. Champion, etc.
etc. But these last, being close up
carried "A good deal more of the origina
Morgan blood than most of the stallion.
of the present day. The evidence is tina
Ethan Allen was largely inbred. Per
haps no stallion in the family ha'
carried its prestige to 50 high a mark a
he.
Let Us hear from our Vermont breed
ers. 1t will be easy TO fix the thing a
our next national meeting, and | am in
clined to think we will want to strength
en- the blood, but every suggestion in tn,
matter will help us to fix it right.
JOSEPH BATrELL.
Washington. d. c.. Jan. }, 1896.
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