Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-03-17
tlorse Department.
The True Morgan Type.
Written for the Mildlebury Register.
fCOnclnded from Inst weekly

for enormous prices without training,
on the open market; that his best bred
colts and greatest prospects were thus
sold it is remarkable that he got credit
for a performer at all. And when it is
considered how few of the really great
Morgans whose opportunities, although
not good, were much better than his,
have left 2:l3i performer, many of
which have not even left a 2 20 perform
err, his showing isInot bad. This young
horses second dam was by Monogram,
son of Fearnaught, by Young Morrill,.
First dam of Monogram, by Drew, sire
of Ben Mcclellan, 2:30; Gen. Mcclellan,
2 20, and Dirigo, 2:20i. First dam of
Drew. Boston Girl, by Sir Henry; second
dam, Lady Jane, by Winthrop Mes
senger Second dam of Monogram by
Batchelder Horse, by Sherman, by JUS
tin Morgan. Fearnaught's, 3 :233, first
dam by Napolean Morgan, by Flint
Morgan, by sherman, by Justin Morgan;
second dam by Batchelder Horse, by
Sherman, by Justin Morgan. Young
Morrills first dam by Lock Goss Horse,
| by Chantcleer, whose dam was by
Justin Morgan. Napoleon Morgan's
dam by son of Pettee Horse by Sher-
man, by Justin Morgan. Fearnaught,
, :234, was winner of the $4,000 stallion
race at Buffalo, n. Y, in 1868, and was
sold for $4,000. Monogram was the
best bred, chad the most elegant confor-
nation and was the most finished actor
of all the sons of Fearnaught. Not
only this; he was long distance trotter,
and it is claimed that there was a stand
| ing challenge for years to trot him a
hundred miles against any stallion in the
state. lie left family of tireess. road
sters of high form and lofty action.
Had this young horse no claim to the
consideration of the public other than
that his pedigree unites the blood of the
three nightly sires iust described, he
would still bear watching, as no horse
anywhere near as well bred in Morgan
| lines as he is ever proved "a failure in
the stud He is seal brow in color,
stands fifteen hands high, has clean,
well shaped head, good, clear eye, a
genuine Morgan ear and neck. a slipping
shoulder; and right back of the wthers.
where 50 many of the descendants of
Lambert are open to criticism. this
young horse is particularly good and
strong. This point alone is a matter of
great satisfaction to his breeder, as he
intends to get as many mares of this
strain as possible to breed him to. He
has very short and powerful back.
long hip, remarkably good bone. and
plenty of it, and good feet; has an
elegantsmane and tail and Is a stylish,
square gated trotter with no inclination
to amble or pace. Although foaled in
July, 1892, he will not be trained until
he is eight years old and the coming
season will be! his first public season.
The reason of this is that his breeder
has been to great expense in breeding
him and believes many valuable stations
are injured on the track or In the stud
before they reach maturity, and as this
| fellows breeding could not now be
duplicated. if anything were to happen
| him, he naturally wishes to use great
care to preclude the possibility of AZ V
thing going wrong. But the real test of
horse are his abilities as sire. Up to
the first of Jar uary. 1898, this horse had
been bred to total of thirteen mares.
twelve of which produced colts, eleven
of which are now living. One. a large
black mare by Bright Harry, thorough
bred. has bred two that will stand, at
maturity. sixteen hands. small mare
by Bright Harry produced one that is
the counterpart of his sire ard the only
one he has sired that will. at maturity,
I DO h.,1f
hands, a large, light cream mare with
white feet and white face has two solid
colored colts. one a chestnut, the other
a black. that will at maturity stand
over sixteen hands. A bay mare of
fifteen hands one inch high has produced
a matched pair of bays that will be
fifteen and one ha If hands high. A mare
standing fourteen hands three inches
high, by Gen. Lee, has produced pair
of bays, the oldest of which at thirteen
months weighed eight hundred pounds.
They will be fifteen hands three inches
high. A standard mare by "a son of Red
Wilkes. who was out of the grandam of
Buzetta, has produced rich colOred
bay that will be fifteen and three
fourths hands high, and standard mare
by Francis Swigart has produced bay
colt that will be fifteen and one half
hands high. No two of the mares are
any thing alike in conformation, and but
two of them have any similarity of
breeding. The colts are all solid cOlOrs.
have elegant names and tails, powerful
backs, sound, strong limbs and good
feet All are square and beautifully
gated trotters. They are the entire
produce of this young horse to date
there being but one FLY in the lot
There will be ten that will take care OF
themselves on the market of the world.
have explained In detail the breeding
of this horse, and the character of hi;
get, TO Illustrate the unerrng certainty
with which high bred Morgan inherit;
and transmits the qualities of beauty
elegance and pure, bold trotting actor
that has characterized every well bret
member of the family for a hundred