Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-09-29
MORGANS TO THE FORE
Greatest Collection Of Vermont'S
Specially the World Has Seen

Champions from the Worlds Fair at st.
Louis and Young Stock Developed Since
Then.
The browning glory of the fair was the
horse exhibit. 1t was fitting to bring to-
gether here in Vermont where the Nor
gans had their inception, their largest de-
veopment and gained their fame, the
finest collection of this product that the
world has ever seen, probably. The prize
winners of the Worlds Fair at st. Louis
were here, and in addition sleek young
stock which has been coming" since
then. In the movement which has been
started through Senator Proctor and the
agricultural department to bring the Nor
gans back to their old standing as the
greatest all-around horses in eXistance the
Valley Fair will be a great factor. What
Morgans are was a revelation to thou
sands of people who supposed that this
variety meant a wiry, scrubby, little
animal This was particularly true with
visitors from other states. The Morgan
as seen here is a horse which combines
all the essentials of a perfect animal,
style, coloring, conformation, action, speed,
stamina. In the class for Morgan stall
lions four years old and over Gen. Gates,
from Joseph Battelrs Bread Loaf Stock
Farm in Middebury was awarded the blue
ribbon over 10 other handsome stations,
including one Worlds Fair champion. He
is pronounced the finest Morgan in the
world The Battell horses landed first
and second in every class in which they
competed, but there were in addition large
numbers of other Morgans, and standard
breeds in other classes of close kinship
to the track champions, but these are
given proper recognition further on.
Morgans closely akin to those which
have given Vermont a worldwide fame,
were to be found in the 10 hand
some specimens from the Bread Loaf farm
of Joseph Battell of Middlebury. These
animals showed the beauty of form, the
ease and elasticity of action, the style
in carriage and poise characteristic Of the
Morgans, and they were built on lines
suggestive of symmetry and speed. The
exhibit was in personal charge of w. f.
Hammond, manager of the farm. Several
Of the animals were at the Worlds Fair
at st. Louis, but Shakspere, the grand
champion winner there, was not exhibited.
At the head of the stud was General
with a race track record of 2.0SA and a
trial in 2.O5 General Gates is a solid
black stallion IL years old, bred by Mr..
Battell sired by Denning Allen, a. dam,
Fanny Scott. General Gates is of the
Vermont Black Hawk style, of high finish
and graceful action, and his colts to
remarkable degree have the symmetry
and contour of form which so mark the
progeny Of Black Hawk. General Gates
was never trained for speed, but he is a
horse of exceptional beauty, is hands
high, weighing slightly over 1000 pounds.
Four Of his sons, Plato and Cicero, two
years old, and American and Victor, year.
lings, were also shown. Caroline, the
brood mare, one of the winners of the horse
world, is 1S years old and was sired by
the historic Daniel Lambert. She was
shown with three of her get by General
Gates Shakspere, already referred to as
the grand champion, Is one of her sons.
A very promising four-year- was Flora
Gates, handsome bay mare. The eX
hibit also included Mr. Battelrs private
driving pair, a gelding and filly, out of
Daniel Lambert stock.
The Green Mountain Stock farm in
Pittsford VT, where a speciality has been
made in raising Morgan horses for 40
years, was well represented with IL sleek,
thoroughbred animals, including stations,
colts, fillies and the noted brood mare
Molly Lambert by old Lambert. The
stallion Frank Allen is a very stylish
animal and at the Rutland fair. in addi-
tion to winning first in the Morgan class,
also took first in trotting.
Horses of intelligence, good looks, built
on lines indicative of speed and endurance
were seen in the string OF Morgans owned
by E. II. Hoffman of the Cahoon farm of
Lyndon. His stallion, Billy Roberts,
(4550 A. NJ. R) six years old, is said by
the American Horse Breeder to carry
alive. In six generations he traces
in every line to a son or daughter of the
original Justin Morgan or to Justin Nor
gan himself, the name of Justin Morgan
appearing 20 times and that of Sherman
Morgan 10 times Mr.. Hoffman aims to
establish a Morgan family that will APP
proach the type of Hale's Green Mountain
Boy and Billy Root of days gone by
Number 2 of the exhibit was Result, a
cherry bay stallion three years old, sired
by Billy Roberts, dam by Ben Franklin.
This colt, inbred to the Black Hawk
branch on his dams side. has the sterling
qualities of his sire, with a dash of the
speed of the dam. A handsome chestnut
colt two years old and the mare Topsey
and three of her get were included in the
exhibit.
Adams Centre, jr., of Brandon has a
sterling animal in the four ear-old stall
lion Sirock by Daniel s., by Aristos w
the handsome Brandon boy. ]. w. Prem
tiss of Walpole, N. H., was an exhibitor
of the standard Morgan Winford 10000 16
hands high of a cherry bay color f. H.
Akley of Vernon exhibited two brood
mares and colts
One of the finest old style Morgans ex-
tant is the stallion Flying Star 1915, from
c. V. Paddock's Maple Grove Farm in
West ClaremOnt N. II. In style and
conformation he is a fitting representa-
tive of the Morgan family. In him is
combined the blood of Justin Morgans
three best sons, Sherman, Woodbury. and
Bulrush, and through them he traces to
Justin Morgan 2S times. Mr.. Paddock
had a choice collection of Morgans, 10
head in all, including brood mares and
youngsters.
F. D. Chandler & Son brought
here from Peacham, this state, Knox
Moulton, a mahogany bay stallion IA years
old, 1872 hands high and about 100
pounds in weight, who won first and
He is regarded by experts as one of the
finest types of Morgans extant.
Harry Lambert, said to be the only
living son of Daniel Lambert, was shown
by NJ. c. Weeks of West Northfield
Harry Lamberts dam was by Grandee,
and he by Rysdyks Hambetonian. He is
a bay horse with white markings on the
hind feet, stands 16 hands high and weighs
1lI5 pounds. He is 10 years old and was
bred by ]. o. Seeley and Joseph Battell of
Middlebury.
Size, substance and speed were ind-
Gated in King Alar No. 26552, 2.26h,