Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-03-21

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formation and good action was regarded
as an advantage. The type for mares
was one standing about 1913 hands,
weighing LOO to 115o pounds, bay, brown
or chestnut in color. with stylish head
and neck, full-made body, deep ribs.
straight back, strong lon, straight. full
Group. muscular forearms. quarters, and
lower thighs: good all-round action was
insisted upon. Any tendency to pace OF
mix gaits was regarded as ground for
disqualification. In some cases. mares
of more than 15.3 hands were purchased,
and in others they were less than this.
All. however. couformcd closely to the
type.
The choice Of Il stallion to head this
great government stud was naturally the
most difficult task An almost unlimited
number of trottrg horses were consid-
cred but were found deficient in some
respect and were rejected Tho stallion
finally chosen was Cannon C}2,9l7 Ameri-
can trottinE rcgist"rl, II hands Loo
pounds when i'm fair condition, bay with
black points and no white markings.
This horse was exhibited by Thomas w.
Lawson of Boston as one OF his famous
four in hand under the name GLORIOUS
Thundercloud." The points of Cannon $
conformation which deserve special
mention are his head neck and hind
quarters. His forehead Is broad and
full, with a straight nose and face; ne
has full, expressive eyes and we'll car
ried ears. The neck is clean, muscular
and well archod. The horse has an
a abundance of bone and substance but
ample quality at the same time His
action is excellent. Cdrmon's pedigree
is admittedly not a fashionable one from
the view point OF the nan who is breed
ing solely for speed II Is however. n
pedigree from which one might fairly
expect horse of excellent conforma-
ton, since it Is frequently crossed with
the blood OF Abdalah Is. and also with
the blood of the Morgans, Robert No
Gregor was n horse with specially well
developed headquarters and this charac-
1eristic is seen In his sons and grand
sons, as shown by Cresceus and Carmen.
THE MORGANs.
me second step toward the develop
ment Of the better American horse was
t'Ne" lasl year IA Ne'S '"'oush '"c ei-
iorts or senator Proctor ana MT Battell'
"hen 'he asricul'urai oepartmeht turned
us attention 10 the Improvement Oh me
morgan preed IN 'he morgan proVerpiai
hoiiie III vermont AS All expert OF the
department recently remarked IL would
ne InpoSslnie 10 Selecl tHe post typo u
the American morse without selecting Il
morse with Morgan p!ood IN MS VEINS
Nthoush hentucK'anS may talk OF the
Morgan taint IL Is iact mat there is
Morgan plood IN the pest horses OF the
Blue Grass state ana that 1t is one OF
the Things that make them the pest
justin Morgan the sire OF the race was
foaIed IN West Sprlnsheld In 1855 ana
was owned by justin Morgan who Kept
a boatmans tavern on the bank or the
river Morgan. the man. mad inevitably
been born In West Springfield IN l7iI and
IN the year ms most famous morse was
foaled he moved his 1amily and his live
STOCK TO Randolp' orange county W.
ana took up his residence near the
Brookheld line. norm or the village OF
randolph Center. Ihus II was that the
Morgan horse became identified with
Vermont, for Justin Morgan, the horse
sometimes called Figure became even In
those days. noted sire.
| To recall horse history that is more
familiar TO some and less to others. JUS
tin Morgan was sired by the stallion
True Rriton, owned by Seah Norton OF
Hartford True Brton was an imported
English thoroughbred, and to add inter
est to his story, was stolen during the
Revolution from Troy officer, Capt
James De Lancey, who was serving with
the British troops. The horse was stoler
near Kings Bridge, \. Y, and was Their
taken into Connecticut and sold, Sela
Norton of Hartford finally securing
possession. True Briton. otherwise
known as Beautiful Bay" was import
ed from England by Capt. Jane;
De Lancey. a first cousin of the officer
of the same name from where the hors,
was afterward stolen. This De Lancey
the importer OF tho horse. was the sor
of James De Lancey. provincial COVER
nor OF New York. and was probably tbs