Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-01-24
THE VERMONT DRAUGHT HORSE.

Mr.. Herbert article follows:
THE VERMONT DRAUGHT HORSE.
IN THE first place. Of the Vermont daught horse been able from
his locality, information whatever all the horse
indeed of the Eastern States generally
appearing strangely and nudouy must
o n they pleased call the Morgan family
lncOmaby however, the best light eamho extremely heavy
carriage horse, another lighter Ao,N Of oOaf the t
raised in Vermont n perfection.
persons familiar with New York fail have noticed
the magnificent part dark bays with black
and tails but browns and and them but rarely deep RICH glossy
chestnut wagons express companies
would especially designate o Adams Company.
They the models what daughthomes should be- combining
with cknes respectable turn speed fine
and good
invariably lofty thin wher
heads although they emphaay daughthoes they have
shaggness eocks which indicates
from the black horse of Lincolnshire and of that peculiar curn
which marks the Canadian Norman blood for
and dovabe the tails of the
horses which claim be pure Mogans
backs rbbing
up say they ponies
height.
These Vermont and only
my opinion quick
heavy oador which opinion of mine have produce us
fcaonbu stock ncomparab the es from which,
by well chosen thoroughbred the magnificent
horses in the world.
proof I wirr
this breed horses which have under immediate observation
and which fail to have weight with candid judges.
During the Canadian rebellion 1881 the English force being largely
with considerable
artillery the number rnocemen The cavalry consisted
light regiment England The Dragon
which the world the Life Guards and
the Royal Horse Gud which dmounted and all
hoed with the Canadian
ing either the power necessary such weight
this magnificent several under after the horses
had been broken certainly
spenddy whole artillery
precisely stamp horse which
daily before the New York express and myself heard very d
the artillery had his knowledge the been
horsed while n Canada.
be worth while add that the hussa when ordered home
usual order the transportation sold their horses but
guards wrongly
took the quarter theirs especially the home with them,
owing to their superior quality.
breed therefore, doubt of
excellence In the old days. while staging perfection New
England before the railroads had superseded coaching the lighter
animals this breed which drew the
that have approached New England
believe that has been approached elsewhere For
fortune twelve thirteen since, when Salem the
eastern limit of railroad travel journey good deal between Bos
and Bangor Maine preferred the box with the
object of observing the the work. having
obe knack of getting with the coahmn who by the way
coachmn those roads days stable hepersach
ing his along, well badly he could according
fashion of all the other States which have ouneyedI
information, concerning the quick working active powerful well
conditioned animals which nv
admiration
My wonder for that coach experience York.
Pennsylvania and upper Canada
had considerable opportunyhang
called by cruel irony the Telegraph Line from Albany Buffalo, through
three days and nights had formed nhng
of American stagecoachng
My admiration for that roads, though very kept