Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-07-30
AMERICAN HORSE
NEWS DEPARTMENT
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Kinds of Horses are Solicited.
Address Matter for this Department to
c. A. Chapman, Ferrisburgh, Vt.

llOloe DISeuSl, ltSdlNillS bue dCIlOH
of the Illinois State Fair in omit
ting the Morgan from their pre-
MUM list 1t would seem to be a mat
ter of politics pure and simple as
Illinois has bred many good Morgans
and still has many successful breeders
of this unsurpassed road horse race of
horses.
That it must be a matter of politics.
as this writer says, is evident from the
fact that there is general reviving of
interest in the Morgan in all parts of
the country wherever he has been
known heretofore. A striking example
of this is the movement lately taken in
Maine when they introduced a bill in
the Legislature taking measures to build
up the Morgan breed again in their state
as when the Morgans were raised all
over the state buyers were plenty and
great revenue was brought into Maine
through the sales of horses, whereas
now there are practically no sales of
road horses in that state, as the horses
are not attractive to buyers.
This action on the part of the Illinois
state fair is particularly unwarranted,
as fair managers the country over are
adding the Morgan breed to their lists
instead of cutting them out. The
Alaska Yukon-Pacifc Exposition give
them the same position and premium
that they do the thoroughbreds, Hack
neys and coach horses, and they even
go so far as to offer eighteen money
prizes for grade geldings and mares by
recorded Morgan sires in addition to the
prizes for recorded Morgans.
Mr.. Dewey's letter follows:
Amboy, Ills, June "a, 1908.
Mr.. Joseph Battell
Bread Loaf, VT.
Dear Sir
You have probably observed that the
lllonois State Fair management have
cut out the Morgan class. So far as
have been able to learn the giant in
telect of w. R. Goodwin is at the bot
tom of this outrage.
He began as far back as in 1898 to
dictate the kind of Morgans that should
be shown if they were to be retained in
the prize list. Little attention was
paid to this as it was pretty generally
understood that he was the official
mouthpiece of the imported scrubs that
were intended to dsplace the high class
American roadster. Like the immortal
John w. Wallace when a family of horses
continued to live after he had attempt
ed to kill them, he flew in a rage and
used his publication to vent his spite on
the Morgan family in general and any
person or persons that presumed to diff
fer with him in particular.
He may be a big bag of wind but
with it he is worker and mixer. He
united the forces of opposition to the
Morgan that rivalry and envy hac
made made it appear that becuse one
out of sixty that had been shown in the
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shown in the standard bred class tina
all could be-carried the impression
where there was no one present tina
was familiar with the facts, that tn,
classes did not fill showed the STANDARD
breds and saddle breds the money in tn,
American Carriage Glass they coulC
divide, if they would cooperate will
his Royal Highness in his policy o
anything to beat Grant" In fact
left no stone unturned to get the Nor
gan class downed and he did it, an,
the report of the American ~Carriag
Glass at Springfield will show how elias
Legislation helped the standard bre,
and saddle bred, by keeping horses a
home that were clearly entitled to tn
spoils they will divide.
feel this all the more keenly becaus
| am getting a string ready, goo
enough, think, to make a creditabI
show, and am barred because | can
not afford to go with nothing in sigh
but the American Carriage Glass.
don't think am right, | know | al
right in my faith in the Morgan. Tn
highest priced stallion ever raised i
this town was the Morgan bred Ac
miral. The highest priced mare wa
the Morgan bred Countess. The high
est priced twelve head sold to one ma
were Morgans. The highest price
average 80 head were Morgans and tn
First National Bank here has the docu
ments to prove this to be the case. M
patrons have made more clear none
out of the enterprise than | have b,
cause don't believe in faith withou
works and | have not only made m