Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-10-07
VERNONT'S MORGAN HORSE IN
TEnESTS.


ably associated with the Morgan
horse. limo was when the Vermont
Morgan v'ed with the Vermont NOR
ino sheep rs 4 favoritc product of the
Green Mountain state in the stock
markets of the world and as a source
OF income for the farmers of Vermont.
For a time the prestige of the Yer
mont horse, about which tho poet
John q. SAKE sang SO appcalingly, fell
tc an extremely low ebb, and there
appeared TO be as much danger of the
final extinction Of this noble animal
as of the American bison.
During the past few years, how
ever. there has been marked reviv-
al Of interest in the Morgan horse.
Largely through the efforts OF the
late Senator Redfield Proctor the
gan horse breeding establishment in
Vermont, and since the state fair was
Maxwell Evarts has devoted his en-
ergies to the development OF the Nor
gan horse exhibit as one of the prin-
cipal features Of this annual festival
of the farmer and the horscbreeder
The formation at the recent fair of
an association Of Morgan horse breed
ers cannot fail to still further pro-
mote the success of the effort to re-
vive the Morgan horse as popular
equine favorite Prominent breeders
from different parts of the country
are Interested in this movement, and
judging from the progress already
made, the Morgan horse will soon re-
gain the prestige and position which
II formerly held as a distinctive pro-
duct of Vermont.
The Union of Manchester, ~ H.,
has been moved to speak OF the Yer
mont Morgan horse in terms Of APP
probation. 1t says that "the Jap
dueSe' alt'r tnc war Win the Rus
| slams. erected monuments to the
horses that were slain in that war.
In our own country the great Civil
War was prosecuted with more
thought Of the men that took part
come even with u.s. when the part
which a particular breed Of horses
played In that conflict is considered
worthy Of Commemoration. No one
can read Mr. Wardwells account of
the deeds Of the First Vermont cav
airy without feeling that the horses.
as we'll as the men, had much to do
with the achievements of that or
sanization. It Is surely something
worth making note Of even ut this
late day, that when the hard service
was over. FROM tho nrst year Of the
war to Appomattox. there were atill
two hund~cd OF the original one
thousand horses in the service. The
relatively small. nervy, vigorous
Morgan horse had made good in war.
rs It had long before made good in
the service of the small farmer TO
whom one horse meant almost every
thing, from drawing the entire fam
ily 70 church on Sunday to the haul
Ing Of big loads of hay from the mea-
dows on 4 week day. After many
Years, the Morgan horse las come to
the recognition that 1t deserves. The
United states government. through
It's agricultural department. has CIV
on the Morgan horse full recognition.
and now comes the organization of
1t is a splendid tribute TO a breed OF
horses that has long since proved Its
value in the every day work OF the
world"
The Springfield Republican says;
Many reader OF the Republican
hns owned and valued Morgan horse
small, nervy, vigorous. intelligent
and entirely trustworthy. Hence the
organization of national MORGAN
horse association is Of general inter-
est. The United States government.
through its agricultural department.
has given full recognition to the vir-
tues OF this breed Of horses. MS good
In war ms in the every day work OF
the world"
Th's tribute is as concise as It Is
comprehensive, and It moves the Rut-
iand Herald to say: vermont Nor
gan horses were the prototypes OF
the finest strain of carriage horses in
the world. 1t is one of the strangest
'hinss about the agricultural history
Of the State that breeders and land
owners should have so general,v mo-
elected the preservation and re-pro-
duction OF this type. The Morgan
horse was, and might speedily be.
come, one of the finest material as-
sets OF the state, a thousand farm
ers who are eking out a difficult ex-
istence on poor, down and rocky
farms might breed Morgan horses ms
easily as they breed Jerseys and to
greater proht.