Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-10-29
his stall after being shown, to a New
York banker.

his stall after being shown, to a New
York banker.
The next session of Congress is ex-
pected to make an appropriation to
carry on the work planned at the gov
eminent establishment at Weybridge.
1t is believed by the prominent Morgan
breeders throughout the country that
they should have journal devoted ex-
clusively to that breed of equine.
They have one of the largest associa-
tons of registry in the country and a
systematic record is being made by the
association to preserve the records of
Morgan horses. However, there is a
need, it is pointed out, of a magazine of
general circulation to be devoted exclu-
sively to Morgans. The prominent
breeders of the country believe that if a
systematic attempt is made to exploit
the Morgan as the all-purpose horse of
America the rehabilitation will be real
lied and the industry of breeding this
strain of blood put upon footing that
will make it of interest to the farmers
of the country to breed Morgans.
Referring to the exploits of Vermont
Morgans an early issue of the New
York Herald in 1853, in an article on
the old Sixth avenue railroad said
"Four-fifths of the horses employed on
this road are from Vermont and New
Hampshire, and of these nearly all are
of the celebrated Morgan breed. In
that year the Maine Farmer in refer
ring to the marketing of horses said:
"For a seller of horses, it is only neces-
sary to establish the fact that his
horses are of the Morgan blood, and he
meets with ready sale at good prices. "
This statement is being proved every
week in Vermont and the demand is
keeping pace with the supply. Not
long ago breeder in the state of Wash
ington ordered a yearling colt shipped
by express from Vermont to the Pacific
coast.
Probably no horse race has ever ex-
cited more enthusiasm in this country
than did that participated in by the ia
nous Morgan Ethan Allen at the old
fashioned race course on June Il, 1867,
when Dan Mace drove him with run
ming mate against the great Dexter,
winning the race. 1t was estimated
that 40, 900 people witnessed the race.
When the story of the exploit of Ethan
Allen got back to Vermont the price of
Morgan horsefesh went skyward and
the owner of a likely colt would not
entertain the thought of the price of
common horsehesh The boom was on.
1t continued for some years until the
popular fancy turned to the PAGER.
That was the unfortunate epoch for the
Morgan horse. Breeders proceeded to
produce PAGERS and while the demand
was good for many years it ceased some
years ago. Today the Vermont breeder
of Morgans makes a wry face when
mention of PAGERS is made. That the
Morgan horse is synonymous with Yer
mont and typical of her products is
evidenced by the fact that the designer
of the silver service presented to the
battleship Vermont embellished one of
the pieces of the service with the head
of Morgan horse. When one of the
sculptors of the worlds fair in Chicago
was making giant modelling in clay of
a typical specimen of the American
equine Vermont furnished the model,
The mare that posed for the sculptor
died few years ago in Central Yer
mont. She was daughter of Daniel
Lambert, truly blue blood in Morgan
lines, for her dam was bred in the pur-
ple-on Morgan lines. Probably the
folklore of central and western Vermont
contains more stories and legends per-
tanning to the Morgan horse than does
the story of any other community in
the state. Montpelier Journal.