Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-03-26
Hon. JOHN W. STEWART, PRES.
PROF. T. E. BoYCE, SEC.
JOSEPH BATTELL, REGISTRAR.
AMERICAN HORSE
NEWS DEPARTMENT
News Items Pertaining to ell
Kinds Of Horses are Solicited.
Address Matter for this Department to
G. A. Chapman, Room 81, Battell Block,
Middlebury, Vt.

We clip the following from the Horse
World of last week;
"Among the new standard performers
of last season is one that is pretty nearly
entirely Morgan in breeding. That one
is the chestnut pacing mare, Pet Morgan,
2:l74, bred at Bayside Farm, Rochester,
N. Y, and sired by White River Morgan,
dam Lady Morgan I'd, by Garnish Horse
(inbred Morgan; second dam Lady
Morgan, by Monroe Morgan. White
River Morgan was a celebrated prize
winner in classes for Morgan horses.
He was sired by Neshobe, son of Rut
land Morgan, and had II crosses to the
original Justin Morgan. Here is a case
where speed and racing ability came
from Morgan blood without the assist
ance of other blood and, as speed alone is
not the object of the breeders of Morgan
horses, it may be inferred that Pet Nor
gan has the good looks, style and fine
disposition which usually goes with the
Morgan blood"
Mr.. Hamilton Busby in contempor-
airy last week writes as follows
Nov that the stress of winter is be-
hind us, or at least we hope it is, OBJ
serve in Fifth Avenue and Central Park
a constantly growing number of horse
drawn vehicles. The carriage horse con-
tributes more to the dignity of a lady
out for an airing in cheerful wheatEer,
especially in avenues frequented by the
world of fashion, than does motor car,
and SO the housekeeping and we'll
groomed horses remain with us, and will
do so until civilization undergoes radi-
cal change. And yet there are some fads
in heavy harness that do not appeal to
me. AS l was walking down Fifth Ave-
nue. my attention was attracted to a
horse driven in single harness in the
opposite direction. His hoofs were SO
long as to throw him out of balance and
| heavy shoes were nailed to his feet. The
up and down movement was plainly tire
some to him, and he used up a big
amount of energy in covering limited
| space. L 90 DOI see now tn1S strained
and ungraceful motion can add to the
comfort and dignity of the driver and IT
is gratifying to find that those who carry
a fad to a point of absurdity are not
numerous in sensible ranks"
1t is very encouraging to hear these
sentiments expressed by so keen an OBJ
server as Mr.. Busby, and it behooves the
breeders of horses to see that the autosts
are made to obey the laws. Mr.. Busby Is
remarks about the high stepping horse
with long toes and heavy shoes, being a
| distressing object are surely correct.
We would commend people that enjoy
that kind of stopper to the Morgans,
which breed naturally carry themselves
airily and high stepping, without the
aid of long toes or heavy shoes, and they
also naturally make the very best sad
dlers of all the breeds, in fact they have
from the origin of the breed been noted
as general purpose horse.
The fastest trotter yet bred in Nebraska
is Tempus Fugt 2:O74 that Ed Geers
campaigned through the Grand Circuit
in 1907 and is another of the fast trotters
carrying large per cent. of Morgan
blood through his sire, son of Robert
McGregor.