Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-04-07
FRIDAY, APRIL T. 1911.
The m organ Horse.


terest taken in the saddle horse by
army officers, and at Washington.
We have been asked several times
whether the Morgan horse would make
good saddle horses. There is no ques
ton whatever in regard to this; they
properly bred and trained for such pur-
pose. This was proven in our Civil
War. The great merit of the Morgan
horse is that he is good for all kinds of
useful purposes, and has great endur
ance.
1t might be desirable that an expert
ment in this line be made at the U. S.
Morgan Horse Farm. If so good
judgment should be exercised in mating
and the colts properly trained.
We have, also, been asked if there
would be objections to thoroughbred
stations being sent to the Morgan
Horse Farm. There would be, certain
]y, if for breeding purposes. But we
think that several thoroughbred brood
mares might be used in the experiment
without objection, the same to be APP
propriately mated with Morgan stall
lions.
There are two very elegant Morgan
stations of mature age on the farm.
General Gates and Red Oak, besides
several very promising colts. Gen.
Gates is full brother to Lord Clinton,
trotting race record, 2:08 Sd, years ago
when there were but two or three
geldings or stations that had beaten it,
and then only by two or three seconds.
Gen. Gates is very beautiful horse,
almost faultless in that respect, and
when we talk of thoroughbreds, the
original Morgan was at least three
fourths thoroughbred, of the very best
strains-Imported Traveller, Imported
Wildair, and the Lindsay Arabian, also
called Ranger. In addition to these
3 thoroughbred strains, the very best of
their day. Gen. Gates also gets two or
three of the very best thoroughbred
strains through his dam, which was by
Revenue, Jr., grandson of imported
Trustee, Revenue, Jr. IS dam being by
imported Glencoe; Gen. Gates second
dam was by Days Copperbottom, a
grandson of the original Copperbottom,
imported to Kentucky from Bolton,
P. O., in 1916, foaled 1909, bred by
David Blunt, Danville, VT, and got by
the original Justin Morgan, which was
kept at or near Danville 1SO3-l8ll. Mr.
Blunt moved to Bolton, P. O., 1911,
taking the mare and the colt with him.
Gen. Gates Sd dam was by Stump the
Dealer, a thoroughbred. Gen. Gates
best weight is 1O45 pounds, which is
too, his usual weight. We have haC
numbers of his colts and never knew ;
poor one; have sold quite a number, =
although paying but very little atten
ton to the horse business, being 81
much occupied with other things, fo
from $500 to $1,000, and refused the las
named sum for several more
Red Oak was by Gen. Gates from A;
several times inbred Morgan mare
that would weigh in good flesh abou
100 pounds. He is bay, over Is l..
hands high and very handsome stall
lion with superior trotting action. HI
will doubtless get road stock of excellen
form and road quality.
We have young stallion whose name
Scotland, is almost a guarantee of hi
excellence, which we believe would pro
duce with thoroughbred mares colts o
unrivalled quality for the saddle. Scot
land is chestnut, rising 1912 hands
coming five, and will weigh 1850 pounds
His dam was by Lambert Chief, one o
the best sons of Daniel Lambert, iron
a mare by the inbred Morgan horse
Seeley's American Star, which got tn
dams of all the trotters by Handle
tonian with record of 2:20 or under, -
Dexter 2:171-4, Nettie 2:l8 and Orang
Girl 2:20,- as also the dams of 80 stall
lions by Hambletonian, which got trot
tiers with records of 2:30 or better, n
other stallion having got the dams o
more than six. Scotland's second dan
was by Highland Gray, whose blood en-
tiers into that of the very few horse
which in trotting or pacing have mad
records for mile under 200.
Highland Gray was full Is ga hand
and would weigh in good condition nea
or quite 100 pounds. He traces i