Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1912-09-04

peOple VI oil Walks OIL lie ~ preserve
from extinction that useful breed of
horses. which has played so large a
part in the history of Vermont. No
less than thirty four classes, with
81, O90 in money and six cups, are to
be offered this year for Morgans by
the State Fair Commission, by the
Morgan horse club and by individ-
uals. Besides these classes are the
Morgan Futurity Stake and Maxwell
Evarts' $50 challenge on the Morgan
mare Thunder Cloud 13.3 hands, in
the fifteen mile. driving race. Con-
spicuous among the new prizes is the
offer of C. K. G. Billings, one of the
governors of the Morgan Horse Club
Last year Mr.. Billings, who had gen.
erously brought to White River juno.
ton his famous trotter Uh]an.
:58 4, studied with care the Morgan
exhibits. He became satisfied that it
would be wise to give greater encour-
agement to the development of the
MorgaDs as saddle horses. At a din
ner given by H. R. C. Watson of
Brandon in New York during the last
National Horse Show Mr.. Billings
made an address on this subject and
expressed the intention of offering a
cup for Morgans under saddle at the
Vermont State Fair. This intention
he has carried out. His conditions
are interesting. He requires that
the horses shall be able to carry the
United States cavalry and that they
shall be judged by cavalry officer of
the regular army.
quirements no one who knows the
record of the Morgans in the civil
war will dobt. 1t is hoped that the
owners of Morgans will take the
trouble to give their horses saddle
practice and will provide riders who
know how to ride. The class is open
to stations, mares and geldinqs.
Among the general run of horses it
takes an animal of pretty good height
to have the substance sufficient for
carrying considerable weight Some
riders, however, would much prefer
the smaller horse if it only had the
substance for doing the work. The
Morg ans, with their short legs and
their traditional stoutness of build,
present the possibility of a horse that
will carry\a good sized man without
having to be sixteen hands tall to do
it. This idea was in Mr.. Billings
mind when be provided his special
Morgan class at White River. Charles
A. Stone, Of Boston, offers prizes for
combination horses. They are to be
shown both in harness and under sad
die and judged for manners, action.
quality and conformation to the an
cient Morgan type. These latter re-
quirements follow the familiar for
mula in use for several years at the
Vermont State Fair and are believed
to be largely responsible for the in
creasing uniformity in type in the
Morgan exhibits at White River.
Mr.. Stones class is entirely practical q:
there is certainly market for the
small, shapely and docile Morgan are
an all around utility horse that will
also answer for women and children
to drive and ride. H. R. c. Watson's
two saddle classes. offered in the
name of the Morgan Horse Club, as
repetitions of his offers of the last
two years. One of them is for stall
| lions, the other for mares and geld
| ings.
Other exhibition classes for Nor.
gan Horse Clubs class for mares and
geldings not exceeding 14.2 hands J.
Rich Steers classes for Morgan stall
lions in harness and for Morgan pairs,
E. A. Darling s novice harness class
es for horses under four years of age.
Walter Watson Stokes class for Black
Hawks descendants and H. S.
Warden's competition for stations
mares and geldings in harness to bt
judged for conformation to the an
cient Morgan type Two new class
es which perhaps foreshadow an in
creasing strictness in breeding along
Morgan blood lines are the Morgan
Horse Clubs classes, in which specia
pedigree is required. One of thes
classes in open to stations and one tc
that the sire, darn, grandsires ant
granddams of each entry must b,
registered Morgan horses. A nom
ent's reflection will show how closet
the lines are thus drawn. The re
quirements are far more rigid tina
anything in the rules of the Morga
Register.
Among the important breeding
classes are the prizes offered joint
by w. P. Hardenbergh, of Bernards
vile. N. j., and L. R. Lemoine. O
: Philadelphia, for Morgan stallio
and three 1912 foals of his get; tn
Montpelier Morning Journals priz
for a Morgan mare with two of he
offspring; the prize of Allen
Fletcher Of Cavendish, for a stallion
with four of his get 'conformin
s most truly to the ancient Morga
type" and the States specials fo
Morgan herds and for all Morgan
under three years of age.
The largest prize of all is the CT
, and purses offered by c. C. Stillms
g.. of New York, for Morgan broe
o mares and 1912 foals. Mr.. Stillms
' is offering it for the fourth consec
e tive year. It has been won in ii
past by J. C. Brunk of Springfield
q Ill. by Mountain View Farm of Ea
. Burke, VT, and by A. E. ellison
Hartland. Like most of the speci
prizes it calls for the old type of Nc
gan which is generally regarded
best illustrated by the noted Hale
Green Mountain Morgan.