The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-07-18
MORGAN HORSE HISTORY
TRACED FOR 125 YEARS
Justin Morgan Was FoaIed in Con-
necticut But Was Brought To
Vermont When TWO Years Old

Vermont When TWO Years Old
The Morgan IS an American type
OF horse, says w H. Uocher. secre
tary of the National TroNing associ
alton. Il Is the only one with the eX-
cep5ion of th Kentucky gated
saddle horse which originated on this
Continent For years it was believed
that Justin Morgan, The tap root sire,
was by the thoroughbred horse True
Briton. Wallace, however, exploded
that and showed that there was d
chance OF him being Dutch horse,
as was claimed by the man who took
him TO Vernon.
Justin Morgan was foaled at West
Springfield, Mass, IN 1893. He was
! taken to Vermont in 1895 and died in
1921. He bred on through his sons
Sherman Morgan, 3ulrush Morgan,
and Woodbury. Morgan. OF these
sherman Morgan sired Vermont
Black Hawk, Billy Rect, Whalebone
and Flint Morgan. The Woodbury.
line was continued by Morgan Caesar,
Morgan Eagle, Chittenden County
Morgan and Clifford Morgan, while the
Bulrush Inc runs through the Rand
olph Horse Jennison Colt, and Morril,
to Young Morril, the sire of Fear
naught and Winthrop Morril.
Within so years after the death OF
Justin Morgan, his defendants were
found in every state in the Union. At
that time over one half of the light
harness performers traced to him
either through the sire or dam. The
pedigrees of the leading trotters of
today a,co show that g number Of them
carry remote cross of Morgan blood
uhlen. Lee Axworthy, Hamburg Belle,
The Harvester and Mabel Trash being
among them.
y national survey of the light har-
ness foundation stock shows that the
iortyniners began buying Morgans as
soon as they were located in Calf
, ornia; Keokuk. Black Eagle, Black
= Warrior, Tylers Black Hawk, Novato
= ChieG, MeCracken's Black Hawk, Dave
Hin and l}enecia Boy being taken
'herc prior 70 the war The Oregon
breeders also purchased Vermont and
= Oregon Pathfinder, They were follow
cd by Winthrop Knox, Champion
, Knox and Dick Flaherty
Kentucky was also left in Ken
: lucky by norseys Vermont Hero
through Golddust, Downing's Vermont
| through Gill's Vermont, Red Jacket,
Rather, Peavine and Honest Allen.
, AXworthy Mckee and Peter the
Great have each a Morgan cross. The
line to AXworthy runs through Stride
away; to Moko through the Stock
bridge mare that produced Gloster, ?.
II; and TO Peter the Great through
Madisons Octo:r0om, decendent CT
Woodbury. Morsan.
:. The Morgan tide reached Michigan
in the early fifties the leaders being
Morgan Eagle, the sind OF Magma
I ChMia Marshall Chief. the sire of
b@.mus, Chauncey Goodrich, and Don
l.. Robinson, Western Fearnaught,
BgelPs Pathfinder, Oceana Chief,
Roy al b'caInusht, and Vermont Hero,
the sire Of General Knox Stock
bridge >Ehief died IN Illinois, whore lie
was .joineh by Wards Flying Clogd
( Wc5fward's E.athan Allen which was
afterwards taken to Kentucky, Swans
brough's Creeper, Captain, Beaumont
Addison. and several Gplddusts.
IN the early days, Wisconsin was
the half way station fof Morgan stal
lions that were being taken to Cal
il1Tnia. A few OF them made several
seasons there before cHnpleting the
joaracy. the group inclth ng Benecia
10y, Dave liill and MeCIacken S
Black Hawk, A numberl also remained
in the badger state, tho Leaders being
Cuman's Gray Eagle, whose son, Me
Kesson's Gray Eagle got Charley
ZIG "a. Prince Pathfinder, Live Oak
and Black Flying Cloud, the sire of
Badger Girl, 222 II.
Iowa breeders developed fond
ness for Morgans at an early date
Their selections included Eastman
Morgan, sire of Little Fred, 2.20, Panic
Vermonter. General Stark, Vermont
Boy whose son Reconstruction got
the dam of Bonnie McCregcr, 2.13 IL, |
and King Herod, while both Nc
Kesson's Gray Eagle and Young Nor
i'll died in Iowa.
King Herod and Stoekbridge Chief
were located in Ohio for 4 hriel period
Jaekson's Flying Cloud also after
standing at Urbana spent the last five
years of his life at Springfield where
he got the fourth dam OF Binland,
2.03 IL. Many other Morgan stations !
We're also taken to the buckeye state, I
the list including Barre, Austin $ |
Morgan Bulrush, and Knowtown's |
Morgan, by Bulrush Morgan. General
4 Morgan, the sire of Nazomania, go
IA, Onderdonk, Cases Dave Hill Mig |
ger Doctor Orr's Flying Cloud, and
Black Squirrel sire of the dam of Fred |
! b., 210 "a
Ethan Allen, the idol of the Nor
gan family, died at Lawrence, Kan
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