The Morgan Horse Magazi A Bi-Monthly .Magazine Pnblicah'Di Ofjict Woodstock, Vermont Archie 0 No. 7856
/VOL. 1 MAY JUNE, 1942 NO. 5
THE REGENERATION OF THIRTY-FIVE YEARS AT MIDDLEBURY
THE MORGAN HORSE By F. B. HILLS Mr. George M. Rommel fc The U. S. Morgan Horse Farm near Middlebury, Vermont, has a number of years wr '' been breeding Morgan horses for over thirty-live years. I he devel of the Animal H'- -iy Di opment of the stud and the distribution of its increase throughout vision of the Bim or Animal the United States has been of great importance to the breed. Il was Donald Industry of the U Depart- a rallying point for Morgan breeders during a very ditlicult period No. 5224 ment of Agriculture and was in in the breed's history, and the animals it has produced are an out many circles looked upon as a standing group in the foundation on which the recent increase in well informed and qualified student and authority on the horse. breeding operations throughout the country has been based. He gave an address before the Connecticut Valley Breeders binder the direction of the pres nt Officer in Charge, Mr. |ohn Association at Northampton, Mass., on January 2*Hh, 1910 which O. Williams, and during the ten years during which his predeces was lats^-h^rS-rpcriLd-in amnu^-.Mtc^ \(: page ci^'jhr (No. 163) sor, Mr. Earl B. Krantz, was in charge, a great advance lias been issued August, 1910, by the Bureau under the above heading. made in the average merit of the animals in the stud and a general We quote the following, written in 1910—thirty-two years ago: improvement in type. A complete history of the breeding opera "Of the three types of light horses which American breeders tions during the whole period, both successes and failures, would have developed during a century and a quarter, none stands higher be of marked interest and very great value. It is to be hoped that in history, judged from the interest and affection which have been such a study will be made in the not too distant future. devoted to it, none has had a more direct and lasting influence ^n other types, none, in fart, has been more uniform in type, more A superficial study of the operations at Middlebury leavs the prepotent in breeding, or more nearly a fixed breed than the Morgan impression that the development has centered in a single line of horse. stallions, General Gates 666, his son, Bennington ^693, Benning "With an ancestry which must have been of the highest merit, ton's son, Mansfield 725^, and now Mansfield's son, Goldfield 7vol. reared on the limestone and granite hills of New England, imbued Other stallions have been used at one time or another, and may have with remarkable endurance and stamina by ' rigorous but invigorat left some impress on the stud through daughters added to the group ing climate, these little horses seventy-five years ago (1835) yielded of matrons, but these notes will be limited to brief comment on the to none in popularity and heldfirst plac e in the actual money \alue stallions tracing in direct male line to General Gates. placed on individuals and on the service fees of sires. Fifty years It is possible to attach too much importance to a sire line but ago (I860) Morgan stallions were received in the show rings of such a line when continuous is a useful beginning for an orderly Kentucky with enthusiasm. Yet during the last twenty years, 1890 study of pedigrees, especially when the line is accumulating as this to 1910, the name of the Morgan has been anathema among the one is at present in California and Kansas as well as in the East. horses breeders of Kentucky, the breed has been rarely seen in the Quite often the important effect of a stallion upon the breed is show ring at state and national fairs, and the live-stock press and through the produce of his daughters, and this seems true of some of many horsemen of authority have declared the Morgan to be an the horses mentioned here. Sire lines rise in importance and then extinct race. disappear, and it is not important, particularly, whether fifty years Causes of the Decline of the Morgan Horse from now there will still be a dominant line tracing in tail male "The causes of this remarkable decline in a breed of horses of to General Gates. It is interesting to us now, however, that during outstanding merit are not difficult to discover. Up to the time that the existence of the U. S. Morgan Horse Farm, the direct line from the mania for breeding extreme speed in harness horses manifested General Gates has dominated there. itself, the qualities of conformation, style, and endurance which General Gates 666 the Morgan possessed were generally appreciated, and it was recog nized that in the long run those qualities were worth more money Soon after the organization of the L: S Morgan Horse farm, than speed records. the Secretary of the U S. Department of Agriculture appointed a ' YX'ith the track records of Ethan Allen and Daniel Lambert committee to choose an outstanding stallion to head the stud at before them, however, Morgan breeders began to think that the Middlebury, and that committee chose General Gates in loo7 He Morgan could be made a race horse, and the speed craze struck was a black stallion foaled in 1894 and bred by Colonel Joseph them. The decline of the Morgan horse may be dated from this Battell. How the Colonel happened to breed this famous animal time. It was indeed unfortunate that the old-time Morgan breeders is a long and interesting story but. briefly, the facts are as follows did not follow the advice of Linsley in his book on Morgan horses. In 188^ there was produced in Arkansas a Morgan, known as Lord published in lS^"7.* He foresaw with true intuition what would Clinton, that later made outstanding trotting records for the breed. iiappen if Morgan breeders set up a speed standard. the fastest being a mile in 2 ox") , The fame of this horse spread 7 "This is exactly what happened, although even Linslev could throughout the country. He was bv Denning Allen I. grandson hardly h.i\e foreseen that the effect would be almost to exterminate of the great hthan Allen, but the pedigree of his dam. bannv Smii was unknown for a time- *Linslc\. D < M. r.cin Hors rr :
72 THI; MORGAN HORSI- MA(,AZINL. May-June, 1942 BREEDING MORGAN HORSES—TODAY STORIES OF MORGAN HORSES By JOHN O. WILLIAMS B; ELIZAIO IH YX'. HIOUNS* U. S. Department of Agriculture A\ lold by Pal A\iM.:,''•/! u by trained From "The Remount," January, 1928. Aim gain foi C--1 j-.iepb Ba/tJI. The Pride and Product of America" is a slogan long used by Yes sir, yes siree," and Pat McMahon, ~"o \ears old, nodded the Morgan Horse Club of America to describe the breed in which his white head decisively, "Daniel Lambert was the king of them it is interested—the Morgan. That such a conception is justified is all. Why, when Colonel Battell bought him, back in '8 4, he was rarely questioned by those who are familiar with the history and known as the finestMorga n stallion in the counlr). traditions of this wonderful breed of horses. The story of the Mor The vigirous old horseman, who for IS years trained some ot gan horse in America is unique in that it was founded chiefly on the best Morgan horses in America, hitched his chair a little closer one famous stallion; it flourished for many years; then almost be to the tall base burner in his cozy living room and chuckled remin- came lost, and finallywa s reestablished. The stallion Justin Morgan, iscently. foaled in Vermont in 1793, was the progenitor of the breed which "It was in 1878 that I went to work for Colonel Battell. He- bears his name. He was a small horse, under 15 hands, but power had a string of Morgan horses then and was always on the lookout ful and of quick action and was so prepotent that his descendents for another good one. Well I remember the da)' that Daniel Lam were easily recognized. He is said to have out-walked, out-run and bert came to Middlebury. Colonel Battell had been down to Boston out-pulled any horse with which he ever competed. In the New- and bid him in at auction. England States the breed flourished, and Morgans were used almost to the exclusion of other horses until the craze for trotting speed 27 Years and $2600 struck the country. This resulted in the diluting and scattering of Daniel Lambert was 27 years old then and the Colonel paid Morgan blood until the identity of the breed was almost lost, but 52600 for him. This is a horse country here and when folks heard the influence of Morgan blood on the American Trotter and the that Mr. Battell was bringing Daniel Lambert back, they turned out American Saddle Horse was very beneficial. The beauty of form in a big crowd and got a band and went to the station to greet him in the Chief families of saddle horses and the inherent stamina of and escort him to the Middlebury farm just as if he was royalty— many families of trotters is attributed by many authorities to these and he was too. King of them all, that was Daniel Lambert. He infusions of Morgan blood. In the interim, however, the Morgan only lived five years alter that and toward the end he was a little as a breed, became practically extinct. crazy but when he died there was an obituary in the Middlebury Register just as if he were a person. We buried him down in the The old-time Morgan was a small horse, trappy gaited, alert, lower corner of the Middlbury farm. I could go to the spot this and ideally suited to the requirements of the rugged topography of minute. New England, and was unquestionably a big horse for his inches, and judging from present-day standards for saddle horses, had a few Sire of 38 Trotters faults of conformation, principally shortness of neck, straight "But Mr. McMahon, how about General Gates? He was some shoulders and thickness of throttle. He was, however, a good bot horse, wasn't he?" tomed horse, with sterling underpinning, a stout heart, was as tough "Oh, yes. General Gates was a great horse. I raised him myself, as rawhide and had a kind disposition. He was an ideal family but he was never trained for speed. Now Daniel Lambert had a utility horse that could be entrusted to the use of the kiddies as race record of 2: 12 and was the sire of 38 trotters who did 2:s() well as the grown-ups. In fact, I believe I am describing an old- or better. Colonel Battell liked a horse that could step." type family Morgan mare of my boyhood days—called Topsy— "Where did he get his horses from, Mr. McMahon?" that illustrates my contention. The kiddies could pile on Topsy's "Oh, most everywhere Once I went to Kentucky to get a fast back, swing on her tail and the old mare seemed complacently to chestnut mare. I rode her up on horseback from Kentucky. It was enjoy their association, yet when one of the grown-up boys hooked a pretty trip. Then sometimes I'd drive the ( olonel on a tour of her to the buggy and started down the road, her ears were up and three or four weeks through Canada. Colonel Battell would be alert for a brush with any other road horse that might come along looking up the record of some old time horses and keeping an eye with ambitions to pass her. out for anything specially good for his own string.' " It was about 2 5 years ago when the reestabhshment of this breed 58 Miles a Day took concrete form through the collective action of many public- "Pat, tell about when you used to dri\e the Colonel up to Mont- spirited men who personally knew of the merits of the breed. The pelier," urged Mrs. McMahon. initiative in this work was taken by Joseph Battell of Middlebury, Those were the trips," laughed Pat. Let's see—it must be Vermont, who established the American Morgan Register as an just fifty-three years j bought that three-seated sleigh. 7 s nce wc authentic record of Morgan blood lines. In loo" he gave to the Colonel Battell was a representatbe in the legislature up in Mont- U S. Department of Agriculture a 400 acre farm near Middlebury pelier and I drove him and his luggage up. The sleigh had two for the purpose of conserving and perpetuating the Morgan breed seats facing each other, like an old fashioned hack. There was a of horses. This farm, known as the United States Morgan Horse leather top over those seats and then there was a high drbcr's seat Farm, now consists of about 1,000 acres and maintains a stud of in front. Whew, how the wind whistled and the snow blew round about 60 animals. In establishing the work at this farm, the best that seat. I drove a four-in-hand—a spanking fine team and we specimens of the breed were collected from Kentucky, Kansas, took a day and a half going up with a load but I always made the Texas, New York, Washington, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, fifty-eight mile trip hack in a day, even in deep snow and Illinois, as well as in the breed's nathe State of Vermont. The "How about blue ribbons and silver cups for your Morgan object of the enterprise was to obtain the best Morgan blood as well horses, Mr. McMahon? You must have taken a lot of those?" as the best specimens of the breed obtainable anywhere in the coun "Blue ribbons! and silver cups! I'll say we took them. Mother, try. Privately-owned stallions were used liberally as a means of re where's that loving cup we got at the Vermont State Fair?" and Mrs, establishing dismissed blood lines The stallion General Gates was McMahon exhibited proudly the tall siber cup awarded McMahon, selected as the premier sire of this project and his selection was an grandson of General Gates, as grand champion Morgan stallion, in extremely fortunate one, as he proved to be a prepotent sire that 1920. Then, of course we took prizes at Buffalo and St Louis transmitted desirable Morgan qualities. The descendents of this and at the World's Fair in Chicago We took first premium for stallion, ( aslor, Gladstone, Eudora, Jessie. Ma|or S and others are Morgan stallions ot any age with Denning Allen out there, and well known to horsemen for their sterling performances in the an nual 300 mile Endurance Rides. In the Register.' Middlchuic. Vunmni, lnic.ev 2 1. !'),_> (To IH i ••nilHind in \<>. 6) ( I ,irn::, J • n :<„. so |
M.ivjunc W\l '"'" Moiu-w HOKM M.U.A/IM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FAVORS THE MORQAN HORSE MAQAZINE A HALF-MORGAN BOOK VOL. I MAY JUNE, 1942 No. i Interest has been aroused over the matter of establishing a Half- Morgan Registration Book, and I wish to add my support of the A Bi-Monthly Magazine—Subscription in Advance SI.00 per year. suggestion on the following grounds: Display Advertising Ra/ei 1. In the first place it is not a move to lessen any interest in, or One Page $20.00 Half Page $10.00 Quarter Page $5.00 relax any support of, the further expansion and development of ClatstfuJ Rates: purebred Morgans, or the breeding and registration of such. As I see Cash in advance: one cent a word it, the creation of a Half-Morgan Registry would not detract in any No advertisement less than 2.5 cents. degree from the new interest being stimulated in the Morgan breed, or'adversely affect the increase in pure-bred registration or reduce Publication Office—Woodstock, Vt. Morgan sales. EDITORIALS 2. The purpose of the Half-Morgan Book is to preserve the RECOGNIZE—AND AWARD—THE BREEDER! name of Morgan—famous for 150 years—even in half-bred Mor Some time ago a breeder of Morgans in commenting on the gans, as it is" well established that 50 per cent Morgans possess Morgan Show and the publicity given the owner, deplored the lack many of the dominant characteristics of the Morgan breed—docile of recognition given the breeder, and expressed himself somewdiat disposition, soundness, long life and stamina. as follows: Half-Morgans in the past have been foundation stock in several "It is all right to stress the owner of a Morgan winner, but if American breeds- as the Standard Bred, the American Saddle, the Tennessee Walker, the Albino—and is still an important factor in he is not th.? breeder there is no mention of the breeder of the the horse world today, on cattle ranges, on farms, on trails, for animal, and I think that now when we are attempting to build up pleasure or for work. the breed we should give proper recognition to the breeder, and assist in encouraging more breeding of Morgans. The recognition of Half-Morgan breeding would, I am confi dent, create greater interest in Morgan blood, and assist in producing "The larger establishments may be able to go out and buy an more sales—particularly in the sale of Morgan stallions in areas animal but it is to the small breeder that credit should go as being where there are at present no Mmgau mares. Through the use of responsible for the breeding of the animal. He has, perhaps, for Half-Morgans and recognition of their values, a new center of pure years been building up his stock by careful selection and by proper bred Morgan interest, it may be safe to say, would be developed. feeding and care, and in breeding classes can successfully compete with the larger stables even if he cannot devote the time and money 3. And another purpose of a Half-Morgan Book is to save to preparing and training for the show ring. No breed can long the Morgan association in a 50-50 Morgan-Arab animal, or in a continue without the small breeder and for this reason I ask that 50-50 Morgan-Thoroughbred animal from absolute obliteration by recognition be given breedeis as well as owners of the winning the American Remount Association of Washington, D. C, which operates a Half-Bred (a Half-Thoroughbred) Stud Book, and takes Morgans. " the position that no animal with a Morgan parent and an Arab There is a good thought here, and perhaps an effort should be (or a Thoroughbred parent) can be registered as a Half-Morgan in made this year to mention the names of the breeders of all Morgans a Half-Morgan Registry, and such animal can only be registered in shown, and also make some division of all prize monies to breeder their Half-Bred (Half-Thoroughbred) Book. and to owner, and, where possible, send to each breeder a cer This stand of the Remount Association, an organization spon tificate covering awards made to any animal bred by him. sored by the Jockey Club, to control the registration of all animals Such a step would please the breeder and acquaint the public with one Thoroughbred (or one Arab) parent, has been directed with the information as who is breeder, as well as who is owner. to no registration society other than the Morgan, even though other registration societies do register animals with one Arab, or one Thoroughbred, parent. MORE MORGANS WANTED UNDER A "LEND-LEASE PLAN" 4. The matter of confusion arising between the pure-bred The U. S. Morgan Horse Farm at Middlebury, Vermont, for Morgan Registry and a Half-Morgan Registry is of little moment as there are many instances of Morgans being registered in the Stand years under some form of "lend-lease" has placed Morgan stallions ard Bred Book and in the Saddle Bred Book—occasionally an ani at the State Agricultural Colleges at Storrs, Conn., and at Amherst, mal is registered in all three books. Mass.,—this year at Storrs the stallion Goldfield 7991 has been continued for a second year, and at Amherst the stallion Abbott In order to escape all confusion between a Pure-Bred Registry 7704, will be continued for a second year. The Michigan Experi certificate and a Half-Bred Registry certificate, it has been proposed mental Station has the use, for a second year, of a Morgan stallion (Continued mi page 92) loaned by C . J. O'Neill of Manteno, Illinois, and it is reported that a Morgan stallion has been leased to the New Hampshire University A MONUMENT TO COLONEL BATTELL at Dover. The beautiful statue of Justin Morgan erected at the U. S. The Michigan director was using the Morgan stallion in a sort Morgan Horse Farm at Middlebury, Vermont, in 1921 is entirely of experimental test to produce acceptable farm or draft stock since fitting, but one horseman suggests that it would be equally im it appears that the heavy draft has been passing out in some areas portant to erect upon this farm, given to the U. S. Government by He was not familiar with the fact that the Morgan was, and is, Colonel Battell, a suitable monument to the man who reclaimed the primarily a "useful" horse developed by the farmers of Vermont, Morgan Breed from oblivion and prepared the first three volumes of the Morgan Horse Register. and was unacquainted with the great success of Mr. O'Neil in breeding in his area hundreds of half-Morgans for farm work. And Perhaps it would be difficult, or unsuitable, to remove the coffin in other sections of the country where a hardy, lightweight, active of Colonel Battell, who died in 1015, to the U. S. Morgan Farm, draft animal is required, no better cross can be found than a Morgan but it is not too much to express the hope that the Morgan Horse Club should recognize the value of Colonel Battell's work for the stallion. Breed and erect on the farm a proper marker in recognition of the We urge the "loan-lease"' idea on Morgan owners who have a services performed to revive and reestablish the famous American surplus of Morgan stallions. breed, which was developed in his native state.
THF. MOIU.AN HORSI; MAGA/.INI; May-June, 19-i2 GOVERNMENT MORGAN REGULATIONS The U. S. Department of the Interior has adopted the Morgan as the most satisfactory horse for range and farm work on the several Indian Reser\ations, as shown by a recent statement. The establishment of 135 registered Morgans on ten Reserva tions in the seven states of North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Nevada, Utah and Oklahoma will be of interest to Mor gan enthusiasts everywhere, since it places the stamp of U. S. Gov ernment approval on the "versatile Morgan," where 'stamina and gentleness and intelligence' are required. The U. S. Department of Agriculture for thirty-five years has been backing the Morgan at the Government breeding farm at Middlebury, Vermont, which farm has furnished breeding stock from one end of the country to another. But in the U. S. War Department lack of support of the Morgan is strongly indicated by the unanimous endorsement of the Thor oughbred by Remount officers They admittedly prefer the Thorough bred and discourage the use of Morgan stallions in the horse breed ing areas of the West, and to date have also refused to sanction the inspection and, if approved, the certification of privately owned Morgan stallions, as Remount stallions, in light breeding areas where the placement of Government owned stallions would not be GAY MAC—7988 warranted. In view of the establishment of a Government Breeding Dark Bay Stallion. Foaled May 3, 19.36: Height 15.2 hands; Plan back in 1920 to promote and encourage the breeding of horses, Weight 1130 lbs. by the use of stallions approved by the War Department, the re Breeder: U. S. Morgan Horse Farm, Middlebury, Vt. fusal now to accept the offer of privately owned Morgan stallions Purchased by W I. Orcutt, M D., West Newbury. Mass , is entirely out of line with the practice of the Department in accept October 20, 1936. ing numbers of Thoroughbred stallions as a gift. And not all the Sold to Dr. Clarence ( . Reed, Los Angeles, California, April Government owned Thoroughbreds are contributed, as has been 24, 1942, for SI,500. rumored, for a recent article has stated that the U. S. Government Sire: Mansfield, 7255, b) Bennington 509 3 has paid as much as $7500.00 for a single stallion to go into the Dam: Dew Drop 0 5 2 7, by General Gates, 666 Army Remount project. Whether or not such an expenditure was "Gay Mac" has been shown every year since 1938, and in open warranted by comparison of his offspring with that of Morgan and Morgan classes, and left the show ring without a ribbon. Win stallions from like grade of mustang or range mares, has not been ner third prize in the Justin Morgan Performance C lass at Morgan disclosed. Horse Show, Woodstock, Vermont in 19 il. Dr. Reed intends to use Gay Mac for show and breeding WHAT IS "PURE-BRED?" While the terms "pure-bred" and "pure-breed," as used colloqui 10 MORGANS AT LANTZ SALE ally, are not correct statements of fact and are frequently used to TOTAL $2890: AVERAGE $289.00 cover only stock registered in the hooks of a breed society, it might The combination sale of Morgans, ponies and American Saddle be well to get a scientific view of the term. horses of Senator Simon E. Lantz at Congerville, Illinois, on May And, of course, if all "registered stock" is to be assumed, in the 23rd, was attended by about 500 people, and the purchase of Mor parlance of the day, to be "pure-bred" it might be thought that all gans was limited to local or nearby areas due to the gasoline re "pure-breds" can be registered, but such is not the case. For ex strictions. ample, a red and white Holstein calf of a long line of registered The ten Morgans sold for a total of S28O0.O0—three stallions black-and-white Holstein ancestors, cannot be registered, which totaled $610.00- (the best, a yearling and a blue-ribbon winner, a places an absurdity on the "pure-bred" idea. grandson of Linsley 7233 and of Jubilee King 7570 brought $300), The following statement is from Robert C. Cook, Editor of and seven mares totaled S2280. The highest price of the sale—S500 The journal of Heredity, published by "The American Genetic As —was paid for a four-year-old black mare, Rubby X052 38, bred, sociation' of Washington, D. C. and with filly foal at side, a Grand Champion mare at the Illinois "The truth of the matter is that the registry concept of pure- State Fair in 19-to and in 19 il, by an A.S.H.R. stallion on the top breeding" is utterly unrealistic as far as the genetic constituion of an line and a granddaughter of Jubilee King 7570. Senator Lantz con animal is concerned. The only creaures we have today which could sidered her "one of the best Morgan show mares of the day." qualify as being "pure bred" are not by definition "pure bred" as It is reported that the bidding was spirited at times, but there- there is no mouse registry. The Jackson Memorial Laboratory were only four purchasers of the ten Morgans strains of mice are "pure bred" in any sensible meaning of that A. Christenson of Ames, Iowa, took six head—two stallions term because they are genetically homozygous The dictionary defini and four mares—at $1665.00. tion of the term, meaning that an animal has ancestor)- of a certain Mrs Willerton of Danvers, Illinois- a bred mare with a stallion origin, has no genetic significance whatever. colt at her side at $330. "It is hard to revise accepted usages of the word, and I think G. B. Ault, Kirkland, Illinois-Grand Champion mare with a the only realistic thing to do is to abandon "pure bred" as meaning filly foal at $500. anything than what it means today in registry parlance. If you are F. Dzengolew ski, Alhamhra, Illinois -took two mares (on. i going to talk about genetic purity then such a term as genetically yearling ) at S395. pure" or even the technical term "homozygous" would have to be Our reporter writes that, on the whole, prices were \ery good, used, possibly with a sentence or so of explanation. Even that term and that the yearling stallion "Illini," 8 i25. going to Ames, Iowa. does not carry the full implication, because an animal can be homo at $300.00 was "tops." Sonic sold rather low and partimlarl\ the zygous" for a single characteristic and not be "pure bred" with re two mares with stallion colts at side, and two stallions at siwinu gard to other characteristics. The plant geneticists term "pure line" and $150 00 were also sold \ery low. is probably as good a descriptive term of what is meant by genetic Of the ten ti\e brought $3ii() or o\er on, \carlmg stal purity as anything which can be had. Ideally, a "pure line" is a lion $300, and four mares. $5oo sioo SS.KII <33o. and fi\e group of individuals all of which are gcncticalb identical twins." brought under S300 (two stallions and three mate-, i
M.iv-June, 19 i2 THI MORI,AX H OHM MAl.AZIXI ^3 JOSEPH BATTELL—1839-1915 and it has a profound influence on the development and improve ment of the breed. It was Colonel Battell's vision and generosity By F. B. HILLS which made all this possible. As the founder of the American Morgan Horse Register, Colonel In addition to The Morgan Horse and Register, he published in Joseph Battell made an unequalled contribution to the progress and five volumes "The American Stallion Register," which was de development of the Morgan breed of horses. Thefirst thre e volumes scribed as "including all stallions prominent in the breeding of the of the Register, which he pub American Roadster, Trotter and Pacer from the earliest records to lished privately as "The Morgan 1903." This is an exceptionally valuable reference work for every Horse and Register,"' represent one interested in Morgan, Trotting and Saddle pedigrees. an enormous amount of research, time and devoted effort carried Colonel Battell's devotion to his native Vermont was lifelong on over a period offifty years. and resulted in many benefactions. Following hisfirst purchase of M land in 1865, he accumulated large areas of mountain and forest By the late 1860s, the Mor including Camels Hump, the second highest summit of the Green gan had been displaced as the Mountain range. This he gave to the State for a park. He was leading family of the American active in local and state politics, serving in the Vermont House Trotting horse by other strains, seven times and once in the Senate. A former student at Middlebury largely of Thoroughbred deriva College, he served as a member of the Corporation from 1881, until tion, which had developed more his death. Besides making the College his residuary legatee, he gave speed. It seemed likely that the the splendid site, a tract of about thirty-five acres, on which Pearson's e Morgan as a distinct family Hall and Battell Cottage now stand. The College also received from would be lost sight of and whol his estate about 33,000 acres of forest land. ly absorbed in the American These brief notes give a very inadequate suggestion of the extent Trotting horse and the American of Joseph Battell's full lifetime of practical service to his State and Saddle horse. That this might nation. That he devoted so much effort and accomplished so much not occur, Colonel Battell began soon after 1865 to gather all of of great benefit to Vermont's "Pride and Product," The Morgan Horse, has increasing significance for each succeeding generation of the information which could be obtained about Justin Morgan Morgan breeders and owners. and his descendants, both from published and private sources. THE ARMY REMOUNT SERVICE APPROVES MAKING THE These researches continued HALF-THOROUGHBRED A MAJOR BREED throughout his life, and in the quest he travelled extensively Major F. W. Koester, officer in charge of the Army Western throughout the United States ex Remount Area on the Pacific coast, in discussing the importance amining local records and inter of Army Remount Service said: Joseph Battell viewing everyone who might add "Lastly, the Army Horse Breeding Plan has, in effect, produced to the story. The extent of his a new and distinct major breed of horse- -the Halfbred. In 1918 correspondence was amazing. In 1893 he felt that he had obtained Mrs. Herbert Wadsworth, distinguished American horsewoman and nearlv all available information on the early Morgans and was ready breeding authority, founded the Half-bred Stud Book for the regi to begin publication. stration essentially of colts by registered Thoroughbred stallions and Volume I of "The Morgan Horse and Register," published at Arabian stallions registered in the American Stud Book. Initially, that time, is a masterpiece of its kind and it is the foundation of registrations in the Halfbred Stud Book were quite limited. How fact upon which the structure of the American Morgan Horse Regis ever, following inauguration of the Army Horse Breeding Plan re ter has been built. In 1905, he published much supplementary in sulting as it did in the breeding of many hundreds of Thoroughbred formation in Volume II and at the time of his death in 1915 had and a lesser number of eligible Arabian stallions, thousands of colts Volume III about ready for printing Volume III contained not only by these stallions became eligible for registration, and the Remount data supplementary to Volume I and II but also the registration of Service made every effort to have them recorded. Recently, the Morgans of the preceding two decades. Middlebury College received American Remount Association took over sponsorship of the Half- The Morgan Horse and Register as a part of his residuary estate. bred Stud Book and since has intensified the drive for registrations. Our late Secretary, C. C. Stillman, purchased the Register from Results have been so satisfactory that consideration is now being Middlebury College and in 1921 published Volume IV. Following given to limiting registration to only those colts that are sired by Mr. Stillman's death, the Morgan Horse Club was incorporated in an eligible stallion and out of a mare registered in the Halfbred Stud order to permit it to receive from the Stillman Estate the assets of Book. When this step is taken, the Halfbred will take its place the Register which were then merged with those of the Club. Since- alongside the Thoroughbred, the American Saddlebred, the Stand then the Register has been carried on as the most important activity ardised and others as a distinct major breed." of the Club. Editorial Note: Under the present requirement that every animal Colonel Battell was instrumental in establishing the U. S. Mor in the Half-Bred Stud Book must have one registered Thoroughbred gan Horse Farm near Middlebury, in Weybridge, Vermont. In parent, and under the present attitude of the American Remount 1905 he gave to the United States five hundred acres of land on Association that no Half-Morgan with a Thoroughbred parent may which were extensive farm buildings This was the nucleus of what be registered in a Half-Morgan Register, and under the attitude of is now the greatly expanded plant that is a substation of the Bureau Major Koester of the Army Remount branch of the U. S. War De of Animal Industry of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. For partment that a Half-Bred (Half-Thoroughbred) Breed be set up over thirty years there has been developing at the U. S. Morgan as a major breed of horses it is plain to be seen what will become Horse Farm a superior band of Morgans. They have undoubtedly ol the Morgan strain of horse flesh through the elimination of all been the foremost group in the eastern United States. Without this Half-Morgans by the Thoroughbred influences in the U. S. Army extremely valuable nucleus preserved during the twenty lean years as well as through the operation of the private Association spon following the development of the automobile, it is not likely that sored by the Jockey Club. the extraordinary revival of interest and expansion of the breed It is up to Morgan owners to offset this move to eliminate the which has taken place in the last few years would have been possible. recognition and the use of Morgan blood in the building up the From the Morgans at Middlebury, seed stock has been scattered horse population in the U. S Army under the Government Horse to the far corners of the United States and to some foreign lands, Breeding Plan, formulated over twenty years ago.
76 Tut MORGAN HORSI; MAGAZINI May-June, 1942 AT THE UNITED STATES MORGAN HORSE FARM the pedigrees of all animals one year old or o\er in the stud at the United States Morgan Horse Farm in 19-41 is given in figure 1. Introduction Examination of this tabulation reveals that some inbreeding has The United States Morgan Horse Farm, located in the town of been practiced, but on the whole the amount has been rather small. Weybridge, Vt., two miles north of Middlebury, was established in Of the 49 animals one year old or over present in 19 il. 2 5 showed 1907 for the purpose of perpetuating and improving the Morgan no inbreeding. The coefficient of inbreeding for the remaining 24 breed. The original farmstead consisted of 400 acres and some ranged from 1.56 to 1-1.84 per cent. buildings and was given to the United States Department of Agri culture by Colonel Joseph Battell of Middlebury. Colonel Battell Measuring Performance was a life-long, ardent admirer and breeder of Morgans as well as In a long-time experimental horse breeding program, such as the founder and publisher of the Morgan Horse and Register (now one in progress at the United States Morgan Horse Farm, it is es called the American Morgan Horse Register), official stud book of sential to have specific measures of merit and performance that can the breed. The area of the farm was increased by a subsequent gift be recorded regularly and used in judging the trends and results from Colonel Battell in 1908 and by purchase of a large tract (about obtained. Developments of such measures and standards for a 550 acres) from Middlebury College in 1917. In all, the United breed such as the Morgan, which is used both for pleasure and States Morgan Horse Farm now comprises approximately 1,000 utility purposes, is quite complicated because it involves a multiplici acres of gently rolling land, underlain with limestone, which is ty of factors. For example, to have the greatest utility value, Mor particularly adapted to the raising of pasturage and hay and is suit gans must be sound, sturdy, active, well-mannered individuals, able for the production of light-type horses. capable of performing well either under saddle or in harness. Animals maintained at the U. S. Morgan Horse Farm for experi Further, the work in harness must be characterized by tractability mental purposes at the present time include approximately 75 and level-headedness, but the horses should not be so docile that Morgan horses of all ages and 165 mature sheep. they lack the vim and spirit demanded in good saddle stock. In working out its standards for judging the merits of stock produced Experimental Work with Horses at the United States Morgan Horse Farm, the Department has de Founding the Stud vised a system for scoring all individuals periodically from birth During the early stages of the horse breeding work at the United to maturity and a series of tests to determine their efficiency and States Morgan Horse Farm a large amount of time was spent in capabilities for driving and riding purposes. At present the tests locating, selecting, and collecting a suitable band of mares and are applied to all stock when three years old. So far as possible, stallions. This proved to be a quite difficult task, because there had all animals are handled alike during the tests and no horse is tried been a long-continued diffusion of Morgan blood through crossing until it has undergone a preliminary training period of approximate with other breeds, particularly the Standardbred and American ly four months. The tests now in use were decided upon after a Saddle Horse, and representative individuals carrying desirable- number of preliminary tests and experiments, and they are as blood lines had become scarce and widely scattered throughout many- follows: States. To obtain the foundation stud stock, purchases were made in ( 1 ) Speed of walking and trotting and length of stride at these Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, gaits, in carriage, pulling 60 per cent of body weight. The horse- Texas, Washington, and Vermont. Moreover, some privately owned covers one mile at each gait. Length of stride is measured o\er the stallions were patronized. In making early selections of breed'ng second, fifth, and last laps of the mile test at each gait. The track stock and when planning their matings, particular stress was laid is one-eighth mile in length. The carriage used is a two-wheeled on the matter of size and quality, tor it was desired to improve the training cart. Weight pulled includes cart, driver, harness, and old-type Morgan in both these respects. And such efforts have been necessary ballast in the cart. successful, for present-day members of the stud are not only con (2 ) Speed of walking and trotting and length of stride at siderably taller and heavier on the average than their predecessors, these gaits, under saddle, carrying 20 per cent of body weight. The but such increases have not been attained by sacrificing quality. Also, hone covers one mile at each gait. Length of stride is measured continued efforts to improve the general riding qualities of Morgans the same as in the tests in carriage. Weight carried includes saddle, now appear to be resulting in individuals having better perform bridle, rider, and any necessary additional weight, carried as lead ance at the walk, trot, and canter. weights in pockets under the saddle. The Breeding Program Followed (3) Endurance is measured by a test at the trot in carriage for During the development of a herd, flock, or stud, it frequently five miles. The horse warms up" by walking one-half mile prio; happens that the progeny of one sire or some particular cross or to the test. Respiration and heart rates are taken before removing mating becomes predominant and other lines of breeding tend to animals from their stalls, at the end of the test, and 5, 10, and 15 be eliminated. This has occurred in the progress of the work at the minutes after the end of the test. Length of stride is recorded over United States Morgan Horse Farm. Here, General Gates (666 laps number 1, 10, 20, 30, and 10 (each lap is one-eighth mile). A.M.R.) was the original stallion to head the stud, and although Each animal is scored for signs of fatigue at the end of the test, many other sires made some contributions toward its improvement (4) Each horse is taken on a cross-country ride of 11.5 miles. in the .early years, most of the animals there now trace to "the It is over unpaved country roads and includes a number of grades, General" through his son, Bennington (5693 A.M.R.), and his some of them being quite steep. The course is marked so that each grandson, Mansfield (7255 A.M.R.). General Gates was bred by horse covers it in the same manner, walking over sections designated Colonel Battell, Bennington was produced by the United States to be covered at this gait, and trotting or cantering over others. In Morgan Horse Farm, while Mansfield was obtained as a gift from all, the horse walks 4.7, trots 5.7, and canters 1.1 miles. Each horse- ( . C. Stillman, President and Registrar of the Morgan Horse Club carries 20 per cent of its weight. At the end of the ride the time for man)- years. Because of the prepotency of General Gates and his required to cover the course is recorded and the horse is scored for progeny, the breeding system practiced at this station has been signs of fatigue, ease of handling and response to commands, per largely one of line-breeding to sires of this line. A chart showing formance of gaits, and ease of gaits from the standpoint of the rider. •This article which also embraced work being conducted on sheep. Data collected in these tests will be used in the selection of cattle and pastures issued by the Bureau of Animal Industry' of the U. S breeding animals and in detailed studies of the factors that deter Dept. of Agriculture, .is Bulletin A.H D Xo 52, June, OM2, was prepared mine the utility value of a horse. by Ralph \V Phillips, Damon A Spencer. S. R. Speclman, \V H Black. Physiological studies in relation to performance have been J O William and P F.arlc. It was to be presented to the meeting ot the undertaken for the purpose of deriving some useful physiologn.il or North Atlantic Branch of the American Society of Animal Production at biochemical measure which can he applied in parallel with ph\sual Middlebury, N't, which w .is cancelled on account of the gasoline rationing measures of performance in estimating the ultimate effects of c.m.i
May-June, llM2 Tm MOIU;AN HORSI MAC,A/INT recovery from the changes produced by exercises. Animals of differ tions in nutrition on the performance ability of horses. In these ent ages and conditions of training and animals known to differ in studies observations are made on the chemical changes produced in the blood by controlled amounts of exercise and on the rate of endurance and performance ability are used in these studies.
U.S. MORGAN HORSE FARM—PEDIGREES OF ANIMALS IN STUD (1941)
-LADELLE ASHR 18872 JANICE 05402- -| ASTRAL JONES ASHR 7829 | JACQUAUNE 05404 f jCKADAr- ASHR 14087 JOYCE 05398 t ETHAN WOODBURY BILLY | 682 3 SEALECT 7266 BELL MAREA 0189 CARRIE (Y-m) MARE BY BORDENS ETHAN ALLEN 3rd BLACK MARE BY MY LADY KNOX HURD HORSE 2679 01880 LADY SEALECT 04587 BILLY ROBERTS BORDEN'S ETHAN 4550 ALLEN 3rd 3987 .| RENYARD 5624 |-^LL_ -TOPSY(T-I) KNOX MORGAN 4677 FLORENCE CHANDLER^ FLORETTE 04233 03082 HARRISON CHIEF ALLEN KING 7090 | ASHR 1606 SENATA (Y-m) 5,ARTEM I SI A 02731 MARE BY BOB -BILLIE BY CA8ELLS ' HELEN (V-LTI) MORGAN 4549 LEXINGTON ASHR MRS CULVERS 3234 JASMINE 0540 ASHR 3711 •|B0B MORGAN 4549] KQNA 05586 || BENNINGTON 5693~| GENERAL GATES H DENNING ALLEN 74 1 * DEWDR0P 0527 666 SIR ETHAN ALLEN INDRA 05289 6537 JOYOUS 05397 FANNY SCOTT GERTRUDE(Y-m CAROLINE (Y-I) | DANIEL LAMBERT 621 KATRINE 05589 ELEANOR (Y-LTI) CLEOPATRA (Y-I) KARINA 05587 LAMBERT CHIEF SCOTLAND 6000 j HIGHLAND MARY(Y-I)- ILEANA 05285 1489 ROXANA 02239 MARE BY COL KITTS 0558 PROCTOR 1265 JESSIE BENSON (Y-I) TROUBADOUR OF JONQUIL 05399 NARISSA 04132 WILLOWMOOR 6459 -ITROUBADOUR 51 25 [ P0INSETTA 04232 "-FANNY 2nd (Y-m) JADE 05403 CARRIE GATES (Y-m)' -MARE BY COBDEN | METEOR 2nd 1615 pEKYLL 8245" CALVE (Y-HT) — ELLEN (Y-m) ROCKY MOUNTAIN | LYNDON 5080 | 3914 DARK BAY MARE BY BROWN BEAUTY 02854 YOUNG.BENEDICT MORRILL 3623 FIG. 1. Chart showing pedigress of animals one year old or over in the II :> Morgan Horse Farm stud in 1941. Animals in stud are underlined. Males are enclosed in rectangles Numbers given after names are from the American Morgan Register unless otherwise noted Volume numbers are given for some individuals to which numbers were not assigned.
U. S. MORGAN HORSE FARM—PEDIGREES OF ANIMALS IN STUD (1941) Fertility in the Stud Gestation Records A study of fertility in the Morgan Horse Stud from 1928 Data on the duration of gestation and the effect of age on through 193S revealed that 67.3 per cent of the mares bred produced gestation have also been summarized and these figures are presented foals. The data for each year are sumamrized in the following table: below: Mi Ku m bet Age of 111,. Number Length of gestation period Yejr bred \trrice 11 rices u 1 rii fo.ilmg P. Ye.in of mai e r Range Average 1928 24 15 16 66 7 3- 6 28 S20-36.3 .344.8 1929 21 13 14 66.7 7-10 48 329-362 343.1 1930 15 6 11 73.3 11-14 38 324-363 344.7 1931 19 13 It 73.7 1 5-l.X 18 316-362 340.3 1932 19 10 10 52.6 19-22 10 3.32-361 343.4 2 3-26 1933 19 9 12 63.2 336-359 347.5 1934 18 5 10 55.6 193^ 21 13 17 80.9 Total .144 316-36.3 .34.3.7-J-8.9 6 3 6 1936 22 9 14 Birth Weights and Sex of Foals 1937 24 15 17 70 8 The average birth weight of a foals was 103.6 pounds with a 1938 21 13 15 71.4 standard deviation of 1 1.4 pounds. There was a tendency for older mares to produce heavier foals than younger mares, the correlation Totals 23 1 50 67.3 between age of mare and birth weight being 0.25. Horse colts The effect of age of mares at breeding time on fertility has been were slightly but not significantly heavier than mare colts, the studied and these data are summarized below: respective- birth weights being 104.1 and 193.2 pounds. Of 144 foals born alive and sexed, 5-i.2 per cent were males. Age of mare 1 Maie\ bred Mares jr. 1/111 Years Number Number Percent Exercise vs. Non-Exercise in colts .3- 6 •l() 28 70.0 In nutrition experiments with horses it is frequently necessary 7-10 69 5 3 70S to maintain the animals in small quarters where there is opportunity 11-14 •IK 38 79.2 for only very limited exercise. The effects of such treatment upon 15-18 30 18 60.0 the animals need to be known in order to interpret properly the 19-22 23 10 43.5 results of experiments conducted under these conditions. For this 23-26 13 3 23 1 ( (.milium J mi fi.i«e 8"?)
78 THE MORGAN HORSE MAGAZINI-: May-June, 194 2 LEADING MORGAN STALLIONS AT THE U. S. MORGAN THE INTRINSIC VALUE OF AMERICAN BLOOD FARM, MIDDLEBURY, VT. That it would be a misfortune to allow our native types to be General Gate\. 666— lost is shown (1 ) by the influence of the Morgan on the develop Black: 15 hands: 1045 pounds: foaled May 6, 189 4 ment of the American Saddle Horse. ( 2 ) by the influence of various Bred by Joseph Battell, Middlebury, Vt. strains in the stock registered in the American Saddle Horse Register Died, December 14, 1920. on the development of horses suitable for carriage and general pur Purchased on July 1, 1907, by the U. S. Morgan Horse Farm. poses, and (3) by the value of certain blood lines in the Morgans Sire: Denning Allen 7i by Honest Allen 73. and Standard-breds to produce the same useful types. Darn: Fanny Scott by Revenue, Jr. Influence of Morgan Blood On The Saddle Type Among the most prominent sire^ whose influence on Kentucky Scotland, 6000— saddle stock has been of permanent value, Cabell's Lexington, Cole Chestnut: foaled June 25, 1906. man's Eureka, Peavine, Indian Chief, and Harrison Chief stand Bred by Joseph Battell, Middlebury, Vt. out distinctly. Of these horses all but Harrison Chief trace in Purchased by the U. S. Morgan Horse Farm. Died in U. S. Re direct male line to Justin Morgan and are registered in the American mount Service. Morgan Register. Sire: General Gates, 666 by Denning Allen 74. Cabell's Lexington was by Gist's Black Hawk, he by Blood's Dam: Highland Mary by Lambert Chief (by Daniel Lambert). Black Hawk, and he by Sherman Morgan, a son of Justin Morgan. Through the female line, Cabell's Lexington traces through the Bennington, 5693 — sire of his dam to Sherman Black Hawk, one of the best of Ver Bay: 15.1 hands: 1100 pounds: foaled April 2, 1908. mont Black Hawk's sons. Bred by U. S. Morgan Horse Farm. Died July 11, 1936. Coleman's Eureka was by Young's Morgan, he by Butler's Sire: General Gates, 666 by Denning Allen 74. Eureka, he by Green Mountain, he by Gifford Morgan, and he by Dam: Mrs. Culvers by Harrison Chief. Woodbury Morgan, a son of (ustin Morgan. The dam of Butler's Eureka was also by Gifford Morgan. Troubadour of Willoivnioor, 6459— Peavine was by Rattler, he by Stockbridge C hic-t. and he by- Bay: 15.2 hands: 1230 pounds: foaled April 20, 1910. Vermont Black Hawk. Bred by J. W. Clise, Redmond, Washington. Died January The pedigree of Indian Chief is somewhat in dispute in certain 15, 1933. lines, but the fact is well established that he was by Blood's Black Purchased in April 15, 1911 by the U. S. Morgan Horse Farm. Hawk, a son of Vermont Black Hawk. He traces to Justin Morgan 71 times. Butler's Eureka, the grandsire of Coleman's Eureka, and Blood's Sire: Troubadour, 5125 by Jubilee de Jarnette 3854. Black Hawk, the grandsire of Cabell's Lexington and the sire of Dam: Fanny 2nd, 0718 by Bob Morgan 4549. Indian Chief, were both bred in Vermont and taken to Kentucky in the decade before the civil war The blood of these and other Mansfield, 72 55— horses can be found all through Kentucky, and Major David Castle- Chestnut: 15.1 hands: 1050 pounds: foaled June 16, 1920. man is authority for the statement that of the horses registered in Bred by W. B. Sanders, Woodstock, Vermont. the first two volumes of the American Saddle Horse Register over Donated 1922 to the U. S. Morgan Horse Farm by C. C. Sbll- 10 per cent trace in direct male line to Juctin Morgan.— (From man of Cornwall, N. Y. Annual Report—Bureau of Animal Industry of the U. S. Depart Sire: Bennington, 5693 by General Gates 666. ment of Agriculture for the year 1907). Dam: Artemisia, 02731 by Ethan Allen 3rd, 3987
Abbott, 7704— draft horse in many horse breeding sections has resulted in an experi Chestnut: foaled May 16, 1930. ment at the State College of Michigan located at East Lansing. Bred by the U. S. Morgan Horse Farm. A Morgan stallion, "Archie O," 7856, owned by C. J. O'Neill Sire: Monterey, 7475 by Mansfield 725s. x Scotanna 04.329 by of Manteno, Illinois, is now being used to cross on heavy draft Scotland 6000. mares, but of what breed and whether registered or grade is not Dam: Klyona, 03313 by Dundee 6479 X Calve 0381 by General stated, and as "Archie O" is a very compact little brown horse it Gates 666. will be of interest to observe the results of the cross. "Archie O" was foaled in 1933, bred by C. J O'Neill. Canfield, 7788— Sire: Archy Hudson 7098. (Bred in Iowa) by Arch L. 6941. Chestnut: foaled April 2i, 1932. Dam: Byrrh X()-|4S1. (Bred by Albert Royce, Naperville, 111.) Bred by U. S. Morgan Horse Farm. By Handy Allen 6426. Sire: Bennington, 5693 by General Gates 666. R. S. Hudson, Professor of the Horse Husbandry, writes that Dam: Artemisia, 02731 by Ethan Allen 3rd 398T they have only had "Archie O" since late 1940, and now have two foals of 1941 and expect to retain more of the 19 12 foals to observe Goldfield, 7991 — and grow with regular draft colts which they will develop experi Chestnut: foaled May 8, 1936. mentally prior to publication of data on the procedure. Bred by U. S. Morgan Horse Farm. There is a school of thought which advocates that a lighter Sue: Mansfield, 72 5 5 by Bennington 5093, son of General Gates. horse "with quality, strength, and activity" can be "more readily Dam: Juno, 0.328 1 by Forester 6918 X Gertrude 0861 by Gen produced if we confine ourse-hes to selections of individuals within eral Gates 666. draft breeds." The Morgan-Suffolk-Punch cross has proved very successful at THE MORGAN-DRAFT CROSS Upwey Farms, Woodstock, Vermont, where registered Morgan chestnut stallions have been crossed on registered Suffolk-Punch Mr. C. J. O'Neill of Manteno, Illinois, for many years has chestnut mares. been breeding his Morgan stallions to draft mares in his area with The Punch mares are of uniform type and always chestnut great success, and reports that the demand for a light work horse- color and of the lightweight draft size, about 1500 to 1700 pounds such as this cross produces is fast increasing. It is not unusual for in weight, and the resulting cross is a very useful farm animal of his stallion to breed several hundred mares a season. uniform chestnut color, size and type, keeping the good temper While it is recognized that State Agricultural Colleges rather and disposition of both breeds, with the activity of the Morgan. strictly hold to the use ot pure-bred stock and do not countenance good legs and feet, and from both parents the\ inherit the tendency cross breeding, it is worth noting that the drift away from the heav\ to a long and useful life
M.tv-June, l'> 12 THI MORGAN HORSE MAC.A/IM STORIES OF MORGAN HORSES COMMENTS ON THE MORGAN HORSE (Continued jrom [uge 73) PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE Columbia Jessie took grand championship for mares four years old By DR. H. L. FROST and over." So much has been written about the origin of the Morgan Horse Modeling Horses that everything I might say would be merely repetition. However, "Pat," broke in Mrs. McMahon, wasn't that where that German there is one thing that has been very often overlooked. sculptor saw the horses?" The breed was originated by a horse, compact in type, with Pat nodded. "It surely was. This German sculptor was Max strong legs, heart and a level head, which characteristics he trans Lansberg and he had been sent to the World's Fair by the German mitted to his offspring to a remarkable degree. Now, this came to government to take models of the finest American horses to use in pass in a rugged environment, inhabited by pioneers that were frugal, the agricultural schools of Germany. He chose eight horses and two independent people. Justin Morgan or his immediate offspring were of them were our Denning Allen and Columbia Jessie. It was a not pampered pets, but occupied a very real place in the economy great compliment and we felt pretty proud." of life in those early, hard, rugged days. This helped to preserve "Did he do the models right there in Chicago?" the stamina and ruggedness possessed and imparted by that wonder "Oh, no. He came on to the Weybridge farm that is now the ful little horse. United States Government Farm. Mr. Lansberg couldn't speak a As time went on there were some individuals of the breed that word of English and he had a student down from the college to in showed extreme speed for their time, and breeders began to breed terpret. He worked on each model an hour and a half a day and I for speed alone. At that time a three-minute horse was regarded as had to hold the horses as still as I could for those three hours. very fast, almost superlative. The result was that as the time was Was it hard work! and it lasted for over a month. I thought he shortened from three minutes down to 2:30 the Morgan, who up to would never get through but the clay models were perfect when this time had won his races with his quick stride, the power in his they were finished. They stood about a foot and a half high and the rear quarters and his indominatable courage had to give way to the spirit of the horse was there. Afterwards he wouldn't let Colonel horse with the longer stride, made possible by longer pasterns, Battell take any pictures of them. Those horses looked just ready longer backs and looser flanks. This brought about an outcrossing to step off. Anyone would have known they were thoroughbreds." to attain these results and during this period every stallion was valued entirely by his "mark," as everyone will see by studying The Morgan I. Q. Volume I of The Morgan Horse Register. "Looking back over all the horses that Colonel Battell owned When the Standard Register was started any horse which had and that you trained, what horses were most intelligent?" a certain mark was eligible, whatever his breed, and many Morgan Mr. McMahon thought a moment, "All Morgans are intelligent," stallions in this way found their way into the American Standard he answered loyally while Mrs. McMahon sniffed gently. "The Register. Soon after this, for some reason, the owners of Standard- greatest compliment Pat can pay a relative is to say he knows as breds repudiated and often denied the Morgan blood that went into much as a horse," she chuckled. the development of the Standardbred, and the Morgan blood became "Well, I mean it. Nobody knows more than a horse, but horses obscured. In much the same way the Morgan blood was used to are just like folks. Some are more intelligent than others and their help develop the American Saddle breed and was later frowned temperaments are jusi as different. Take Thought, a bay stallion upon. with a white spot on his nose. That horse was so afraid of thunder Therefore, Morgan lovers have a right to say that the blood of storms that he would shake from head to foot at the first crash. Justin Morgan has had a good deal of influence on both of these That's why I always hated to be away from the farm on a sultry day breeds. (I am not discrediting the American Standardbred or the in summer. If I was on hand when a storm broke I'd go right into American Saddlebred. They are both highly specialized types, and the stall and put my hand on his neck and he would stop trembling are supreme in theirfields ). and stand quiet. But Joe White, a chestnut with four white legs In spite of all this—up to the advent of the motor car—the and a white strip down the face was the most intelligent horse we Morgan reigned supreme as the outstanding "road horse" and gen ever had. Joe did more thinking than most folks and could almost eral utility horse on the farm for any "saddle or harness would fit speak. Why, at night, when I went down the row of horses to pat him." As the motor car came into general use (1910-1915) and the each one on the nose and say good night,' Joe would rub his nose Morgans were gradually crowded off the road, it was very fortunate against me and I could almost hear his good night' " that a few years previously Colonel Battell of New York and Middle bury, Vermont, had started a breeding program and had collected Government Bequests as many as possible together until he had a very wonderful group "But, Mr. McMahon, where are the Morgan horses around here, and these became the nucleus of the present Morgan Horse Farm at now that Colonel Battell has gone?" Weybridge. "Well, you know Colonel Battell gave his five hundred acre What Morgan enthusiast does not thrill to the story of the ride farm out at Weybridge to the government and it has added another of General Sheridan mounted on a Morgan—and to read in history five hundred. They bought some of the Battell horses and you'll that the 1st Vermont Cavalry, mounted on Vermont Morgans was see some good Morgans out there. Better go out. You'll find no the best mounted Cavalry Regiment in the Civil War? Daniel Lamberts or General Gates, though; no sir," and the hand How many know that in the old 300-mile endurance rides a some old horseman added slyly, "those are like myself—of another greater percentage of entries of Morgan blood finished than of any day.' other breed ? How many know that in the West where they value horses, as (Cmilinued on />.n,'i 99) MORGAN INFLUENCED SADDLE HORSE Patricia Cordner in "Country Life" of August, 1941, in an article- CORRECTION entitled "The American Saddle Bred Horse," wrote: An error arose in the listing of Romanesque 7297, the U. S. "The introduction of the Morgan family into Saddle Horse blood Government stallion which is located in Nebraska. was an important influence in the development of the breed. The cmrect breeding record is: "Approximately seven per cent of the entries in the American Romanescjiie, 7297 Saddle Horse Registry trace directly from Justin Morgan. Agent: Samuel Hesselgesser, Burwell, Nebraska. "Justin Morgan had Arabian blood according to some, and to Romanesque 7297: ch., f. 1921. him we owe a great deal of the endurance of the saddle horse. Breeder: Richard Sellman, Rochelle, Texas. "Rex Peavine, a distinguished son of Rex MacDonald, was out Sire: Red Oak, 52-19. of a mare who possessed a strong strain of Morgan blood." Dam: Mariah K , OS887.
80 Tm; MORGAN HORSE MAGAZINE May-June, 1912 HORSE WEEK IN WOODSTOCK, VERMONT
TRAIL RIDES SEPT. 3-4-5, 1942 Many Agricultural College men in the East have signified their The annual Spring Meeting of the Green Mountain Horse Asso intention of attending, and if the affair goes off as well as the Army- ciation—now an incorporated body—was held in Rutland, Ver Conference in the West, this First Eastern Army Conference should mont, on May 30th, 1942 with an attendance of 50 members in be a worth while event. enthusiastic support of the usual annual events held at Woodstock, Vermont, over the week-end preceding Labor Day. Morgan Horse Show The dates of the 100-Mile Ride this year will be Thursday, The Morgan Horse Show will be held Saturday afternoon, September 3rd; Friday, September 4th and Saturday, September 5th; September 5th, as usual in Upwey Oval, South Woodstock, Ver while the usual 50-Mile Pleasure Ride held over different routes mont, ,and in spite of rationing, nearby Morgan breeders and owners may be cut a less mileage if the two new features prove to be attrac will put on a good program, unless new Government restrictions tive. are in operation. The U. S. Morgan Horse Farm at Middlebury, Vermont, will Mounted Defense School send down a good string as always. A Mounted Defense School of Instruction will be held during The breeding classes which are very popular with the spectators the week, perhaps in the late afternoons when competent instructors will be retained as well as the jumping classes and the -i-Way Justin will take up all phases of Mounted First Aid, the handling of Morgan Performance Test which demonstrates the versatility of the horses, the best packing methods, the use offire-fighting equipment , Morgan breed. In the 4-Way Test, limited to Morgan stallions, the care and the transportation of the wounded, etc. each horse must run a quarter mile at speed, pull a stone-boat Considerable interest has been shown in this feature, and it is weighted one-and-one-half times the weight of the horse, parade expected there will be a large attendance, for the information under the saddle and trot at speed-performances in which Justin acquired will be useful in time of peace as well as in time of war. Morgan excelled. U. S. Army Conference The American Remount Association has offered a prize for the Another new feature this year is to be a U. S. Army Remount best Morgan stallion. Conference conducted by officers of the Army Remount Service A prize will also be awarded to the Morgan mare which comes for the purpose of explaining to horse owners and breeders the aims nearest in meeting the U. S Army conditions as suitable for raising of the U. S. Army Breeding Plan inaugurated by the Government Army horses. about twenty years ago, and stating the object of the Army Remount It is likely that a ten-mile driving event, hitherto ignored, will Service. Stress will be placed upon the best methods to c ire for be held this year for the first time. The drive will be up and down horses, the feeding, the raising and the training of animals for hill over country roads and two wheel or four-wheel vehicles will Army or civilian use. be permitted.
HALF-MORGAN DEMONSTRATION If there are any who will join in this innovation, kindly forward at your earliest convenience full information to the MORGAN HORSI: Much has been written recently about the value of Half-Morgan MAGAZINK, Woodstock, Vermont. blood and the excellent results obtained by the use of registered If an annual Morgan auction sale is ever to be established in Morgan stallions on range mares in the West, on farm mares in the conjunction with the Morgan Horse Show this would seem to be Midwest and on lightweight mares in the East, and it has been the time to make a beginning. Thefirst sal e might not reach a high suggested that a demonstration of Half-Morgans be put on in con level, but the establishment of such an event should in time become nection with the regular Morgan Horse Show to encourage the use valuable through advertising in the MORI,AN H"Rst MAGAZINE of registered Morgan stallions on grade, registered or on draft mares with its distribution of 1000 copies. everywhere. Half-Morgans from lightweight mares which have done well in the Trail Rides (one a winner), and from draft mares which MEETING OF NORTH ATLANTIC BRANCH have proved to be superior farm work horses will be shown. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANIMAL PRODUCTION —; o The regular summer meeting of the above Society called for June A MORGAN SALE 5th and 6th at Middlebury, Vermont, was cancelled as a result ot Consideration has been given in the past few years to the matter the gas and tire situation, but an invitation has been extended to of holding a Morgan Sale at Woodstock, Vermont, on the occasion Professor V. A. Rice, head of the Animal Husbandry Department of the Morgan Horse Show and the Trail Rides, but the idea never of the Massachusetts State College at Amherst, to hold the post materialized. poned or informal meeting at Woodstock, Vermont, on the occasion The proposal this year takes on new weight since requests have of Horse Week preceding Labor Day, September 3rd, 4th and 5th. been made by some Morgan horse owners to revive the suggestion. In spite of war regulations at that time it is hoped that the The U. S Morgan Horse Farm will this year follow their usual several events on that occasion will prove ot interest to the leaders plan of advertising certain young geldings and receiving mail bids of Animal Production in the field of cattle, (as Windsor ( ountv is and whether or not they will transport these animals over to Wood recognized as one of the leading Jersey counties in the nation ) and stock and admit them to a public auction in conjunction with their in thefield o f sheep, which branch has shown a steady increase in mail bid program is a question which has not as yet been decided, recent years, as well as in thefield o f horses. so the sale project is still open. If a scientific group could not be brought together, perhaps an Will jni' owners or breeders of Pure-Bred Morgans, or of Half- informal meeting could be held. Professor Rice has been asked to Bred Morgans, consider the sale plan favorably-, and will any partici notify his mail list ot the events ot Horse Week with the hope that pate in the sale b\ sending animals to be sold ' many can attend.
M.iv-Junc LH2 THE MORGW HORS!M M.U.A/.IM Morgan type," but the judge turned down the two "on the tall side," and awarded the blue to "the short-legged compact type." In the Foals of 1911 Class there were twenty-one entries. In the Class for Stallions with Get, six stallions, and thirty animals were in the ring and here an exhibitor who "always preferred size some what larger than the normal Morgan type" was placed third. Another large class was that of "Morgan stallions with four mares conforming most truly to the old stamp of Morgan," with ten herds and forty animals in the ring. This class was judged by Mr. J. J. Lynes of Plainfield, Iowa, a western breeder of long ex perience, who had judged Morgans many times in the West but was on hisfirst visi t to Vermont—"he made a distinctly favorable im pression." The Stallion-in-Harness Class had twenty-two entries. The reporter on the Class of "Well Matched Pairs" stated "as Morgans they are too tall and not compact enough," "they are over 15 hands.' "One of the really pretty classes was the Morgan Horse Club's class for mares and geldings not exceeding 14.2 in harness," won by Bell Marea. Upon Mr. Lynes' departure for Kansas another Westerner took up the judging—"Dr. A. W. Hinman of Dundee, Illinois, who took from Vermont to the West twenty years ago," (1891 ) "two car loads of the best Morgans then to be obtained." While Dr. Hin- man's selections did not always agree with Mr. Rommel or Mr. Lynes, he realized he was in a hot bed of Vermont old-stamp Morgan breeders, and whatever had been the result ot Morgan breeding and the use of 15% hand stallions in the Midwest or Texas or Washington, the good Doctor conformed to the Vermont tradition and viewpoint and his decisions proved to be acceptable. Mr. Henry Wardner, President of the Morgan Horse Club, who regarded 14.2 hands in height and about 1000 pounds in weight as about right for a Morgan Horse, offered a special Morgan Trophy to any Morgan "three-years-old or over, conforming most truly to the ancient Morgan type and shown in harness." Two mares won first and second, and third went to the "smallest stallion in the ring"—"scarcely over 14 hands." Ideal Morgan Stallion It is to be noted that the U. S. Morgan Horse Farm was not represented and that of the two offspring of General Gates it was "COMPACT MORGANS"—14.2 IN 1911 stated "while Ara Gates was probably the best animal in the ring, EDITOR: The following comment reviews the 15-page article we did not follow Dr. Hinman in his award of the cup to her" in "The Vermonter," September-October, 1911, published at White she and Prince Carl, both of them attractive animals, are not of the River |unction, Vermont, by Charles R. Cummings, descriptive of real Morgan type." the Morgan Horse Show at the Vermont State Fair, White River The five silver cups and SI223 were awarded in the Morgan Junction, Vermont, 1911. Show and were won by nineteen exhibitors among the forty-six It may be noted that this show was held only four years after different owners who entered 137 Morgan horses. Of this number the establishment of the U. S. Morgan Horse Farm at Middlebury, twenty-six different stallions and twenty-five different mares, a total Vermont, through the generosity of Colonel Battell who, in 1894, offifty-one animal s were prize winners. Prizes were awarded in twenty-seven classes and, in the seventy-two ribbons placed first, after years of preparation and study, issued Volume I of the Morgan second and third, the list of winning sires numbered twenty-seven! Horse Register. It may also be observed that the officers and the The magazine carried thirteen illustrations of winning Morgans. main supporters of the Morgan Horse Club held to a 14.2 size- and The nineteen exhibitors with but four or five exceptions were opposed anything larger, and that no "Government Morgan' was Vermonters. Mr. E. A. Darling, of East Burke, Vermont, was the on view.) largest winner, 5 348, and H. R. Watson of Brandon, Vermont, was i * second with SI68. The Judge was Mr. George M. Rommel, Chief of the Animal Husbandry Division of the U S. Department of Agriculture, and THE MEMBERSHIP SHOULD BE DOUBLED apparently his decisions met with the approval of the C lub leaders The class of stallions, four years or ovei, numbered twenty-one with Morgan owners and breeders should make an effort to double the membership this year—there are 18 states without a member ' not more than two not of Morgan type. ' "This uniformity of and of the 30 states listed, over half have less than three mem type was characteristic of the entire exhibition of Morgans and made bers each. the Show, as was admitted on all hands, the best that has been seen The states leading in membership are: at White River Junction." California ; 34 members There were a total of 137 entries. The Morgan exhibit of 1910 w tn had been pronounced the best since 1852, but the Morgan exhibit Vermont with 19 members New York with 15 members of 19'1 apparently surpassed in quality that on 1910. Massachusetts with 14 members The reporter evidently did not like the General Gates stamp for Illmo,s with 12 members of a son in the three-year-old Stallion Class "the trimmest specimen These- five states have 94 members, or 63VV<• of the total of was unplaced" as not conspicuously of the old Morgan type." In 148. We urge that every member secure an additional member the Harness Class there was a marked departure from the blocky (his year.
82 'I'm MORGAN HORSE MAGAZINE May-June, 19d2 JOHN 0. WILLIAMS SAVING THE MORGAN BREED DIRECTOR U. S. MORGAN Twenty-fourth Annual Report of the Bureau of Animal Industry HORSE FARM for the year 19(>7, U S Department of Agriculture, published in Mr. Williams is one of 1909: the best known judges of The Vermont Work, Breeding Morgan Horses horses in the United States ' Thefirst suggestio n that the Department of Agriculture take- and one of the most popular steps to save the Morgan horse from extinction came trom the late at the horse shows and state Senator Redfield Proctor, chairman of the Senate Committee on fairs. He was born March Agriculture, and was made in 1904 shortly after the passage of the 10th, 1885, at Venedocia, original appropriation for cooperative breeding and feeding experi Ohio, and his boyhood days ments. The influences that were slowly driving the Morgan to the were spent on a typical Ohio wall have been discussed previously, as well as the value of the livestock farm when he early blood to the horse stock of the country. However, the Morgan type learned to love and to know and Morgan blood lines still exist not only in Vermont but in horses. He attended the pub Illinois, Missouri, and other states. lic schools and then received his B.S. degree in agriculture ' Morgan breeding was arranged for in cooperation with the from the Ohio State Uni Vermont Experiment Station in the fall of loos, on the farm of John 0. Williams versity. During his college- the Station. No purchases were made, however, until June, 1906, when seven mares and twofillies wer e purchased from various per days he represented the University on the Livestock Judging Teams sons in Vermont by a board composed of Mr. Cassius Peck, of the at the International Livestock Exposition in 1906 and on graduation Vermont Experiment Station, Professor ( urtiss, and the Animal was appointed Scientific Assistant in Animal Husbandry with the Husbandman of this Bureau. The mares were in foal at the time United States Department of Agriculture. From 1908 to 1914 he of purchase or were bred immediately thereafter. In making the was Expert in charge of United States Carriage Morse Breeding selections for the Morgan stud the effort was made to get the true Experiments at Colorado Experiment Station, Fort Collins, Colorado. Morgan type with an increase in size and quality over that possessed From 1914 to 1918 he was Livestock Specialist for the Governor at by the old Morgan. Clemson Agricultural College in South Carolina. However, type was not sacrificed to size. When it was necessary In 1918 he was transferred to Washington where he entered the to go below the prescribed size to get the desired type this was done. Department of which he later became chief. The Department advertised for mares describd as follows He has judged from coast to coast in the leading Expositions, Fairs and Horse Shows of the country, at the National Horse Show, They should be from 5 to 8 years old, standing 15.1 to New York; International Livestock Show, Chicago; American Royal, 15.3 hands, and weighing 1000 to 1150 pounds. Colors pre Kansas City; Panama-Pacific Horse Show, Portland, Oregon; New ferred, brown, bay, or chestnut; grays or blacks should not be York State Fair, Syracuse, N. Y.; Western Livestock Show, Den submitted unless they are exceptionally good individuals. Mares ver, Colorado; the Colorado Endurance Ride and other important submitted for inspection should be sound, with good confor State Fairs of the West; and at the 100 Mile Trail Rides in Vermont. mation, style, and action, and a pure trotting gait. They should About four years ago Mr. Williams was appointed Director of be well bred along Morgan lines, but registration in the Ameri the U. S. Morgan Horse Farm at Middlebury, Vermont, and since can Morgan Register will not be necessary for purchase. that time has been developing an intensive line-breeding program on Of the mares purchased in Vermont, all but three were regis the General Gates and Bennington blood lines, which is perfectly tered or eligible to registration in the American Morgan Register. natural since Mr. Williams was responsible for the selection of Ben Kentucky Purchases Experimental nington 5693 as senior stallion at the Government over the opposi "After the purchases in Vermont, Professor Curtiss and the tion of some officials of the Morgan Horse Club who adhered to writer spent some time in Kentucky and purchased two mares sired "blockly 14.2 hand" type. by Harrison Chief out of mares by Coleman's Eureka and Cabell's Bennington stood 15.1, weighed 1100 pounds and possessed Lexington, respectively. This purchase was an experiment, its idea a "wonderful conformation andfinish throughout"—nex t to General being based on the facts mentioned above and on the belief that a Gates he was perhaps the handsomest of all Government Farm earful outcross, made by selecting blood of Harrison C hief on a stallions and the wisdom of Mr. Williams judgment has been proved Morgan foundation, would give increased size and quality without many times. being violent and likely to destroy desirable type characteristics. Bennington was foaled at the Government Farm in 1908 and One of the mares purchased in Kentucky- Mrs Culvers was in died there in 1937. foal to Highland Denmark and dropped afilly o f excellent Den mark type in 19<>7. The Kentucky purchase has caused considerable TODAY AT THE U. S. MORGAN FARM comment on account of its novelty, one critic going so far as to say The U. S. Department of Agriculture is steadily expanding its that the Department was attempting to restore the Morgan type by breeding program at Middlebury, Vermont, and John Williams the same method used to destroy it. Waiving comment on the is looking forward to 100 brood mares at an early date. critic's manifest lack of knowledge of the horse types and blood lines in Kentucky, it may be pointed out that this cross is radically This year there are a total of 98 Morgans on the farm, and with 15 early foals and more to arrive, the foal crop will number close different from the cross of Standardbred and Morgan for the sole- purpose of increasing speed. It was a speed craze, much more than to twenty. The ratio to date is eight males and seven females—all sired by Goldfield 7991, a son of Mansfield 7255 out of Juno 03284 a type craze, which did most to start the Morgan to destruction. by Forester 6918. "If the Kentucky breeders of fifty years stio found it to their This year they are using Canfield 7788, a son of Bennington advantage to go to Vermont for Morgan horses of good t\pe to use- 5693 and Artemisia 02731, a full brother of Mansfield 7253 (twelve on Kentucky stock, and if the use of those horses proved valuable, years younger) in preparation of a line breeding program. two things are, in the writer's opinion, made clear. First, that the It would appear that the farm is eliminating their cattle projects Morgan blood is of the greatest value to the horse industry of the as the cow barn is being remodeled by the erection of a dozen box country; and second, that the restoration of the Morgan can be- stalls from farm lumber and by farm labor. greatly furthered by taking back to Vermont and other New England Mansfifield 7255, the 22-year-old son of Bennington 5693 and States some of the best ot the descendants of the original \\w Artemisia 02731, has thickened up in his body somewhat and looks England stock and assisting in restoring the system of hrcedini> to better than he ever did. type which was abandoned with the development of the specd-at-
M.iy-June. 1CM2 THE MORGAN HORSE MAGVZIM any-cost idea. However, the Department is content to let the Ken SALVATOR SAYS—JUSTIN MORGAN "ARABIAN DESCENT" tucky purchase stand as an experiment, and will abide by the results. Mr. John I.. Hervey (pen name Salvator) a world famous General Gates v riter, acknowledged to be the greatest living historian on race "The stallion, General Gates, and a filly out of one of the horses, gave an address before the Town and Country Equestrian original mares were purchased July 1, 1907. Thefilly i s now two Association of Chicago, Illinois, on March 27th, 1942, entitled years old and is a very promising individual. General Gates was "The Arabian Influence—Direct and Indirect—Upon the Riding purchased after due consideration; the selection was made not only Horses of America." on his own individuality as a modern Morgan, but on his ability He traced the Arabian or Oriental influence of thefirst horse s as a sire of the type desired. Few horses have greater prepotency to land in Peru, in Mexico, in Florida and the Middle Colonies, than General Gates. Mated to mares of various types, he produces and then has the following to say about famous Justin Morgan: foals that are easily recognizable as being sired by him. He has "Shortly before the year 1800 there was foaled in New England stood in Addison County, Vermont, for several years, and his get can the horse known today as Justin Morgan. He was one of the equine be easily distinguished from those of other sires. His son, Shakes phenomenons of all time. Living his life in obscurity, used much of peare, was the champion Morgan stallion of all ages at the Louisiana the time for the hardest menial labor, valued in his prime at not Purchase Exposition, and his daughter Carrie Gates (now owned much more than a hundred dollars and covering only the common by the Department) wasfirst a t that show for two-year-old mares. country mares, he begot one of the most valuable and popular General Gates is a black horse, bred by Joseph Battell, of families of horses that America has ever known—horses almost Middlebury, Vermont, and was foaled in 1894. He is 15 hands high equally useful under either the saddle or the collar, whose popularity and weighs 1000 pounds in fair flesh. His sire was Denning Allen, became so immense that they were distributed over the entire U.S.A. he by Honest Allen, a son of Ethan Allen; General Gate's dam was and Canada. Sallie Scott, by a Thoroughbred horse known as Revenue, Jr., he by ' The ancestry of Justin Morgan is a matter ot long-standing Revenue, he by imported Trustee, who is rated by Major Dainger- dispute. But one thing is certain—no horse of other than Arabian field, manager of the Castleton stud of James R. Keene, as one of descent ever could have begotten him. He was smail,fleet, active, the three greatest Thoroughbred horses imported during the nine fearless, docile, spirited, courageous and long-lived, and so uner teenth century. ringly did he transmit his peculiar and unmistakable individuality "Men who were well acquainted with Vermont Black Hawk that horsemen can still pick out his descendants because of their declare that General Gates resembles him to a remarkable degree. inheritance of it, sometimes to an amazing degree." In that case the purchase of the horse for the Department's work As Mr Hervey stated racing in England was wholly in the was especially advantageous, for Black Hawk was one of the greatest hands of the aristocracy and their horses, whether for the course or Morgan horses of his time. He was not only a great individual, but the saddle, were bred up from Oriental stock upon native strains." was also a great sire, Ethan Allen, Stockbridge Chief (grandsire of The Irish horse stock which preceded the Thoroughbred stock Peavine), and blood's Black Hawk (sire of Indian Chief and Gist's of England was also derived from Oriental strains which came into Black Hawk) ranking among his best sons." Ireland by way of Spain. (To Be Continued) Mr. Hervey stated that "the dominant quality of Arab blood is its eternal, its immortal persistence. Wherever, as the horseman of REGENERATING THE BREED today looks about him and among horses, observes beauty, speed, In the two decades following the Civil War the Morgan breed, grace,fire, activity , docility and fine-ness yet toughness offibre, h e without registration papers and without an organization of owners sees that eternity, that immortality, incarnated. It has triumphed to maintain, foster and promote America's first breed of horses, over everything mundane—thousands of years, hap and circum became fairly well disseminated over the country by the sale of choice stances, time and tide, incredible hardships and immemorial adversi stock to discriminating buyers. ties, misuse, and abuse, the exigencies of mankind's daily life and Morgan blood entered into foundation stock of the American the flame and blood of the battle-field—unconquerable, inde trotter, the Kentucky saddler, the Tennessee walker, the Midwest structible and victorious." white horse, and other valuable strains, but no move was made to This "immortal persistence" of which Mr. Hervey speaks, found maintain this great breed until Colonel Joseph Battell, along in in the Arab breed, may be attributed to a higher degree to Justin the early 1880's, became interested in resurrecting the breed from Morgan than to any other single stallion in the world as shown by oblivion. his ability to stamp his characteristics— (characteristics inherant to After many years of study and investigation, and the expenditure the Arab, grace,fire, activity , docility and fine-ness yet toughness of considerable money, he produced Volume I of The Morgan offibre" )—upo n his descendants, it may he said without doubt that Horse Register in 189-1—a book of a thousand pages and a hundred the progenitor of the Morgan breed was of "Arabian descent." illustrations. To Colonel Battell must go the honor of being the-first t o QUERIES organize the breed and write an exhaustive history of Justin Morgan
84 THE MORGAN HORSE MAGAZINE May-June, 1942 PERIODS OF DEPRESSION Half-Morgan Record Book will permit the recording of acceptable Half-Morgans, the publicising of this fact thereby and give value Since the ascendancy of the Morgans in Vermont a hundred to such recorded animal. Such a procedure would not destroy the years ago, and the dispersal of the best Morgan stock throughout value and importance of full registered Morgans, but would stimu the nation, and its use as foundation stock for some half dozen late greater interest in the breed through the exploitation of Half- American breeds, with established stud books, the Morgan breed has been almost lost and in many areas and horse circles has been Morgans of approved quality. so submerged as to be practically eliminated. Create a Market for Stallions It was in the 1880's, some sixty years ago, that Colonel Battell, The establishment of Half-Morgans as a classification by the realizing the absorption of Morgan blood into other channels, and Morgan Horse Club would encourage owners who breed non- the decline of the breed in Vermont and other states, began an ex Morgan mares to registered Morgan stallions to retain the Morgan pensive study over a period of thirty-five years to revitalize the breed connection, and in breeding areas where no Morgan mares are and again reestablish Morgan blood in its home state. located, a recognition of Morgan blood and the proof of its value Colonel Battell published three volumes of the Morgan Horse would stimulate the demand for Morgan stallions. Register (Vol. I, 1894; Vol. II, 1905; Vol. Ill, 1915) which con Hundreds of animals are sired by Army Remount Morgan stal tained over 2500 pages of material in an effort "to perpetuate the lions, but the Morgan identity is completely lost, even if the animal valuable family of Morgan Horses." is Morgan in its characteristics (and, if the dam be a Thoroughbred it is dubbed Half-Bred) and this is true elsewhere, but the retention At Low Mark in 1907 of the term Half-Morgan and the recording of the animal would A further effort to revive the breed was made in 1907 when reawaken interest in the Morgan strain, and it is to save this crop Colonel Battell gave his farm in Vermont to the United States Gov of Half-Morgans from obliteration that the Half-Morgan Book is ernment to establish a Morgan Horse Farm, and this impetus of a proposed. A larger market for Morgan stallions would result if Government breeding farm for Morgans, did much to save the breed the Half-Morgan product could be made more valuable than grade from utter extinction. stock. The Government authorities recognized the low ebb to which the Eliminate "So-Called Morgans" breed had fallen and in 1910 George M. Rommel prepared a paper Many people today claim they have a Morgan horse for sale but (circular 163, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture) entitled "The Regenera without definite information on this score, there being no proof, hut tion of the Morgan Horse," and discussed "the causes of this re if every animal sired by a registered Morgan stallion was recorded markable decline in a breed of horses of outstanding merit," and the in a Half-Morgan Book it would not be long before all doubt of fact that during the period of 1890 to 1910 "many horsemen of the existence of Morgan blood was removed. A stamp of definite- authority have declared the Morgan to be an extinct race.' quality would remove such from the grade or scrub class. In the 1920's the Morgans made an excellent showing in the several 300-mile Endurance Rides, ranking second to the Arabs in Take Out the X in Registrations all tests, and again the breed attracted attention only to fall in public Some complaint has been raised of the use of the X in a Morgan estimation in the 1930s when the number of Morgans registered registration number, claiming its use is an outcross and harmful to dropped to 78 and the club membership to 52. the perpetuation of the breed. But the correctness of this view can Upon the occasion, in 1939, of the 150th anniversary of the well be questioned, since it is not definite out-crossing- in the celebration of the birth of Justin Morgan in 1789, and the success Morgan Registry the X indicates that while a paient may not be of Morgans in the recent 100 mile Trail Rides, a new interest in the registered there is every indication that the animal traces to Morgans. breed has been created. But new steps must be taken to revive the During the years when Morgan owners did not bother to regis breed in the public mind. ter their stock, knowing full well the breeding and that no buyer would question their statement or require a certificate of Registry, Half-Morgans Establish Other Breeds the registrations by the Vermont farmers reached a low ebb. Throughout the laxity of Morgan breeders in pushing Morgan In the Morgan Book, while the X is used to designate such strains, Morgan blood has drifted across the country, and Half- breeding it does not mean the animal has become any more mixed" Morgans became foundation stock of the American Trotter, the Ken than registrations in the American Saddle Book where outcrossing tucky Saddler, the Tennessee Walker, the Mid-West Albino, the does occur without an X to indicate it. And in the Thoroughbred Texas Quarter and the California Palomino. book the crossing of American Thoroughbreds and imported Arabs While this process has been going on the Morgan breed has is not shown by any such device. In fact, even with an X such an done nothing to perpetuate the Half-Morgan influence and its value. animal, with a registered parent and also tracing to Morgan blood Other breeds have utilized the characteristics of Half-Morgans, but in both lines is exactly as "pure' as other breeds, except the Arab, the parent breed ignores the opportunity to create a wider public yet, within a short period of time by the establishment of a Half- interest in Morgan strains. Morgan Book the X might be dropped from the full registration While these new breeds have made great progress, the Morgan record. breed has made little advancement due to inertia. It would seem Increase Our Revenue that the time is at hand to undertake a persistent promotional job. The operation of a Half-Morgan Record Book would also in Consider, for example, the very remarkable development of the crease our revenue and make possible to some degree the expansion Tennessee Walking Horse—splendid Walking Horse- Shows of the MORGAN HORSE MVOAZIM', the contribution of prize money throughout the South, an exhibit at the New York National Show to Morgan Shows and ( lasses in State lairs, as well as local Shows, and an extensive advertising campaign. Morgan blood has been and the increase in our advertising expenditure, promote the breed of everlasting value in these breeds and every effort should now be and increase our membership. attempted to promote a Half-Morgan Record Book, as well as the The Half-Thoroughbred Stud Book brings in a handsome reve full Morgan Registry, and publicize the importance and value of nue annually, at S2.00 per registration, and the sale of the book at Half-Morgan blood. S5.00. Through the total registration of 2-4,500 animals the income The Thoroughbred faction, through control of the American from this source has approximated S5(>.()00, J Half-Morgan Remount Association, have gone so far on the road of Morgan an a Book would increase our revenue. strangulation, that it is now, after these mam \ears. claimed that Already the present discussion has brought forth offers to regis any animal with a registered Thoroughbred parent and a registered ter Half-Morgans from an agent of a U. S Remount Morgan Stal Morgan can not be classed or recorded as a Halj-M- >g.:n and can lion and trom private Morgan owners. only be recorded in their Half-Thoroughbred Book. Without sound objection to the value to the breed by promoting A Half-Morgan Book Essential Half-Morgan animals, when and where registered Morgans are not We must admit the value of Halt-Moigan blood and its influence available there seems to be merit in the establishment ot a Half in light horse or heavy horse breeding plan and the adoption of a Morgan Register,
M.i\-June, V) 12 THE MORGAN HORSI MAGA/IM ,S s FROM OFFICE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, WASHINGTON Regarding the purchase of registered Morgan horses for use of the Indian schools and by the Indian horse owners: A copy of "Indian Education" dated April 15, 1942, is being enclosed. This states our policy on encouraging the breeding of Morgans on Indian reservations and I see no objection to using this article in the Morgan horse publication. I am also having enclosed a statement of the distribution of these horses. Twenty-nine of the males and ninety-one of the females (120) are of breeding age. I think you will agree that this foundation gives us a splendid start in the breeding of better horses. We have placed Morgans at our institutional farms where we have Hereford cattle. At ten of these places our beef herds are operated under open-range conditions. In addition to the eleven named places, we have nine other beef herds and it is expected that as the number of Morgans increase we will place horses at these places. At all of these places beef management is taught as one of the standard school subjects. Our future program will include the teaching of horse breeding, management and good horsemanship in conjunction with the beef program. H. A. MATHIESEN, Bennington, 5693 Supervisor of Indian Education. U. S. Dept. Interior. THE QUARTER AND MORGAN HOSSES By FRANK M. KING It is well known that the Arab is responsible for practically all 135 MORGAN HORSES ON 10 RESERVATIONS types of light purpose hosses all over the world and all hossmen, Total Males Females who know the principle of breeding for type, know how come so Chilocco, Oklahoma .38 6 32 many types of the Arab strain. Pine Ridge, South Dakota 41 13 28 There are all sorts of shapes and sizes in the real Arab, and Rosebud, South Dakota 113 8 over the year men have picked out the type suitable for his indi Cheyenne River, South Dakota .... 13 5 8 vidual requirements and improved his type. Fort Thompson, South Dakota 5 l 4 The English like hosses that can run long distances, so two or Carson, Nevada 10 1 9 three hundred years ago, they picked out some long distance running Tongue River, Montana 9 2 7 Arab hosses, and bred that type to type till they produced what is Whiterocks, Utah 3 1 2 known as the Thoroughbred that is run today over long distance Fort Totten, N. D 4 2 2 tracks. Wind River, Wyoming 1 1 This type of thoroughbred has been bred for so many years for racing that they are a distinct type. They are so finely bred that At 10 Reservations 135 35 100 they are, where not mixed with any other type, .suited mostly for Of Breeding Age 120 29 91 racing. The Morgan was developed by Justin Morgan as a dual purpose hoss, on he could ride or drive to a buggy. He picked a small, blocky Arabian to start with and bred this type to type till a regis THE HALF-BRED HORSE tered Morgan is the result. The absolute reliance and dependence of the U. S. Army Re The Morgan blood line was brought west to the Madagorda Bay mount Service upon the Thoroughbred interests and its support is section by Phil Buck who ran several thousand head of them early indicated in the following statement of American Remount Associa day Spanish ponies, that were the best cow hosses ever invented. tion: That was in 1848. The same year Justin Morgan registered a Morgan stallion in "The Half-Bred Stud Book, established in the year 1918, under the American stud book under the name of "Steeldust." Steeldust authority of the Jockey Club, maintained by the American Remount was heard of on Bucks ranch, so it is likely that he bought some of Association and officially recognized by the Army Remount Service. old Steeldust's colts or relatives in the shipment he made when "The real object of the Half-Bred Stud Book is, of course, the he went to Vermont and bought all the Morgan stallions, of all ages, establishment in the United States of an American Half-Bred similar he could secure. There are so many different opinions as to how to the Irish and Australian Half-Breds. come the Steeldust, that I am not going to claim that was the origin "The American Remount Association, cooperating with the Army of Steeldust. One guess is good as another. I have- letters and data Remount Service in its efforts to assist the horse breeders of the on half a dozen other theories about the origin of Steeldust and United States to produce a better and more useful Half-Bred horse, none seem to know any more than I do, only they claim to be abso urgently recommends the action herein outlined and solicits their lutely correct, so why argue? hearty cooperation." The Morgan has most of the characteristics of the well known old time Quarter hoss and a heap of them show plenty speed for short distances.—In Western Livestock Journal, Oct. 15, 19-11 HORSE WEEK SUBSCRIBE TODAY TO THIS NEW ILLUSTRATED Woodstock, Vermont MORGAN HORSE MAGAZINE Everyone interested in Morgan horseHorses should be a reader and Sept. 3-4 5, 1942 tell your friends about it. The price is only 51.00 a year.
THE MORGAN HORSE MAGAZINE May-June, 19-42 FACTS ABOUT MORGAN HORSES By W. H. WELCOME (Continued from No. 3) In fine,Justi n Morgan was an animal of extraordinary utility and style, to an extraordinary extent, also, he stamped his image and impressed his qualities upon his descendants. Are there any real Morgans left today? Shortly after the turn of the century, a number of public spirited gentlemen of the Northern New England states suddenly realizing that the breed was about to be entirely disbursed or absorbed into other breeds entirely, decided to assemble a small band of the pure bred individuals remaining of the breed, at a little settlement outside of Middlebury, Vermont. And shortly there after the United States Department of Agriculture became interested in the project which resulted in bringing together a considerable number of individuals drawn from the four corners of the United States. Col. Battell Founder Colonel Battell was also the founder of the American Morgan Register, a work which took up the authentic recording of Morgan bloodlines at a point where D. C. Linsley, also of Middlebury, Vt., left off. The movement to keep together the best Morgan blood appealed to Colonel Battell, and he gave outright to the United States Department of Agriculture a 400 acre farm in the town of Weybridge, Vermont, to assist in putting the work on a substantial Scotland, 6000 foundation. Later on this farm was augmented by additional acreage, so at U. S. MORGAN HORSE FARM- the time of the world war, one, 550 acres adjoining the original PEDIGREES OF ANIMALS IN STUD (1941) track were purchased, making a farm consisting of 1000 acres. (Conlimitd jiow /'./.;'< ~S) Those in charge of this farm spared no effort in tracing the descend reason a study is being conducted to determine the effects ot re ants of the Morgans sold in the early days, 1840 to I860, and sent stricted exercise during the growing period upon the growth, de from New England to other sections of the country. velopment, and ultimate performance of horses. Foals are selected By 1871 Justin Morgan's descendants were found in nearly every at weaning time and paired according to similarity of breeding, state in the union. He was the greatest producer of all purpose type, and size. Up until three years of age one member of each horses. Among his descendants were found the following: pair is allowed the freedom of a large paddock with no grazing and the other is confined in a large box stall. Both members of the Quarter horses: Red Jacket, Gold Dust, and the Admiral. pair are fed on rations that are estimated to meet all nutritive re Slock horses: Champion Knox, Black Eagle, and Novato Chief. quirements. Records are kept on the rate of growth as indicated by Tennessee Walking Horn: Vermont Black Hawk, and Tom weight and body measurements. From the .ii^u of three years both animals in each pair are given identical training and exercise. At Hal. the end of a suitable training period their ability to perform is The end in ance gang: General Gates 666, has produced more- measured and scored. Data are not yet available on a sufficient num endurance record horses than any other one stallion. ber of animals to warrant a summary of results. Show Ring: Peavine, Lady DeJarnette, (The greatest show mare of all times), Blood Chief. CAN MORGANS MEET THE ARMY REQUIREMENTS? Trotters: Peter the Great, The Harvester, Uhlan, Lee, and Ax Lt. Col. F. W Koester, in charge of the Western Remount Area, has given us worthy. "The Ideal Militai) Hone, drawn from a composite photograph In conclusion, as in years gone by, nobody has any quarrel with of the best characteristics as to type for the horse used in our armed the men who want to breed sixteen hand Morgans, 1200 pound forces. Morgans, Forest King Morgans, or Two Minute Morgans. Their These horses used tor riding, pack or light draft are described ambitions do not interest the breeders of the original Morgan Horse, as follows: a full made, well muscled, sturdy animal with straight but they have no objection to them. However, they have as the legs. The neck should be reasonably long with light throat latch, foundation of their structures some Morgan blood, which they the shoulder sloping, withers well defined and extending well into v alue. the hack which in turn should be short. Gaits, limited to the walk, Bear in mind the time may come when they need more founda trot and gallop, should be elastic and must be square, i.e., legs must tion of the same kind. They will not get it from the one-thirty- not swing in or out in motion, but travel straight when viewed from second, or the one-sixty-lourth Morgan. They will want it as strong the front or rear. Height 15 to 16 hands (oo to 04 inches), age, and pure as it can be found in an animal of the normal, natural 4 to 8, sex, preferably geldings; color, any solid dark color--no Morgan type. It is hoped that the members of the Morgan Horse Palominos, grays, Pintos, light buckskins or roans, weight Q5o to Club will always own horses that will be able to supply that want. 1150 lbs."*
• From an arlicl.- rnutl. il -This War ant th<- Mors,.' in Jan. i„ur /c. UPWEY JUBILEE KAY X05097 II '.I. i-II [.ii-mlurk ./••iirnal. This champion Morgan mare, a dark grey, standing 1-4.31 _-> hands, champion Morgan at the 19-to and the 10-H Morgan Horse- Show at Woodstock, and winner of 40 blue ribbons in New Eng HORSE WEEK land—the most of them in open classes -has recently been sold b\ Woodstock, Vermont Mrs Huntington Smith to IV \\" I. Orcutt. of West Xcvvhury. Mass Sept. 3-4 5, 1942
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The above illustration of Ulysses," the Grand Champion Stal about 1100 lbs. in weight, is the kind of a horse Colonel Hardy lion at the 1939 Morgan Show in Woodstock, is interesting from favors as a remount stallion: the fact that the young man on the ground, who presented the cup, Sire: Bennington 5693 by General Gates 666, and he by is Carlos Allen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Allen of Rye, New- Denning Allen 74. York, a great-great-great-great-grandson (and the only living male Dam: Artemesia 02731 by Ethan Allen 3rd 3987, and he descendant) of the singing master, Mr. Justin Morgan, who brought by Ethan Allen 2nd 406. the young progenitor of the famous Morgan breed into Vermont from Massachusetts in 1791. He has been a consistent winner in the show ring, and was The Registered Morgan Stallion "Ulysses," 756=., now 14 Grand Champion Stallion at the 19.39 Morgan Show in Wood years old, bred and owned by the U. S. Morgan Horse Farm, stock where he also won three blue ribbons: which was under lease to Dr. W. L. Orcutt of West Newbury, First in "Stallions in Harness". Mass., for a number of years, and successfully shown by him, First in "Stallions under Saddle" is now in the Remount Service. First in the i-way "Justin Morgan Performance Class" "Ulysses" is a full brother to "Mansfield" 725s), the senior "Ulysses," 7565, foaled June 10, 1927, brown, 15 3 hands. stallion at the U. S. Morgan Farm at Middlebury, Vermont.
JUSTIN MORGAN FOALED IN 1789 not own him at his death He was listed to Morgan in Randolph Continued from Number 2 issue of THE MOROAN HORSI , Dec in 1794. His last known advertisement of the horse is at Willis- 15, 1941, being the conclusion of the article which appeared in ton and Hinesburgh the season of 1795. Mr. Morgan returned "The Vermont Horse Bulk-tin" giving the basis of the statement to Randolph apparently with no taxable property. William by Joseph Battell—the greatest historian of the Morgan breed— Rice, who had a list in Randolph, from 1792 to 1796, took who in 1894 wrote of the progenitor cf America'sfirst establishe d the horse for a debt, moved to Woodstock, and apparently dis breed: posed of him as soon as he found a customer. If it was this He Was Foaled in 1789 winter that Fvans had the horse, then he got into the hands of Rice in the spring or summer of 1796. Jonathan Shepard of In conclusion, Mr. Battell states (page 105): Montpelier bought him of Rice at Woodstock early enough in "It is clear that the horse passed out of Morgan's possession the season of 1 700 to breed him to some mares; and he, as shown in the fall of 1795. It is very probable that he was in the hands by the record, disposed of him, in the farm trade, to James of Evans the following winter At all events, when Morgan Hawkins, February 14, 1797." finally disposed of the horse, he passed to William Rice of Woodstock. This is universally conceded, save thai, until (he- (Editor' 1 Note.—The above excerpts from the exhaustive an- records were examined it was supposed from the statement of nalysis of the horse, "Justin Morgan," clearly indicates that the horse, Justin Morgan, 2d, that Rice had the horse from the estate, after "Justin Morgan," was not born in 179.3 and we accept Battell's Justin Morgan's death. The records show that Justin Morgan did statement that "Justin Morgan" "was foaled in 1789."
88 THE MORGAN HORSE MAGAZINE May-June, 1942 "TOUGH AS A MORGAN" For more than a century orator and poet, statesman and his torian have vied, each with the other, in loving patriotic tribute to the character, public service and memory of George Washington. Today I wish to present the history and characteristics of our equine George Washington—that great breed founder, Justin Morgan—born in Connecticut during Washington's first adminis tration. I wish to recall to your minds something of the local conditions by which the Morgan horse was surrounded. I know of nothing more interesting than the study of the environment of a race, the development of personal physique, character and energy as influenced by natural, political and social conditions. The earliest settlers along "river bank or salt bayside" in New- England had easy and comparatively quick water communication. Succeeding generations, with the restless and resistless push of the Pilgrim pioneers, followed up the river valleys, clearing the hill sides of forest and boulder, opening new farms, and building new homes—homes pregnant with the energy, vitality and Christianity of men, who, dedicating the Sabbath Day to God, toiled the other six to dignify, ennoble and upbuild His creatures—homes (Yankee homes) adorning every hilltop, whose smoke of industry, frugality and contentment rose from every hearthstone—an incense-offering thrice blessed by the "Author of all good,"—land of big hills and narrow valleys, famed alike for its scenery and its sterility— its Durham cattle and its Morgan horses its manly men and noble women—New England! Villages were isolated, neighbors far apart. Indian depredations and incessant warfare imparted that restless energy to men and caused the weeding out of animals to the minimum in number and the maximum in effect. Going to the mill meant a day's journey, to the market a week's. When the glorious harvest moon tempted the youthful swain to a quilting-party or husking-bee, it required a quick eye and a strong arm as well as a steady steed to bear the sweetheart in Mansfield, 7255 safety through forest, past boulder, across rapid mountain torrents —perched high upon a pillion or that utter abomination, the side Smue l M.tv-June. l > 12 Tm MOKO.-W HOKSI M \(,A/I\I s ; KNOWN MORGANS 82 YEARS LASELL ANSWERS STALLION BARRIER I was awfully s uprised when I got your welcome card. I see "Would you please correct my letter which you published in that I've got somebody to try and help me from keeping the good the last issue of the MORGAN HORSE MAGAZINE; to American breed of Morgan hores I torn running out. Horse Show Association instead of the National Horse Show Asso ciation. The letter was brought to the attention of M. Roy Jackson I'm first going to say jou hit the right party about Morgan who answered me and said he would assume full responsibility for horses. The name of Morgan is not right for Morgan horses, altho the ruling in question and that if I would examine the names on the we will have to let it go for it lias gone since the Civil War. They letterhead of the American Horse Show Association stationery I are an Arabian military hor.se and I can tell you that I have old would find acknowledged horsemen. Enclosed is a copy of the pedigree papers of the Morgan breed of horses, and I'm going to letter I sent him and to date have not received a reply." bother you with quite a lengthly letter, but it will be the real stuff— every word of it. WILLIAM O. LASELL, 2210 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W During my father's time, whofirst brough t them when he came Washington, D. C. to this country from Middlebury, Vermont, will cover a time of Quoted here in part: around 150 years or more which I cannot state exactly until I look "No two horses or people are exactly alike, therefore all horses up the old papers. I might as well tell you how old I am. I am are not hunters. No two stallions are exactly alike. It is known now 89 years, seven months old. According to my father I used that colts inherit some characteristics of their progenitors. The to pet and help to take care of the colts when I was seven years old. Persians and Greeks preferred the stallion and used him mostly in Best of all is that we have kept them all those years, besides the battle. The Arabs preferred the mare and a different form of bat French Percheron horses which we have had for over 67 years and tle. The English have developed the thoroughbred with the stallion which we use for work horses. I also have five sons—fairly good as the important factor. Now you are trying to develop the hunter horsemen. I had also three uncles in the Civil War and got two of from the female side only. According to the English method of de them back. One dropped in the 15th Wisconsin Regiment which veloping the thoroughbred, you are doing less than one-half the job, stood the hardest battle in the Civil War. They brought home great or leaving to chance most of the controlling features. news of Arabian horses. One of them that came home had always I have hunted a number of horses of the same family. They been in favor of Morgan horses. have been mares, geldings and stallions, and any one who intended I will also try to put you wise on the name from the Arabian to to be honest could not help but agree that the stallions were much the Morgan horse which I got from my uncle. He said there was better for fox hunting. They jump better and cover rough country an officer whose name I have forgotten and who rode a black stal better. A stallion will go places the others won't, but will use lion which was the favorite saddle horse in the regiment. He had judgment; for instance he will cross a gravel bottomed stream and showed the most hardship of any horse in the regiment. They had stop at a swamp. He is stronger and intends to be a gentleman if to have a good horse to cross wilderness to send dispatches from one given a chance. place to another. This officer said he would take his favorite horse, "I have enjoyed hunting a stallion with the Loudoun Hunt at Billy Root. They said they could take a cheaper horse. My uncle times for about ten years. Before Judge J. R. H. Alexander was said the officer said it would be cheaper to take an expensive horse master I hunted there. Later he gave me a certificate, which I can than to lose the whole regiment. But after that he was kept busy show any one, signed by him,, and saying my stallion is a qualified just like a canary bird. The horse came back all right but they never hunter. Now because of your decision to regulate hunts he has sent put him in any hard service after that. word to me not to hunt my stallion there. Now I'll tell you what my uncle said about the Arabian name to "My main enjoyment in life has been fox hunting with this the Morgan name. The officer's name was John Morgan, so the horse and he has not hurt any one even when I fell off. Your de Northern people at that time gave the horses the name of Morgan cision cannot take that away from me now, but I guess you can take horse. I couldn't just tell how long ago that was. But my pedigree my right to the pursuit of happiness in that line away in the future. shows and we know absolutely about the Morgan horses for over It's in line with the Woman on Mrs. MacSherry's Street that wanted 150 years. I must tell you I have the least now I have ever had in her forbidden the right to walk her big bulldog because he looked my time. I mean right now I have two purebred Morgan horses. I so vicious, although he is as old and gentle as any dog could be. have worked hard for many years to get them traced up. 1 have "I believe Nature did a good job when it made stallions. Now done so much in breeding during a time of 75 years I cannot ex some men try to improve on Nature by modifying him. If they plain how much. The two I have are very perfect. They are a mare really want to improve animals or humans they should try using and little stallion coming three and the mare coming four. The adrenalin or regulating the adrenalin glands countered with insulin horse is a seal brown and no marks, which shouldn't be on the and insulin shock. That could really upset the balance Nature pro Morgan horses. And the mare is dark bay. We have visitors come vides for regulating glands in animals. If a man prefers a machine in and see them from hundreds of miles and they say they were well to a natural animal for fox hunting, he could use a car. A lot of paid for their trip. They claim fhey can tell when they see a Mor people use cars.'" gan horse just by the name. I'll try to send you a picture of the sire * * * of the two Morgans. The one that died about eight months ago. Over-regulations in fox hunting spoils the sport for me. I He was noted through two states, Iowa and Minnesota. I received liked the good old days. Over-regulation makes sissies of our fight letters from Vermont cheering me up that I shouldn't take it too ing men also, and that's a tragedy we may face now. hard that I lost him. He would have been 21 years old if he had Therefore you may popularize the notion that all stallions are lived until this spring. He was just the same as he was when he dangerous or that hunting should be changed to conform to the was seven years old. He was one of the fastest in speed of any machine age, but I can't agree at all as I like natural sport. I have raised. He had very fine leg action. I never allowed him to be trained in races. CORRECTION I'll enclose- a dollar bill for your magazine. Please give me a The splendid page article on page 59 of the last number of THE reply as soon as possible as my age shows my Heavenly Father will MORGAN HORSE MAGAZINE, telling how the writer became pos call me out any day. Would like to help you all I can in the short sessed of the Morgan Remount Stallion "Cranford," and why he time I have left. thinks the Morgan is a superior ranch horse was written by C. E. Burton of Coffeyville, Kansas. April 1, 1912 Very respectfully, We thank Mr. Burton for his excellent statement and regret his C. M. CARLSON, Weseca, Minn. name was omitted by the printer. 90 THE MORGAN HORSE MAGAZINE May-June, 1942 COTTON HILL STOCK FARM, ROCHESTER, ILLINOIS ANOTHER JUSTIFICATION OF MORGANS I am enclosing SI.00 for subscription to THE MORGAN HORSE Several years ago we took two of our Morgan mares and a stal of which I have received two copies, Numbers 1 and 2. lion to a horse show that was being held as an added attraction to a I enjoy it very much insomuch as I personally attended the Ver fair in Vermont. When we reached the fair grounds the stalls were mont State Fair in 1909, 1911 and 1913, and hearing such Morgan filled so the truck was left in a shady spot and the horses taken out men talk to my father as Mr. C. C. Stillman, E. A. Darling, Spencer and tied to the side of the truck. While the) wee feeding an elderly Borden, Harold Watson, Henry S. Wardner, and I think I saw man came by. Suddenly, the horse, caught his glance and he came more Morgan's there than at any State Fair I ever attended, and I near. It seemed as if something had lit a spark in his eye, and he have been to nearly every one in the United States sometime in asked: "These are the real old Morgans, aren't they?" I said that I my life. was glad that the-)' looked like them to him, as being a Vermonter he should know He then told me this: The largest showing of Morgans that I have ever seen was at St. Louis World's Fair in 1904 where I remember very well such When I was youngjr I lived a little north of here We always horses as "General Gates," "Knox Morgan," and many others. In had a pair of Morgans that did a mighty fine job. Then the Civil all there were close to 100 head in this show. War broke out a bunch of us young fellows got together and raised a company of Cavalry to join our Army. There were almost two I am a busy Illinois farmer and Morgan breeder and sometime hundred of us all mounted on Morgans. We got a tew clothes to I hope to have time to send you some of the history of these shows, gether and started for Springfield, Massachusetts. as I saw and showed Morgans with them in some of the best classes ever lined up before a judge. At these shows the blocky 15 hand Soon after reaching the Army Camp we located the Commanding kind were picked as the winners. Of course the improved or saddle Officer. He came out to look us over and quickly remarked: "You type Morgan was not there at those times, although we did have boys are all right, but your horses are no good, you must have larger several in the show at St. Louis that were 16 hands but were all ones." At once all our men put up an awful fuss and made it left out of the ribbons. known that their hor.s could stand up as well, if not better, than the larger ones, and they asked the Ollicer to give them a chance As to a Half-Bred Registry, I do not see where the Morgan to prove this. He looked them over again more carefully and told breed will gain much, as it will also give a chance to work in some us that we could have a week's trial. who may not even be half-bred. At the end of a week he had to admit that we were doing well. With best wishes for THE MORGAN HORSE. This made us feel better At the end ot the second we!, he called Jos. R. BRUNK, us all together and told our company that we had the best horses Cotton Hill Stock Farm, Rochester, Illinois that he had seen in the Army "The) are ll.K eauetl to keep in con dition, the) eat lew. and they t an (land ni'Oi. haul uoik than most of NO MORGAN ILLINOIS SHOWS the larger hones." That made us boys from Vermont leel pretty proud. There will be no Morgan horse shows in Illinois this year, and RlMH IS. i)l( KSON, Weston, Mass. the Illinois State Fair has also been cancelled. No International Stock Show at Chicago in 1942. FROM HANCOCK COUNTY, ILLINOIS Your question shall we have a Half-Morgan Record Book.-' FROM CALIFORNIA: "SUNSHINE ADDS SIZE" My answer is—no, keep them as pure bred as we can so that when Enclosed find check for one year s subscription to THE MORGAN you see one coming down the road you can say, there is a fine HORSE. Please (tart my wibtcriplion with the first ts\ue of thiMorgan.s " Type is what we want. Size is made by feeding. magazine, as I wish to keep a complete file. I have only just learned WM. E. LOVXREY, that there is such a magazine published. Box 2t, Ferris, Hancock Co., 111. We have a black Morgan filly,Zorina , OVi is, in foal to Red Vermont, 7893, (we hope, we hope). She weighs 1200 pounds and HORSE NOTES stands near 16 hands—not a Morgan! some will say- well, look Black Bes.\. a granddaughter of Black Hawk, was owned by up her pedigree on both sides. , de Jarnette, General Gates,, Go- James Roosevelt, father of our President, and from his marc- he- Hawk, Knox Morgan, Allen Franklin, Senata We blame California raised Gloster, 2 17 co-world champion trotter for which S^o.ooo sunshine and alfalfa hay for her size. was refused. Am anxiously awaiting the magazine. TRUMAN FUNDERBURGH. FROM ARIZONA: 3917 Huntington Drive, Pasadena, Calif. Please find enclosed one dollar for a years subscription to THE MORGAN HORSE MAGAZINE, beginning with May-June issue. PLAINSMAN 8268 SOLD TO U. S. My brother and I have been raising some firstclas s halfbred Senator S. E. Lantz, Congerville, Illinois, reported recently the Morgans in Nebraska for several years sale of Plainsman 8208, a firstpriz e winner at the Iowa State Fair, DONALD L. MCCLARAN. Benson, Arizona. and firsti n class for three years at the Illinois State Fair, to the Gov ernment to head their herd at Pine Ridge, FROM KANSAS: Enclosed find SI.00 for a years subscription for your magazine. FROM FRANKLIN, NEBRASKA We are looking for a good young Morgan stud, either black, sorrel, or chestnut and would like to hear from some breeders who Enclose please find SI.00 bill as payment for my subscription to have studs for sale THE MORGAN HORSE MAGAZINE. (MAKIES C THUS. Wichita, Kansas. We sure think a great deal of Morgan horses. Hope to own P.S—Please send the magazine to my home address, ,s Hamp some good ones some clay ton Road, Wichita. Kansas W W PHILLIPS, P.S My son is in the Army camp at Fort Bliss, Texas. I am sendFROM CODY, NEBRASKA ing the copy I pist received on to him to read, as he sure is interested in' good horses He will get a lot of good out of this and pass Please send paper. Lets have that half-breed stud book away some lonely hours enjoying reading it. WAY P |ot M< ( | ARAN Mav-June, 19-f2 Tm MORGAN HOR.SE M V(,\/I\l THE CHAIRMAN OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FAVORS PENNSYLVANIA—TAKES 3 SUBSCRIPTIONS A HALF-MORGAN BOOK "I just received Volume I, No. 3, of THE MORGAN HORSE BULLETIN and did not know of this publication before. I think (Continued from page 7-1) it an excellent magazine and wish to subscribe. Please forward the that every animal in any new Half-Morgan Registry shall bear the first two numbers if possible. I enclose a check for S3.00 for my following designation immediately following the name— subscription and two others." "Alex," Half-Morgan No. 1 C. D. PARKS, V.M.D., "Mary." Half-Morgan No. 01 Bethany Rd., Honesdale, Pa. The use of the words "Half-Morgan" would certainly distinguish the Registration paper from any other record, particularly as the KANSAS: Record Sheet will likely be in two distinct colors and of a small For Sale: 3 nice stud colts: one mare colt for sale. Sir Linsley size. 7654 stallion: Texas Rainbow 8220. Several mares; all of my pure The application for a Half-Morgan registration would supply bred Morgan horses have No. 1 papers; a beautiful bunch of the signature of the owner of the registered Morgan animal, the horses.—H. S. SENTNEY, 536 E. Sherman, R.R. 1, Hutchinson, signature of the owner of the animal offered for registration with Kansas. proof that the other parent (non-Morgan) was of light horse breed ing and conformation. This requirement could certainly be estab lished and enforced to such degree as to bar the registration of a NEW JERSEY: ADDS A NEW BREEDER half-draft animal or offspring of a draft-type parent. "Enclosed please find one dollar for subscription to THE MOR It has been proposed that only mares or geldings be registered GAN HORSE NEWS, recommended to me by Mr. Wingate, of Mont- in the Half-Morgan Book. clair. 5. And there would be a profit in a Half-Morgan Book with "I am a new member of the Morgan Horse Club and am starting a registration fee of S2.00 and, aside from the stimulation of more to breed Morgans with the intention of improving the breed. If breeding, more registration of pure-bred Morgans, and more raera- you are interested in seeing a superb Morgan stallion stop in any berships in the Morgan Horse Club, the additional revenue to time." further promote the breed, enlarge the MORGAN HORSE MAGAZINE, In January acquired from Reon Wills of Somerset, Penna., a and increase our advertising appropriation would be very welcome. good-looking three-year-old stallion which he is standing at $50.00, The Remount Association, in close cooperation with the U. S. and has already booked eight mares. Army Remount Service in the promotion of the Thoroughbred in The stallion was sired by "Benign," 77=>5, (sold in 1940 into the past twenty years, has registered some 2 5,000 half-Thoroughbred San Salvador) a son of "Bennington." animals in their book and cleaned up over §50,000 by the operation. ED. MACIALEK, There is no valid reason why a Half-Morgan Registry should Lambertville, N. J. not yield some new income, as agents in charge of Government Re mount Morgan Stallions, as well as private owners of Morgan FROM NEBRASKA: stallions, have endorsed the Half-Morgan Book as an encourage ment in the use of Morgan blood and recognition of its value and "Received the sample copy of the MORGAN HORSE MAGAZINE. stated they would register Half-Morgans. Thanks very much. You will find enclosed Si.00 for a year's sub scription. I see you have the pedigree of Romanesque and Bob Of the 724 U. S. Army Remount stallions, 15 are Morgans (the Romansque mixed up in the Magazine. balance Thoroughbred and Arab) and it is to save the offspring I am sending in two names of Morgan stallion owners: of these Morgan stallions, perhaps 200 or 300 a year, from having "Sidney Fitzgibbon, Central City, Nebraska; W. W. Phillips, the Morgan connection completely eradicated under a breeding plan Franklin, Nebraska. of the U. S. Government established 20 years ago. Will look up and send you more breeders names." The offspring of these Morgans make excellent horses on many SAMUEL HESSELGESSER, cattle ranges, and throughout the country there are doubtless as Burwell, Nebraska. many more half-breds, and if, after a period of promotion, a hun dred or so were registered in the Half-Morgan Book annually a useful addition would be added to our revenue. MORGANS BELONG TO THE BRACHYCEPHALOUS BREED! 6. In conclusion: I have carefully considered the objections to This is rather a startling name, but according to a recent writer a Half-Morgan Book, but cannot see how the Morgan Breed would in a Western publication, it is applied to four breeds of horses which be injured by such a step since I feel very strongly that the full are broad between the eyes, and, within this sphere, it is stated that recognition of Half-Morgan stock will keep before the public an the Morgan is embraced. increasing appreciation of the characteristics of Morgan blood. It is The four breeds of horses which are narrow between the eyes to be hoped that the MORGAN HORSE MAGAZINE will contribute are labelled dolychocephalous breeds. If we assume that the pre to a wider recognition of the Morgan Breed, and I feel that the historic age be dated before 1 A.D., and the period since that date operation and exploitation of a Half-Morgan Registry will assist in represents 200 horse generations, there would be as many direct a more extensive knowledge of the Morgan Breed—and so, without ancestors represented as would be shown by placing 60 ciphers after perceiving such influence as injurious to the Breed, I trust the Half- the numeral one. Morgan project will receive the support of Morgan enthusiasts The inheritances of so many animals and the changing environ generally. ment over a period of 2000 years would seem to a layman to make OWEN MOON, it difficult to say whether a modern horse was of the brachycephalous Chairman Executive Committee. or a dolychocephalous breed. JOIN THE MORGAN HORSE CLUB! Every Morgan breeder should join the Morgan Horse Club. QUERY QUERY: On December 10, 1925 the "Breeder's Gazette" carried FOR HALF-MORGAN RECORD BOOK on the cover page a full page illustration of a painting by E. H. Mildred Schneider Garvin, P. O. Box 2148, Spokane, Wash Miner entitled "The Ideal Morgan Mare" (with a foal at her side). ington. Can anyone suggest where either of these two paintings may be (Ranch at Edgemere, Idaho. Stallion—"Gallant Knight"). located ? Perhaps some Morgan owner may know where they are. 92 THE MORGAN HORSE MAGAZINE May-June, 1942 FROM PENNA.: A REAL FARMER FROM M3MTANA: A PROPER HALF MORGAN EOOK "I am enclosing herewith a check for S2 oo for two so •« op Glad to hear from you regarding Morgans. tions to the MORGAN M\G\Z;NE. One for my sell and one tor Mr. I am trying to run a 118-acre farm, including a herd of dairy- Ben D. Cossman, Wheatland, Wyoming. cows, without hired help. "I am for a half-breed record book, provided breeders use a I have not much time to devote to Morgans. The reason I have little judgment about what they register. This also holds for pure some is that I was always interested in the breed. Also I have some bred breeders too. I have seen some half-bloods that are much general saddle work around the farm for which the Morgan is better horses than some pure-blood. better suited to than any other horse. Also, I do not have much ' Why not make application for registry when the colt is foaled time to care for extra horses so my Morgans must work in the fields. and get finalpaper s when he reaches two—provided he comes up Stallion and Mare in Farm Hitch to standard. "I have just delivered a three-quarter blood Morgan three-year- I use my stallion and also a coming three fillyi n the five-horse old stallion to Mr. Cossman that is as good a Morgan Horse as hitch on a two-bottom 14-inch gang plow. I also use them for other anyone would want. He is Morgan inside as well as outside. It kinds of heavy farm work. seems that a horse of this type should be entitled to papers. As to your Remount plan, I guess I could go along with it. As to the other suggestions I can't promise to support them all. Fine Lemon Stock So far my colts have not earned me any income and I must go "On the way home, stopped and visited Mr. and Mrs. Jim a little slow till I can see how people in this vicinity take to Mor Lemon at Sheridan, Wyoming. These folks have some mighty fine gans. They haven't been used around here for years but the old horses. It looks like they know the type of horse they want to timers give very good reports of the ones that used to be in this produce and how to do it. They have gone a long way in a short part of the country. time. If there were more breeders like them, there wouldn't be I am much interested in promoting the breed and will do all that much argument about old type—new type, etc. .Mister, they have I can find time to do and give it all the support that I am financially good horses- and no mistake' Their grades look as good or better able. I have been doing what I could to advertise Morgans by- than most pure-breds." showing at local fairs and the harvest home picnic. They attracted W. F GILES, Limestone, Montana. much attention and favorable comment. P. S Why all the rage to sell horses to the army:-' They don't I am enclosing a snapshot of my stallion and the information pay half enough for a good horse, anyhow desired: Name: Mickey: No. H256: Foaled July, 1938; color, chestnut, FROM KANSAS: VIEW OF HALF MORGAN BOOK large star, short narrow strip, silver mane and tail. 3V2 years, 15 hands; 940 pounds. |ust received the March and April issue. Just what we have been Sire: McAllister, No. 7896, Jubilee King, No. 7^70. Mrs. needing. Would it be possible to secure the preceding issues so that Lewis, No. 03540. I may have a complete list'' Dam: feanne, No. Oil to. Knox Reade, No. 7089. Jean Ann, A word about the Half-Morgan register. Of what earthly use No. 03250. would it be to the Morgan horse or Morgan breeders? What would Am inclosing Sl.00 for year's subscription to the MORGAN be the outcome say five, ten or fiftyyear s hence? Would the progeny HORSE. I was delighted to learn that such a magazine would be of two Half-Morgans be eligible to further registry? Why not leave published. the Running horse people with their half-breed stud book, who Some Morgans Too Thin wants one anyway? It seems on a par with the desire of some to As to the half Morgan register—I think it would be a good start new CLUBS, when the Morgan Horse Club, properly con rhing if you keep it separate from the other register. I am in favor ducted, should fillal l the need felt in this respect. Further lets of cross-breeding to get horses for special purposes, but we need expend any effort and energy above daily needs in continuing the pure-bred stallions to get uniform results. If we mix too much other breeding of such horses as Jubilee King, Mansfield, and a dozen or blood in they will not breed true to type. so top-notchers and let the grade horse business take care of itself. I notice by the pictures, some of the- Morgans are getting too If the owner of a grade mare wants a breeding certificate on his thin built—not heavy enough middled and not enough muscle to foal from a registered Morgan Stallion let the owner of such stallion keep easy at steady work. issue one. It would he as legal as a Stud Book register and wouldn't Let's keep our Morgan Register a little more pure, but I think compromise the registered horse, business. Mrs. Ela of Tovvnsend it would be a good idea to record the half-bloods. Farm has the right idea. Let's abide by revised Rule 2 and breed our Morgans to a definite standard, mating only those that we are My idea of better Morgans is to keep them low down, wide, certain will produce SADDLE TYPE foals, the day of the general thick, heavily muscled The kind that can work every day and still purpose horses having passed. keep in good flash. I think we should not mix tall slim-bodied Expect to have an ad soon. Can you handle cuts in ads'' Have saddle horse blood in the registered Morgans. a fine four-year old stallion tor sale after this breeding season and EARL WILLAMAN. will be glad to place in OCR Magazine. R. D. 1, Transfer, Pa. H. I. RANKIN. 724 West Third St . Wellington, Kansas. P S - -Please advise Mr. Arnold Ryan, 22 West Bowers Street, IN ILLINOIS: Bowers, Mass., that according to I he \'eiinoni Tiail Bulletin ol about two years ago ETHAX ALLEN was buried a few miles east of Please find enclosed check for SI.00 subscription price to THE Lawrence, Kansas The horse in the museum on the Campus of the- Mom,AN Hi Rsi. Have received No 3 Could you start my sub University of Kansas. Lawrence, was Comanche. ( leneral (Misters scription with No 4? horse which he rode into battle of Little Big Horn Incidentally I recently purchased a Morgan stud colt from Mrs Helen B C omanche showed unmistakable Morgan characteristics. (trecnwalt of Pawnee. Illinois. Am greatly interested in Morgan horses and wish you the best of luck with your new and interesting FROM MASSACHUSETTS Bulletin entitled "THE MORI.AN HORSI Enclosed is Sinn lor i years subscription to !io \|IM,I-\N LLMI-R ( BRVC I . HI U-N| M \o V/INI 1 I hulk it is the best horse lua- . uic going Walnut (.rove .Stable. 1\ s Plaines, Illinois | VNI I Hos, li. \\'Cs- ,. . M.CSS.H hu M.i\-|une, Il>i2 THE MORI AN HORSI M \<,A/I\I •,., FROM KANSAS: OPPOSES HALF MORGAN BOOK Enclosed please find my ballot. I am definitely opposed to the Half-Morgan Register. There hardly could be enough rules made to prevent loop-holes which eventually would be a detriment to the Morgan Horse. The present Morgan is one of the heritages of this generation, handed down to us by our forefathers and it is our obligation to preserve this noble creature for posterity. Standing at Meeting Waters, It is my understanding that Rule II is no longer looked upon with favor by the Club. That rule certainly was much less lenient Springfield, Vermont than the plan of this new registration. Whatever the reason for dis carding Rule II is sufficient to close all discussion in favor of this new register. Morgan blood is a product of America, respected by horsemen throughout the country and should be kept intact. If the present breed cannot propagate itself, it is not worthy of its name. JUBILEE KING 7570 The problem before the Club is to breed more pure bred Mor gans as well as to advocate crossing Morgan blood to improve all grades of horses. If there is a demand for another register, it should Famous Morgan Sire of be established independently of The Morgan Horse Club for the Club should not be placed in the position of recognizing by registra tion each horse produced by experimenting with other breeds. Champions One of the outstanding Kansas Morgan breeders said in a recent conversation, "The only thing the Half Morgan Register would prove, is that the horse is not pure bred." (MRS.) TALIA HOUSE ZUHARS. 532 South Market St., Wichita, Kansas. Fee, $50.00. Vermont-owned mares, $25.00. FROM OHIO: "I am in receipt of THE MORGAN HORSE NEWS BULLETIN, and I wish to thank you for sending this and ask that I be furnished Red chestnut, narrow strip, silver future issues. "While at the moment we only have one yearling filly, I am in mane and tail. the market for more Morgan stock, and I am communicating with those persons listed in this Bulletin. "It is my impression that this method of giving publicity to the Height 15.2 - Weight 1070 lbs. Morgan will result in a general increase in owners. This was my first knowledge of the existence of a Morgan organization and I fully expect to become affiliated. "I should like to suggest that in a future number of the BULLETIN a list of publications or texts on the Morgan be included." DR. FRED O'FLAHERTY, Shamrock Knolls, Box 318, RR. 12, Cincinnati, Ohio. Carries the DeJarnette and Knox Morgan blood lines. Remarkable sire FROM ILLINOIS TO VERMONT—JUBILEE KING, 7570 of fine type and quality. Mrs. W. J. Bryant, of Meeting Waters, Springfield, Vermont, recently announced the purchase of the well-known Mid-West Morgan stallion, Jubilee King, 7570, bred by J. C. Brunk of Spring field, Illinois. Jubilee King, 7570, is a chestnut, (strip in face, light mane and tail), foaled June 29, 1927, stands 15.2 hands, weighs 1070 pounds, and is the sire of many champion Morgans in the West, and else where. His sire. Penrod, 6140, by Allen Franklin 5722. His dam: Daisette, 04264, by Senator Knox, 6132. MRS. W. J. BRYANT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS L. H. Wyman, Manager QUESTION: What was a "Morgan" some three centuries ago? ANSWER. From the Oxford Dictionary: "Morgan: Obsolete: 1659, Fuller wrote There were lately false twenty-shilling pieces, (commonly called Morgans) coined by a cunning and cheating Chymist." 9-i THE MORGAN HORSE MAGAZINE May-June, 1942 FROM KANSAS: RYAN PRAISES ROMANESQUE! I "I am in receipt of a copy of your magazine which I read with interest. Was a little surprised to find my picture holding Roman esque whom I stood for four years previous to his being assigned to Mr. Hesselgesser of Burwell, Nebraska. Would like to call your attention to the fact that accompanying the picture you have given by mistake the description and breeding of his son. Bob Romanesque and \isa-ve-rsa. I am a stallion agent for the L' S. Remount Assn., and a Thoroughbred breeder in a small way. Have three Thorough bred mares (registered) and some good grade mares, including a beautiful three-year-old chestnutfilly by Romanesque from a three- eighths Thoroughbred mare I have at the head of this string. Scout master, a good son of Campfire, and a classy horse and wonderful breeder, a picture of whom I enclose. I feel the picture of Roman esque in your March-April number does not do justice so am enclos ing another. I have no "holler" on my personal part of the pic ture as I never did take a prize in a beauty show, and as I am 65 years old have lost hope. With Romanesque, however, the story is different. He has been a Kansas state champion twice, and is indeed a proud, active beautiful chocolate dappled chestnut horse. He stands 15.21/, and weighs 12M), every ounce horse. He has left some- wonderful colts around Abelene and in our Central Kansas Free Fair at Abelene, Kansas, his get has always been outstanding. I am able to see a good horse in any breed. I think I have a wonderful horse- in Scoutmaster and have recently sold one of his sons to the U. S Remount Association for S700, but I will always have in my heart a warm spot for old Romanesque." L. B. RYAN, Abelene, Kansas FOR SALE A very promising Two Year Old FROM CALIFORNIA: "BEST ALL-ROUND HORSES" Stallion "I am much interested in a Half-Morgan Record Book. "How much would they have- to be bred up until they could he registered with the Morgan Horse Club? I breed registered Morgans and am interested in helping others get started with the best all- CALABASAS GIFT around horse, the Morgan. Enclosed please find check for a year's subscription to the magazine." Registration No. 8320 L. W. RtlTLIIK.l , Sanger, (alii FROM CALIF: DRIVING MORGAN STALLION TO MARKET He is well boned and now stands just Enclosed find the necessary SI 00 to keep the MORGAN HORSL under 15 hands and when matured MAGAZINI-. coming. It would mean real disappointment to miss an issue. should weigh 1100 to 1150 lbs. Solid We have five Morgans, two brood mares, one which is Heco- bay color—Black stockings, mane dona, dam of the horse pictured in your second issue named Vara- graph. She is 16 years old and is due to foal at any moment. Also and tail. we have one two-year-old horse colt chestnut, with light mane and tail, and a beauty; one yearling and one two-year-old filly. Also a half Morgan Palomino, yearling. His sire: Montbell Gift, No. 8117 Anything I might say about the enjoyment I have from these by Montcrest Sellman, No. 7289 horses would only sound like gross exaggeration—but it wouldn't be because they are wonderful in their mentalities and under standing. His dam: Serenata, No. 05069 by ( AMtLLi- BLAIR, Springs Farm, El Cajon, Calif. Jinglebells, No. 04582 X, Sere Inclosed please find my check for SI.00 for a years subscription nade Ann, No. 04568 to Tin MORGAN HORSK. I am delighted with it. I was fortunate in being able to attend the meeting of the Morgan Club in Woodstock last August and hear the discussion regarding publicity. I think the directors have- ADDRESS: done an excellent job. I looked for several years for Morgan mares. About the only C. C. FOSTER information I could get was by word of mouth. With THI- MOIU.AN HORSI MAGAZINI. a prospective buyer can satisfy his needs rather 1330 So. Grand Avenue quickly. With it's \ariety of articles, it should turn present horse- owners into prospective Morgm owners Los Angeles, Calif. W R. Bl-l LI., Pn i.-cAc-/ Western \cw York Trail Riders Association. Inc. (District Superintendent, Third District Stale Department ot Iducation. I'lmcrsitv of Male of X'cw York. Fast Aurora. \ Y. ) . M.t\-lunc, ll'i: Tin- MORGAN HORSI MAI.A/INI FROM MAINE gans and one Suffolk. I had thought they would never come back, but I guess they are. "In answer to yourfirst question s in circular letter—1. Yes. I believe I would prefer to keep four Morgans to two of any 2. Yes. You sent a peculiar circular letter. I am advertising to sell other breed. They will not eat any more grain or hay than two big my horses and colts. I can't get time and have no men capable of ones, and do more than twice as much work on our light soils. I breaking colts. I have a registered Morgan gelding three years old. cannot remember when any one of the little Morgans were not able No one has ever made me an offer for him—or any of my other and willing to work. When a team went out the Morgans went. several colts for a year. The government has stopped enlisting men A good Morgan will bring a good price any time. for cavalry as a neighbor boy cannot get into cavalry and is still Enclosed find $1.00, please send THE MORGAN HORSE MAGA waiting to enlist in that division. So what do they want of more ZINE one year, and any free literature you may care to send me. horses? I own eighteen head of saddle horses and colts and will With my best wishes for your success in reviving this noble sell sixteen for $100.00 each. They are all sound and clever, some breed of horses. high schooled." c F RmES I am respectfully, Walnut Crest Farm, Westbrook, Maine. CHARLES C. CLOUSER, Milesburg, Penna. HORSE NOTES FROM NEVADA: In Ohio: Mrs. Gessner. widow of the late fudge George H. "In the March-April issue of THE MORGAN HORSE, I read with Gessner, of Youngstown, Ohio, it is reported, has disposed of her much interest the various views in regard to a Half Breed Morgan Morgan stock. registry book. I offer you my opinion for what it is worth. * * * "Any line of breeding that breeds away from the Morgan blood, In Vermont: A. L. Spencer of Bellows Falls, Vermont, has re I do not wish to see. For instance, breeding a registered Morgan cently purchased from Mrs. Gladys Kramer, North Thetford, Ver mare to other than a Morgan stallion. mont, the Morgan mare, Mountain Flame, X0"S234. Sire: Billy "I favor some sort of provision for keeping records of the Morgan, 6707, by Billy Roberts, 4550. Dam: Betty, by Pete Mor female produce of registered Morgan stallions out of other than gan, 5411. registered Morgan mares, until such time as the breeder has added enough top crosses of Morgan blood that thefillies ca n be given FROM PENNSYLVANIA Morgan registry. And no stallion should be registered that has In the last issue (May-June) Breeders Gazelle, I have read your not both sire and dam registered. ad. THE MORGAN HORSE MAGAZINE, a new illustrated bi-monthly, "The young stud "Vanguard," which I bought one and a half Si.00 per year. So here it is. years ago in Nebraska—hisfirst cro p of colts are here. They are a I wish to inform you that I will not be wanting to buy any Mor fine lot. They have ample size and bone and colts never stood on gan horses, I am too old and not ablefinancially, I do love to read better legs. It looks like I had a real stud in him. good live-stock and agricultural magazines. "Best regards to you, I am I wish to say this, I have in my time worked a good many good "CLARK RINGLING." horses. Percherons, Shires, Clydes, Belgians and six or eight Mor "He also is a real saddle horse." STONE FARM ASSOCIATION CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA AT STUD TOM 8 1 5 7— Bay 1938> 15-21/2 hands- weisht> j i vj'i J o u / in faircondition ) 1150 "Gen. Gates" 'Bennington" 5693 "Mrs. Culvers" "Virgil" 7618 "Troubadour of Willowmoor" "Quenelda" 04268 "Sunflower Maid" "ALTON" 81:: "Ethan Allen, 3d" "Allen H." 6527 "Black Bess" "Althea" 04595 "Croydon Prince" ( "Agatha" 02680 "Artemisia" FOR SALE LOLL A 05700 and MINA 05701 Two yearling daughters of ALTON, 8157. Both foaled in April, 1941. Both dark liver chestnut with white markings. A beautiful pair of fillies. For infomration address STONE FARM ASSOCIATION 90 BROAD STREET, NEW YORK, N.Y. 96 THE MORGAN HORSE MAGAZINE May-June, 1942 BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY REPORTS ON "VERMONT WORK" IN 1907 The Morgan Horse-breeding work of the Bureau has received a great impetus through the generosity of Mr. Joseph Battell, of Middlebury, Vermont. Mr. Battell is known for his devotion to the Morgan horse and has from thefirst been greatly interested in the Bureau's work. Feeling that the importance of the work demanded more land than had been available, Mr. Battell offered FOR SALE $500.00 to give the Department 280 acres of land within two miles of the village of Middlebury. The offer was accepted, and work was begun on the farm April 16, 1907. The land lies very well, the soil is good, and the location is excellent for a horse farm. Since his first Cedar Brook Happy Times gift, Mr. Battell has added 120 aires, making 400 in all. All the horses in the Vermont experiment have been transferred to the new farm at Middlebury, which has been named the Morgan Horse- Chestnut Stallion l"osi, A s H. A R-.g Farm. Although the main work is being done at the new farm, the Foaled May, 1939. Sued by "M.utins MacDonald,," out project is still being carried on in cooperation with the Vermont Experiment Station. of "Bro.idstreet Delight" General Gates No 7"S, Puiehred Stallion License, Dcpaitment ot \o\ No purchases of horses were made during the year, but arrange Jersey for 19-11 ments were made to buy a stallion as soon as funds became .nail- AT STUD able, which was done on July 1. The stallion, General Gates, is a particularly valuable acquisition. He was bred by Mr. Battell, and "BUDDY" was sired by Denning Allen out of Sal lie Scott, by a Thoroughbred. General Gates was selected on account of his individuality and his performance as a sire. He sired the champion Morgan stallion at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition and has made a great impression on the horse stock of central Vermont. Two of thefillies purchase d in 1906 were sired by him. At the time General Gates was bought a yearlingfilly by him out of Ellen (one of the mares purchased in 1906) was also acquired. 18 Mares In 1906 On June 30, 1006, there were in the Vermont stud nine brood No. 7764—Morgan Horse Register mares, one 2-year-oldfilly, two yearlingfillies, six weanling fillies, and one weanling colt. During the spring four mares were bred No 736—193«„ 39, '-In, '-ll. Pine Hied .Stallion License, to General Gates, two to Lambert, and one each to Battle Ax, Dept. of Agriculture, Stale of Nev. jeiscy Morgan, Falcon, and Rob Roy. One 2-year-oldfilly die d August H, 1906, from supposed heart failure, and one twin was lost June 0, Sire: MANSFIELD 7255 1907. BENNINGTON Srt93 ARTEMISIA 112^1 (* From Annual Report of Buic.iu of Animal Industiy of the LI S Department of Agriculture for the year 19(H). Dam: JANA 04446 ALLEN KINO "Wo RL'HV KNOX 01322 INCREASE NUMBER OF BREEDING STALLIONS Five gaited, chestnut, Morgan stallion, star, right hind SAYS COLONEL SCOTT pastern white. In order to further the increase in the production of riding 15 hands l1- inch in height, foaled May 9, 19S1 horses and save the U. S. Army from a larger investment in Re mount Stallions for placement in areas where none are now located. Fee S25 00, payable at time of service. it has been proposed that Morgan stallions, privately owned, meet STANDING AT THREE GATES STABLE ing the requirements of the Army Remount Service, be certified as acceptable Remount Stallions for the breeding season of 10 12. Grove Street - Clifton, N. J. While many stallions have been contributed to the Army Re mount, the above plan likewise contributes without cost the breed ing serv ices of stallions meeting the inspection and approval of Army agents. Since no argument has been raised against this offer of Morgan stallion owners, there would seem to be no objection to the offer of civilian breeders whose cooperation in assisting breeding merited approval of Colonel Scott. In New England, for example, at one time a nationally known HARVEY P. WINGATE horse breeding center, the absence of Remount Stallions is marked 34 Bruce Road in spite of the fact that Fort Ethan Allen secures its horse stock from outside of the area, and a considerable number ot the horses Upper Montclair - New Jersey used b\ the riding departments of summer camps and by the hun dreds of people who rule in New England are not bred or raised in that section of the country New England supplies some of the best riding country to be found anywhere, and it seems that Re mount Stallions owned b\ the Ann\ Remount, or privately owned. should be stationed snA certified m New England and the 1 asi M.iv-June, !<•) V. THI MOIO.AN HORSI MAOA/IM generally in order to stimulate the breeding and raising of riding A TOUCH OF MORGAN IN THE BEST OF 'EM horses meeting Army requirements and the demand of a steadilv There's "Grey Crusader," f. 1937, which in the Coronado Na growing riding public. tional Horseshow, California, July 1941, (with largest entry list in The names of a few Morgan stallions and owners have been 14 annual shows) in a class of 20 entries in the Western Trail Horse at sent to the Quartermaster's Office in Washington, and if any reader Class took second award as a four-year-old, 16.1 hands (63y2 has a Morgan stallion to offer for an Army Remount Certificate, we the hips) weight 1215 lbs., girth 16 inches and bone 8 inches. His would on receipt of a letter forward the- information to Colonel dam was a grey mare, half-Morgan, half Arab, and sire a thorough Daniels. bred Remount Stallion. There Is "Ton^b Guy," a typical Western cow horse. He was DO MORGAN TYPES AND USES DIFFER IN THREE AREAS? ridden 1408 miles' in 23 days and traveled 85 miles on the 23rd Some replies to the postal inquiry would seem to indicate that day. He was ridden by King Kerley of Quanah, Texas, who won there are three uses to which the Morgans are put today: in the East second place in the Pony Express Race, March, 1939, from Nocona, ern areas, a pleasure horse, a saddle horse used for riding in the park Texas, to Treasure Island, in San Francisco Bay. or on the trail, with some style and show qualities; in certain sec His sire was a registered Morgan horse, owned by Robert Anglin tions of the Middle-west, as a utility farm horse of light weight, an of Stanton, Texas, and his dam was an unbroken Mustang in New all-around purpose horse, one that can walk all day and pull; in Mexico. the Far West, a working cow horse, a stock horse, used on the "Jonquil" was one of the great show mares some fifteen years ranges for cow work, one that is intelligent and can outsprint n calf ago, winning the thousand dollar stake at Louisville, Kentucky, in or cow. September, 1027, and many other prizes, and her owner, Mr. R. M. Does this require three different types of Morgans? McCready of Pittsburgh, Pa., has stated that her dam was by "Ike," The Morgan Horse from the days of old Justin Morgan has been whose dam was three-quarters Green Mountain Morgan. famous for its hardiness and adaptability to any and all kinds of It is reported that the blood of "Jonquil" is carrying on in one work, and there is no doubt the Morgan can do anything asked of of the large breeding establishments in Texas. him. The dam of "Jonquil" was "Mary Mac," a mare owned by Mrs. If users of Morgans in the East, Mid-West and Far-West have W H. Field of Mendon, Vermont, for several years. anything to say as to what type of Morgan is best for their locality, let us hear from them with specifications. MORGAN IMPORTED INTO NEW YORK? THERE IS MORGAN BLOOD IN THE BEST OF THEM Without giving any source of this information, it is stated that Some fifteen years ago the most famous show mare was "Jon the founders of New York, the Walloons, brought the Morgan to quil," winner of the thousand dollar stake at Lexington, Kentucky, America. in 1927, owned by Mr. R. T. M. McCready, a well known horseman A rather surprising bit of surmise in view of the statements made of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, wdio has stated that the dam of "Jon by the two well-known historians of the Morgan breed, Battell and quil" was sired by "Ike" whose dam was three-fourths Green Moun Linsley, and by other evidence that Justin Morgan possessed Arab tain Morgan. characteristics and was definitely of "Arabian descent." Registered JOIN MORGAN HORSES The Green Mountain Horse Association FOR SALE A wholly altruistic organization interested in the breeding and training of good saddle horses and the development of a system of back-road bridle trails throughout Vermont. It is also interested in Horse Shows and sponsors an An nual 100-Mile Trail Ride. sO-Mile Pleasure Ride each of three days' duration and a Morgan Horse Show. % FOUNDATION STOCK The Association publishes a magazine which is issued quarterly to all of its members. £ BEST BLOOD LINES Active membership $ 2.00 m QUALITY EXCEEDS PRICE Associate membership 5.00 Contributing membership 10.00 Life membership 50.00 Address all communications and make all checks RHOFIINN STABLES payable to the LAKE SHORE DRIVE, ROUTE 7 GREEN MOUNTAIN HORSE DECATUR, ILLINOIS Dr. and Mrs. Fauntleroy Flinn, Owners ASSOCIATION RUTLAND, VERMONT 98 THF. MORGAN HORSE MAGAZINI May-June, 194: COMMENTS ON THE MORGAN HORSE "THE REGENERATION OF THE MORGAN HORSE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE (Cjiiiiiiind loon /u.c'c "1 I (Continued from />./,? i SO) the breed." they are able to do hard work day after day, that there is a wave Following statements of "The Value of Morgan Blood," The of enthusiasm for Morgans? And this wave is based on a proposi Morgan of History," "The Justin Moigan Horse"—with many quo tion of "value received." tations from D ('. Linsley's book Morgan Horses," published in This brings us to the present, facing the future. We have some 18=^, The Morgan of Linsley's Day" Mr. Rommel completes (not enough) Morgans. What shall we do with them? Shall we the article with four pages as follows: breed to make show horses of them and thereby eliminate some of Best Methods to Revive the Breed those characteristics that are fundamental, which will have to be "In view of the widespread belief that the Morgan breed should done as long as shows are judged on Saddlebred standards? be revived and made- once more an important factor in the horse Shall we try to reenter the light harness game, thereby making industry, it is not surprising that opinions differ as to the best more sacrifices, or shall we take the Morgan as he is—steady, methods to adopt for this purpose There is little if any question willing, alert, kept on half the feed of many of these others, able that the revival of the breed can be accomplished; enough material to face miles of mountain, mud, sleet or snow, and in a pinch to of the type, fixed by inheritance, is available for this The question pull a plow, a mowing machine, or get the family wood pile to seems to be whether an exact revival of the ancient Justin Morgan gether, or take the children, not old enough to drive a car, to school, type should be attempted, or whether we should take the best of and do all of these things reasonable well, and when that is done the ancient type, improve it, and make it conform as closely as pos turn around and do 100 miles of mountain trail and come in with sible to modern requirements. head and tail up and ears pointed straight ahead. Should the Justin Morgan Type Be Adopted? "Let us consider s.o.un the qualities which made Justin Morgan MORGAN BLOOD IN "SAPPHO" HEAD OF A FAMOUS and his sons famous. A further reference to Linsley shows that PALOMINO STRAIN the qualities of Justin Morgan which he regarded as worth preserv "In the production of this breed of beautiful, golden, all-purpose ing are largely the qualities that make the Morgan valuable today, horses, 'Sappho,' famous sire owned by W B. Mitchell, played and the faults which the horse had would be regarded as faults no small part. Some 30 years ago W. B. Mitchellfirst began to use today when found in Morgans. His compactness of form, his high Sappho' in his manada of especially selected mares. He and his and generous spirit, combined with the most perfect tractability; get are the best known Palominos in the United States today, and his bony, sinewy limbs, his lofty style, and easy but vigorous action' it is no exaggeration to say that Sappho' is to the Palomino line are all points of value. Every one of these is admitted by horsemen what 'Anxiety 4th' was to the Hereford family. as fundamental, with the possible exception of the action, on which "The production of this great Palomino forefather was no acci there is a difference of opinion, some breeders wanting the highest dent. Sappho' was the offspring of some of thefinest horse s in and most brilliant action possible and others simply 'easy but vigor his generation. ous action.' Justin Morgan's prepotency as a sire was an asset ot "Sappho's dam iva\ by a brown Morgan horse." the highest value; that also is universally regarded as fundamental —The Cattleman, September, 10-i0. in a sire." (To be continued in No. 6) WHILE IT IS TRUE THAT THE MORGAN BREED WAS THE FIRST GREAT FAMILY OF AMERICAN HORSES IT IS ALSO TRUE THAT THE BLOOD OF JUSTIN MORGAN — foaled in 1789 — IS PROMINENT IN OTHER AMERICAN BREEDS —The American Trotting Horse— —The Kentucky Saddle Horse— —The Tennessee Walking Horse— Today the Morgan still stands out as America's Most Versatile Breed As a Stock and Cutting Horse . Winners in Western Horse Shows As a Saddle and Trail Horse . Winners in 100-Mile Trail Rides As a Utility and Farm Horse .Winners as Work Horses on Farms As a Pleasure and Show Horse Winners in Open Classes on Tanbark Because the Morgan has always been a Family Horse —trained and used by all members of the family— Morgans of today continue to possess these unexcelled characteristics Wonderful dispositions : stamina : good feet and legs : courage High degree of intelligence, . . , .. Breed and Raise adaptability and long life. 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Mtle Trail Ride in 1930. Imported Suffolk-Punch His colts generally have been excellent. Draft Horses High Test Jersey Cattle He has a beautiful head—as Arab-like (if not (3 herd sires, each dam over Km lbs. butterfat) more so) than his stable mate, the registered Arab Suffolk Sheep stallion "Ahranv." Prize Winners—Chicauo International UPWEY FARMS, WOODSTOCK, VT. May-June, io i2 Tm- MolU.W HoRsH M\(,-V-I\I 101 j ) MORGAN HORSE MAGAZINE A magazine devoted to the interests of the Morgan Ho VOL. 1 MAY JUNE, 19-42 No. => Subscription Price, $1.00 per year in advanc Return Postage GuaiantecJ Publication Office—Woodstock, Vt. (Copyright, 19l2) IN THIS NUMBER JA_ ** i >W\ THE U. S. MORGAN HORSE FARM TO - S l ...CL A^r^fiThCf:... Establishment and Growth JUSTIN MORGAN ARAB DESCENT ^ HORSE WEEK AT WOODSTOCK -r. ^1 VIEWS ON HALF-MORGAN BOOK ARTICLES TO COME MORGAN HORSE SHOW, SEPT. 5TH Club Headquarters and Registration Offices, 100- AND 50-MILE TRAIL RIDES MORGAN HORSE CLUB, INC. 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