The <^Morgan Jforse <^Magazine

A QUARTERLY MAGAZINE

(Nov., Feb., May, Aug.)

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VOL. Ill AUG., SEPT., OCT., NOV., 1943 NO. 1

O'NEILL SAYS THE MORGAN IS AMERICA'S NEW MORGAN BREEDER BEST GENERAL PURPOSE HORSE My entry into the Morgan breeding business came as a result I note with much interest the article "General Purpose Utility of my purchase of Anthony Eden, who carries outstanding Horse," and am glad that someone has been able to get past the bloodlines and conformation which has proven itself in his win­ portals with some information along these lines, since it has been nings since he was a colt. my contention that this information should have been passed My interest in Morgan horses comes as a result of my obser­ along many years ago. vation of breeds of horses throughout the United States, and For 25 years we have used Morgan stallions on mares of that in tbe Morgan, we find a diversity of application of a breed many breeds and sizes from ton mares down to ponies, and not which is not equaled in any other of the present American breeds on a mere few but on thousands of mares over the years, and the of horses. The Morgan horse can be trained as a cow horse, uniformity has been amazing in the offspring—the good pliable trail horse, gaited horse, driving horse, trotting horse, and used temperament and durability unequalled in any other work stock for light work. that we have ever seen or used. It seems the days are neither too Diversity of Morgan Unequalled long nor too hot for these Morgan Drafters {The American In each case you will find Morgans with outstanding records Farm Horse). for the above mentioned types of utility. You will find many We find that they will do more work on less feed, not merely Morgans that are trained for one or several of the above men­ from the fact that they are smaller than their dams in many cases, tioned uses. but from more stamina in the sire which transmits his type, I have chosen the chestnut Morgan and expect to carry that character, temperament, durability, and all else that goes in to through in all my breeding practices since in my estimation, it is make a GOOD horse, and lest we forget—that kind, pliable dis the most beautiful color found in horses and a color which, when position—they will like you if you will be but kind to them. used in cross breeding will give the largest percentage of desired As to size—that is controlled much by the type and breed of colors in colts. Many people are interested in producing Palomino a mare. I have some that will weigh around 1700 from large Horses and the chestnut is outstanding in color for breeding Draft mares. However, we find from small mares in many cases these animals. When a Palomino colt is not secured, you have the offspring will be larger than either sire or dam. We have a colt of the most acceptable variations. From chestnut horses observed the results from crosses by light stallions over the years crossed with Albino horses, one can be nearly sure of securing and for many years before we got the Morgans, and find the 100 percent Palominos. results from them to be much more uniform in so many ways I intend to continue acquiring Morgan horses of the very best since they seem tofit int o the hard work program really better, type and bloodlines until I can build myself a stable of most out­ and they seem to be just as contented on the plow as under the standing stock and offer to the public the services of outstanding saddle. The mares from this combination make the most ex­ Morgan stallions and colts of quality Morgan blood. I will cellent broom mares for either the crossing with Draft sires or be doing business hereafter under the name of HEL stables, which Morgan stallions and on the second and third, etc. is taken from the initials of my wife and myself, and from which Bred 1,000 Mares a Season we adopted a trade mark and brand years ago, known as the We have bred nearly 1000 different mares in a single season Lazy HEL brand. At a reasonably early date I expect to have and this truly has been one of the most satisfactory businesses my stock all in one place, where it can be under my personal that we have ever been in. supervision.—Hugh H. Logan, Los Angeles County, California. The Morgan has been a hard working horse down through —From Western Livestock Journal. his approximate 150 years (as history tells us), therefore I feel that is the reason he is contented with whatever job you give MORE MORGANS him. Be more than glad to give any information we can to anyone Mrs. Melvina Morse of Arcadia, Calif., has in the past two interested -along these lines since our experience has been quite years become particularly interested in raising Morgans, and a large. year ago, she purchased King Shoshone 8548, out of the mare O'Neill Writes Breeders' Gazette Shoshone, bred and raised by the late Joseph Brunk at Spring­ field, 111. Paul Kinney, Editor, Since his arrival, King has become popular with Morgan en­ Spencer, Ind. thusiasts and he will be placed in the stud later, to afford an I am so sorry to be so late in answering your very kind letter opportunity for western breeders to infuse this blood into their of the 1 5th, but have been away on one more of my horse trips. Morgans. He has been successful in the shows since brought to In relation to the article on the Utility Horse I am mighty glad California and is developing into a promising horse for show and a wedge hasfinally been driven and while apparently the writer's breeding purposes. experience in this has been somewhat limited it still, I hope, Mrs. Morse also has a half Morgan colt sired by Sun Down opens the way for unhampered experiences along this most inter­ Morgan, out of a grey mare, used for the past ten years in the esting line. And really a too bad part of it is the insincereness (Continued on page 2) Tournament of Roses.—Western Livestock Journal. O'Neill Says the Morgan Is America's Best General WAYS AND MEANS OF GETTING MORE MORGAN Purpose Horse STALLIONS IN THE REMOUNT (Concluded from page 1) Editor's Note: Mr. Cliff Burton's splendid article in a recent relative to the production of this as a future breed withinnumbe itselfr of THE MORGAN HORSE MAGAZINE on the superiority in the advocating of the use of these mares for the production of the Morgan, as a result of his experience of having had a of non-producing animals. Thoroughbred and a Morgan Remount Stallion, prompted the following question: The Morgan-Draft "Have you any suggestions as to ways and means of getting Insofar as the idea is practicable in the Morgan Draft-cross more Morgan stallions into the Remount?" and any other Morgan-cross is concerned there just are no mis­ takes nor misfits, and the mares make the best of brood mares for Here is his answer. the production of more and better horses and can, and are, used "Learn the Remount Stallion Specifications" both with draft stallions or Morgan stallions. Draft colts from the half-Morgan mares still show much Morgan. THE MORGAN HORSE MAGAZINE has suggested another means of getting Morgan stallions to acquire a "Remount" rat­ Breeding Morgan-Draft 25 Years ing, without cost to the government in the matter of purchase, The Morgan Draft has from our (quarter century) ex­ upkeep or replacement. There are many horsemen who know perience been the most satisfactory business that we have ever the Remount requirements, but if an inspection must be made been in, since the colts from foaling have a character of their own by an army officer of a Morgan stallion offered by a private and remain so on and on, and they are the truest of workers. owner for use under Remount conditions, why not make it? The days are never too long nor too hot. In short, they will This plan of approving privately-owned Morgan stallions, stand more work and heat, still do more work on a minimum of which meet all Remount conditions, would seem to offer an feed and more pleasant to handle. They still stay sound over opportunity to expand breeding in the area where owned, as the a longer period of time than any other work stock we have ever stallion would carry the official sanction of the Remount. seen and this is not from the experience of just one or two animals From time to time stallions owned by the U. S. Morgan Horse of this particular combination, but hundreds of them. From the Farm are leased to the Army Remount and are placed throughout large draft mares some of the Morgan crosses will weigh as much the country as "Remount" stallions. If no army officer passed as 1700 which, in my opinion, is on the large side for general on their Remountfitness, Mr. John Williams, the head of the farm purposes. Let's call these Morgan Drafters The American Morgan Horse Farm, is as qualified as anyone to do so. Farm Horse, since the Morgan is America's first horse and like all Under this situation why cannot a "privately-owned" Morgan good Americans he always makes good. He is the horse of no stallion, upon meeting Remount conditions and requirements, apologies. be likewise rated a Remount stallion? Morgan the First American Farm Horse To date this suggestion has not met Army approval. Take the cases of Abbott 7704 and Ulysses 7565 bred, and I thought I had the Michigan College at East Lansing induced each still owned, by the U. S. Morgan Farm at Middlebury, Vt. to make up an American Farm Horse through the use of Archie O Abbott for years has been under lease to New England Agricul­ in a Morgan-Belgian-Percheron combination, using only regis­ tural Colleges and is now rated a "Remount" stallion in Kansas tered stock and which could easily be arranged in a new and —is there any reason why he should not have been rated a Re­ distinct record association with plenty of future, but it seems mount stallion? And there is Ulysses—for years under lease the undercurrent has again washed away my hopes. to Doctor Orcutt in Massachusetts and now located in the West Many years ago I suggested to a man pretty much in the center as a Remount stallion. of things in Horsedom that if we wanted to keep more horses There is a demand in many quarters for Remount Morgan on the farms that we would have to devise a horse that would be stallions, so the question again arises—why not, upon finding more acceptable to the young men of that day since a horse that privately-owned Morgan stallions which meet Remount require­ is more pliable, more durable, alert, pleasant to handle and re­ ments, give them Remount approval as has been done for years quiring less feed and attention, a horse that you would like would to stallions owned and still owned by the U. S. Morgan Horse help turn the trick and which I sincerely believe could have been Farm? at least partially accomplished had the information relative to the The U. S. Morgan Horse Farm does not own all the good Morgan Draft cross been released to the public and which the Morgan stallions suitable for Remount use, and in comparison public were rightly entitled to. with Morgan stallions purchased by the Remount, there are Mr. Kinney, this is becoming rather lengthy, but after so many likely to be some Morgan stallions equally good, privately- years you really can see things in a different light. We still have owned, yet not for sale, which could still meet the Remount re­ the Dutch Belt Cattle and a few Tunis Sheep which are doing quirements and assist in expanding the breeding of horses. OK. However, the Morgans are the most faultless of all. I would like to add when I speak of Morgans I really mean those that look the part. Thanking you for your very kind letter and only trusting I MORGAN—THE UTILITY HORSE may have added only a little light to the matter and will be glad By Nick to go into any phase of the matter in which you may be inter­ ested, and with kindest wishes to you. In the West, he is important in many ways, as a parade horse, Manteno, III. C. J. O'NEILL. as a pleasure horse, and very importantly as a stock horse, re­ ferred to a good deal as the utility horse. Not long ago while in Texas, a Quarter Horse breeder com­ mented to me on the fact that there were many outstanding Mor­ MOUNTAIN SHEIK 8033 gan horses bred in that state by the late Mr. Sellman, and how that type of Morgan will always be important and valuable in Bay: star, snip, fetlocks, left front, both hind white f. thJunee wester 16, n country. He stated that those horses were close to 1929 the ground, had strong, short backs, and showed a great deal Bred by Dr. H. L. Frost of muscle development through the arm, forearm, chest, shoulders Sire: Mendon Boy X7544 and hind quarters. These qualities made the horse valuable to by Rochester Boy 5802 the cattlemen for roping and cutting cattle, and they had the Dam: Rachel 04398 staying qualities which are necessary in working stock during by Ethan Allen 4696 round-ups.—Western Livestock Journal, November 11, 1941.

2 THE MORGAN HORSE MAGAZINE AUG., SEPT., OCT., Nov., 1943 MANY BREEDS OF "SADDLE HORSES" term "milk-cow" or "beef-cow" only to cattle registered in a And Thousands of Saddle Florses! particular cattle society. The dictionaries will doubtless continue to describe a "saddle- The term "saddle-horse" is generally defined as "a horse used horse" as any riding horse, since it would appear that there are with a saddle for riding." In spite of the "American Saddle many saddle-horses outside of the Kentucky Registration books. Breed" established in 1891—the letter "s" in the word "saddle" being capitalized—and the effort of that organization to usurp the term "saddle-horse" as their exclusive property, claiming JUSTIN MORGAN that only in their registration books does a "saddle-horse" exist, "The Biggest Little Horse in the World" and that no other horse is a "saddle-horse"—it may be well to mention other "saddle-breeds" in America: The following is from "New England Comes Back"' by The early Canadian pacers, and the earliest strain of horses in Lawrence Dame: the United States, the famous Narragansett pacers were widely "Of all the famous horses in history and in the stud books, known as superior riding horses. alone of Justin Morgan can it be said that he founded a family. Take the Morgan saddle-horse—the blood of which was in He had the extraordinary power to take other bloods and dom­ the foundation stock of the Standard-bred (trotting), the Ten­ inate them, to stamp them with his own magnificent likeness, nessee Plantation Walking breed, as well as in the American unto the sixth and seventh generation and even the generation Saddle breed—here is a saddle-horse used in the far West as a of today." ranch horse and cow pony, and in the East as a trail horse and "Foaled in Springfield, Mass., in 1789, the first Morgan came a family riding horse. to Vermont while still a colt in payment of a debt owed a frail, There is the Tennessee Plantation Walking horse—surely and scholarly music teacher, Justin Morgan, from whom he took his solely a "saddle-horse" of long use in the South. name. His ancestry, long since lost in obscurity, has always been The Cherokee Nation Indians bred and rode "paint" horses a controversial subject. But there is a general acknowledgement for about 200 years and have definitely stamped the "paint" in there was Arab and probably Dutch type blood in him. every corner of the United States—solely a riding horse. "C. C. Stillman, for a long time secretary and treasurer of the The Nez Perce Indians, in what are now parts of Idaho, national Morgan Horse Club, and an extensive breeder of Washington and Oregon, were horsemen who rode horses. They Morgans, examined the exhumed skeletons of a number of his produced the fine breed of horses with the leopard spotted hips animals to see if their conformation suggested any particular known as Appaloosas. breed. • The American Albino Horse Club has accomplished much in Five Vertebrae—Arab Characteristic the years of breeding for a distinct type and color—principally "In many instances, he discovered they possessed 5 instead of a "saddle horse." 6 lumbar vertebrae—a distinct Arabian characteristic which The Palomino is coming back, and has a definite standard never occurs in a Thoroughbred, and which in spite of their small for the Golden horse—solely a "saddle horse" in the Far West. size enables such horses to carry great weight with marvelous The Quarter Horse, recently organized as a distinct breed in endurance. the Southwest, a wide area (far exceeding the domain of "Justin Morgan had more fineness than was present in the Kentucky) where riding has been followed and practiced for Dutch horse, and a little more weight and bone than the usual many years, must be considered a "saddle-horse." Arabian. He had the trotting ability of tbe former combined The Half-Thoroughbred Stud Book is to promote the breed­ with the nerve and stamina of the latter. By the happy blend­ ing of "saddle-horses" and the aim of the American Remount ing of long-latent characteristics acquired anew from his ances­ Association is to improve the riding horse in this country. try on both sides, he had the ability to perpetuate himself. The Mustang, a development of the plains, became famous "The popular legend goes that one evening a certain Colonel as a riding horse of the Indian, the Army of the West, the DeLancy, commander of a Tory regiment in the Revolutionary settlers and ranchmen of the West. War, rode up to an inn at King's Bridge to imbibe a Tom and The cow horse and the present day stock horse would still Jerry. While he was enjoying himself comfortably before a be classed as a "saddle-horse"—outside of Kentucky. roaringfire, three shivering, hungry Yankees stole his horse and In addition to the above ten strains of American riding- promptly sold it to a Hartford gentleman for $300. This horses—"saddle-horses"—developed in this country to meet stallion was mated to a handsome local mare, and famous Justin the needs and uses throughout the nation, it is worth noting Morgan was the progeny. that the American Saddle Horse Breeders' Association was "A dark bay with flowing mane and tail, he stood only 14 organized in 1891 by a small group of Kentucky horsemen— hands high and weighed less than 1,000 pounds. But he had a almost exclusively Kentucky, as of the 15 officers and directors superabundance of muscle which exhibited itself at every step. elected, thirteen came from that state. His beautiful head with broad forehead, small, well-set ears, In view of the development of the Kentucky saddle-horse bright dark eyes, his large nostrils, magnificent chest and lungs, away from thefield o f usefulness into a show-horse type—why his sloping shoulders, short back and broad muscular loins are not label the breed the Kentucky Show-Horse Breed? still in evidence in the best Morgans today. Through the ages Arabia, Northern Africa and Spain have Personality Transmitted furnished well established strains of riding horses. "However, what might be called his personality has been The Arab for centuries has been recognized as a "saddle- transmitted to his descendants. He was fearless but gentle, obe­ horse" and the founder of the Thoroughbred. dient but playful, patient and tireless. So are those splendid The Barb also ranks among the most ancient of saddle- animals who bear his blood. It has been said that 60 pounds of horse breeds. Morgan are worth 100 pounds of any other horse. The Thoroughbred was established in England from Arab, 1 Published by Random House, New York, 1940. and Half-Arab stock as "a horse used with saddle for riding." 2 Ten pages in the chapter "A Horse and a Hen' are given over to the The Polo-Pony is certainly used exclusively under the saddle. Morgan horse. The Hunter, the Jumper, the Steeplechaser, the Runner, the Remount horse—all are primarily riding horses. FRIENDLY 04963 It seems, therefore, that Kentucky has undertaken a big job to drive the term "saddle-horse," with a small "s," from our Bay mare: f. May 24, 1935 vocabulary and apply the term "Saddle-Horse" with a capital Bred by the U. S. Morgan Horse Farm, Middlebury, Vt. "S" to a horse registered in a particular stud-book. As well Sire: Mansfield 7255, by Bennington 5693 restrict the term "plow-horse" to a specific registration, or the Dam: Ulwina 04510, by Bennington 5693

AUG., SEPT., OCT., Nov., 1943 THE MORGAN HORSE MAGAZINE 3 THE MORGAN HORSE MAGAZINE A MORGAN AGAIN TOPS THE WOODSTOCK Devoted to the Interests of the Morgan Horse 100-MILE TRAIL RIDE Nearly 50 horses were entered and 38 horses finished in the VOL. Ill AUG., SEPT., OCT., Nov.. 1943 No. 1 8th Annual 100-Mile Trail Ride on September 4 at Wood­ stock, Vermont, and in spite of war restrictions and conditions A Quarterly—Subscription, $1.00 a Year in Advance the ride was very successful. Friendly, beautiful registered Morgan mare owned and ridden Display Advertising Rates by 16-year-old Lucia Brown of Milton, Mass., repeated her One page, $20.00—H page, $10.00—14 page, $5.00 1942 triumph by winningfirst prize in the lightweight division Classified Rates of the eighth annual 100-mile Trail Ride Saturday, and thereby Cash in advance: One cent a word. No advertisement less than wins permanent possession of the cup. In fact, she and her twenty-five cents riders took most of the honors of the day. Friendly won the American Remount association cup as outstanding horse in the EDITORIALS Ride and the award given by the Morgan Horse club for the best A DISTINCT BREED registered Morgan in the Ride. She also won third in the trail horse competition at Vail Field Saturday afternoon. Miss Brown "According to W. A. Gocher, the Morgan horse, with the was awarded the junior horsemanship trophy. possible exception of the gaited saddle horse of Kentucky, is the Friendly is 15.2 hands high and weighs about 1,000 pounds. only distinct breed of horse to be developed on this continent." —From "The Horse and Buggy Age in New England," by A beautiful bay, she has thefine nec k and head typical of the Edwin Valentine Mitchell, published by Coward-McCann, Inc.. best of the Morgan breed, and also possesses the lively spirit and 1937. gentle disposition characteristic of the Morgan. Too much praise cannot be paid Miss Brown for her horsemanship throughout the ride and in the Saturday afternoon events. MORGANS FOUNDATION STOCK FOR A The official judges were Harry Linn, Secretary of Agriculture NEW BREED? of Iowa, of Des Moines, Iowa, and Dr. Charles Hults of West Rutland. The official recorder was Dr. Ray Fessenden of Athol, Morgans have been foundation stock for a number of Amer­ Mass., and the official veterinarian Doctor Hults. Glenn Rowell ican breeds—Standard-bred trotters, American Saddle, Tennessee Walkers, Albino—and it now appears some Morgan breeders in of Tunbridge was stable manager. * the Middlewest are crossing Morgans with Palominos of the Quarter Horse type. This should be a very interesting experiment—particularly if they canfix the Palomino color. U. S. MORGAN FARM SOLD FOUR BY MAIL BID The usual plan of selling Morgans by mail bid was again A WALKING CONTEST followed this year at the U. S. Morgan Farm by the sale of four head on August 18th, as follows: The pulling contests for pairs of horses, developed in the Middlewest by the Horse and Mule Association, have attracted Doreen 04821 crowds of people at the big State Fairs and have demonstrated Mare: f. 1933: chestnut that pairs, when well trained and schooled, can pull near their Bred by U. S. Morgan Horse Farm, Middlebury, Vt. own weight, and occasionally more than their weight. But just Sold to: Dr. C. E. Weber, Great Barrington, Mass. exactly what value such a demonstration is to a farmer or a city Sire: Mansfield 7255, Bennington 5693, by General Gates 666, truckman has not been clearly shown since there are few, if any, Artemisia 02731. occasions when a team would be asked to pull to the utmost of Dam: Poinsetta 04232. Troubadour of Willowmoor 6459, their strength. Babe 089. As opposed to the "Pulling-to-the-Limit" event, a Walking contest was set up at the Hartland, Vermont, Fair some years Jade 05403 ago, the purpose of which was to encourage and reward fast Mare: f. 1939: chestnut walking pairs hitched to a four-wheel wagon with a ton load. Bred by the U. S. Morgan Horse Farm. It appeared to the sponsors that in any job, on the farm, in the Sold to Mrs. Karl F. Rand, Gossville, N. H. city or on the highway, a fast walking team, say, walking at the Sire: Abbott 7704, Monterey 7475, by Mansfield 7255, Klyona rate of four miles an hour, was a more profitable one than a team 03313, by Dundee 6479. which could only do three or three-and-a-quarter miles an hour. Dam: Doreen 0482, Mansfield 7255, by Bennington 5693, And by careful selection of breeding stock, fast walking draft Poinsetta 04232, by Troubadour of Willowmoor 6459. stock could be quickly developed and become very useful horses, as practically all farm work is performed at the walk. Here is Keene 8346 where the Morgan or the Morgan-Draft come in as a fast walk­ Gelding: f. 1940: chestnut ing utility work horse. Bred by U. S. Morgan Horse Farm. Sold to: G. W Corkins, Bristol, Vt. DR. FROST PASSED AWAY Sire: Goldfield 7991, Mansfield 7255, by Bennington 5693. Dam: Doreen 04821, Mansfield 7255, by Bennington 5693, Dr. H. L. Frost of Pittsford, Vt., for years a breeder of Poinsetta 04232, by Troubadour of Willowmoor 6459. Morgans and the oldest and the longest contender in tbe Wood­ stock 100-mile Trail Rides, passed away recently after a short Keith 8348 illness. Gelding: f. 1940: bay He and his favorite stallion, Mountain Sheik, took part in Bred by the U. S. Morgan Horse Farm each of the eight Trail Rides, and this year was awarded a special Sold to: D. D. Arkley, Shelburne, Vt. cup, not only as a great horse enthusiast, but "as a loyal sup­ Sire: Mansfield 7255, Bennington 5693, by General Gates 666, porter of the event." Artemisia 02731. Mrs. Frost writes that she will sell the Morgans—three mares Dam: Fairytop 04960, Delmont X7936, by Ulysses 7565, and some young stock—but not "Sheik." Topaz 04442, by Mansfield 7255.

4 THE MORGAN HORSE MAGAZINE AUG., SEPT., OCT., Nov., 1943 COMMENT ON EARLY MORGANS you could get them back the next; the Lamberts have shown at fairs all through the Valley, and always have carried off the blue I, Charles H. Williamson, of the Town of Middlebury, ribbon. County of Addison, and State of Vermont, on oath depose and say that: STATE OF VERMONT, County of Addison: I was born in 1841, at Middlebury, Vt.: Personally appeared at Middlebury, Vermont, on the 17th I remember old Black Hawk as the first Morgan horse that day of March, 1911, the above named Charles H. Williamson, ever impressed me: he was a very black horse and stood a trifle and took oath to the foregoing statements. over 15 hands, and would weigh about 1000 pounds; was very Before me stocky made, round barrel, good back and strong loins, round­ Note: Isaac Williamson, father of Charles, ran a livery stable in Middlebury ing hips and smooth over the hips, beautiful head and small ears; for many years and Charles was a partner in the business after the Civil War carried his tail straight behind him and well up; was a good until after his father died, and then continued the business for several years knee actor for a horse of those days; was a square trotter; General after. Isaac drove stages from Boston to Montreal for years before located at Middlebury. Gates is like Black Hawk excepting in height and size: Black Hawk was about an inch taller than Gates; My father has owned, at a time, from 16 to 20 Morgan livery WHAT WAS DAN TUCKER? horses of the Black Hawk strain that would average from 900 up to 1000 pounds—sometimes a little short of 900. Dapple bay or brown, 15>2 bands, 1165 pounds; foaled As the Black Hawk family would run, throughout the coun­ about 1838; bred by J. C. Hatch, Naoerville, 111.; got by Mor­ try, they would average in height 1 5 hands and weigh about 950 gan Eclipse, said to be son of Bulrush Morgan; dam bay. Owned to 1000: the Black Hawk stallions that I have known would successively by Joseph Naper, Naperville, 111.; J. J. Cleveland, average 15\ and that is putting it small; I should say from 151 Manchester, la.; A. G. Bannister, Naperville; Robert Leach, to 153, and would weigh 1050 pounds; Brush Hill, 111., and, about 1862, by a tavern-keeper at Solon, The Foot horse would stand 15:: and weigh 1050; the 16 miles south of Cedar Rapids, la. A compact, blocky-built Lapham was nearer 16 hands and would weigh 1200; the horse with good action. Stukley Smith horse was not quite as big as the Lapham horse, As Battell stamps him as "a compact, blocky-bui't horse with but would weigh 1150 to 1175; the Hammond horse would good action" and bred in Naperville. 111., the thought arises as to weigh 1200 and stand 16 hands; for style, and action and gait the source of the name "Dan Tucker" and whether or not the they were all good style and good action, and all trotters; I "Dan Tucker" of Illinois, foaled, in 1838 and the "Dan Tucker" never saw any pacers from Black Hawk. of Texas, f. 1895, were related. At the time of Black Hawk the other horses shown in com­ petition with him, at thefirst Stat e Fair held at Middlebury, were Green Mountain, ridden by Mr. Hale, and he was a great NEW BREEDER IN WISCONSIN actor; would stand 153 and weigh 1150 pounds; a chestnut horse with two white hind legs and a beautiful waving mane "I think my subscription to your fine magazine has expired. and tail, and his foretop was waving; he was a trotter; I don't The last issue I received was Volume II, No. 3. Please send the remember which horse won; at the same Fair Flying Morgan next number as I do not want to miss any of the numbers. I was also shown; he was a smaller horse, a trifle under 15 hands, have a two-year-old Morgan stallion, myfirst registere d one. possibly not over 14d; had nice style, was round made, and a He is very gentle and a beauty to look at. Do not know of pretty bay horse; was a pure gaited trotter; would weigh 900. any registered Morgan mares near here, and only one stallion thirty miles away. The Black Hawk Family "Please find enclosed check for two dollars to cover my re­ As I remember, the Black Hawk family of horses shown newal for one year and also send the paper to Mr. Earl H. Krohn, throughout this country in competition with other horses, were R. 2, Brandon, Wisconsin. I am giving him this as a present." always the winners; they had the beauty, style, endurance and E. W. JONES. action; the enduring road qualities of the Black Hawk family Brandon, Wis. couldn't be bettered; I drove a pair of Morgan horses from the old Black Hawk stock, from Middlebury to Rutland in three hours andfive minutes , and it rained half the way down there, SPENCE HAD 13 FOALS and I carried a man with me; I put the horses into a barn and Just received my May-June-July issue. It was so late coming fed them four quarters of oats apiece and got my dinner and that my subscription must be expired. Likely has by now any­ drove them home the same day,—68 miles in all; the next day way, so am enclosing a dollar for renewal. was Monday, and I hitched them to a three seater and carried a Had thirteen colts this year. All sired by Comidore X8002. load to the top of Grand View Mountain; you couldn'tfind a Two of them were out of his ownfillies, bre d back. One of pair that could do that to-day; the pair would not weigh over them died. The other, out of the bestfilly h e has ever sired, is 1 850 pounds; really a beauty. I remember Ethan Allen; he was a bay horse,—would stand I saw something in the magazine about raising the cost of about 15\ nicely formed, beautiful head and neck and would transfer of papers. I think that is a poor idea. Many men who weigh 1025,—was a beautiful made horse; his gait was a square purchase a stallion wish a registered horse just as a guarantee trot; he founded a distinct family and their characteristics were that they are getting a pure-bred, but expect to use him on grade good; they would run about the same size as the Black Hawks; mares, and if the cost of transfer is not very low, will not trans­ I remember Daniel Lambert very well,—saw him when he fer, which makes for trouble later. died; he would stand about 15", and he looked quite big when On the other hand, I would like to see the cost of registration harnessed; would weigh about 1000,—would have to be pretty higher—much higher. I believe it would help to discourage fat to weigh much more than that; he hadfine styl e and beauty the registration of inferior animals. We all know there have and was a square trotter; he founded a distinct family that been many, especially stallions registered and sold to inexper­ :i would run all the way from 14 to 15" hands; they were horses ienced buyers, that should have been castrated. Whenever you of substance and you would think they were all trotters,— see a half-breed—as I have seen many—with long backs and were as good gaitered as you could pick out; I don't know that rough bone, you know there has been a poor sire. For the Mor­ I ever saw a pacer of the old Black Hawk breed; I don't remem­ gan that is true to type has always been noted for shortening ber any Morgan horses that were pacers, they were all trotters. the back and refining the colts from common mares. Speaking of all these horses, their enduring road qualities were R. E. SPENCE. good; you never could drive them so far in one day but what Bannock Star Rte., Dillon, Mont.

AUG., SEPT., OCT., Nov., 1943 THE MORGAN HORSE MAGAZINE 5 ENDURANCE AND COURAGE OF MORGAN C. H., Second Bull Run, Hanover Pr., Brandy Plains, Buckland HORSES IN THE CIVIL WAR Mills, The Wilderness, Spottsylvania C. H., North Anna, Ash­ land, White Oak Swamp, Reams Station." By EUGENE BOGUE BARKER, The above quotations are the inscription on the monument Sugar Hill Farm. Crown Point, N. Y. erected over the grave of Pink. General John Hammond brought From "The Cattleman' December, 1940 Pink back to Crown Point, N. Y., after the Civil War. The following account of the Morgan horses, their records of Pink was a grandson of Hill's noted Morgan Black Hawk, endurance in service during the war 1861-65 does not have to do was raised by Timothy Taft and purchased by Thomas B. with cow horses or cattle land although many of Morgan blood Locke of Crown Point. His sire was taken to California by are used as stock horses today. But it seems to me that lovers of Anderson Cummings in 1856. His dam was of Hambletonian good horses, especially cowboys whose lives have depended many blood. Katie Taft, the celebrated trotting mare sold to Com. a time on the intelligence and courage of the horse he is riding as Vanderbilt before the war was his half-sister, both having the did those horsemen of the Civil War, would be interested in the same mother. He was her 1 8th colt that reached maturity. He following account which I obtained largely from my father, Col. died in Crown Point in 1886, aged thirty years. General Ham­ Elmer J. Barker and from extracts he gave Charles L. Hammond, mond erected over his remains a handsome monument of Wes­ son of Gen. John Hammond, and from the Hammond family terly granite twelve feet high. The inscription on it says, "This and others. horse carried his master 25 years and was never known to show In April, 1861, Fort Sumpter wasfired upon and war was fatigue, while other horses of cavalry and flying artillery were declared. South Carolina seceded and other southern states soon dying from want of food, and exhaustion. He was present followed. during the war at 88 skirmishes and 34 battles, among them On September 15, 1861, John Hammond of Crown Point, Winchester, Orange Court House, Second Bull Run, Hanover, Essex County, New York, opened a recruiting office for a com­ Gettysburg, Hagerstown and the Wilderness." He passed two pany of cavalry. My father, then 19 years old, was one of the winters in Washington, D. C, 1878 and '79, returning to first to sign up. Mr. Chas. Hammond, a prominent citizen of Crown Point each summer. Said the New York Tribune of the town, commissioned his son, John, to buy the horses to November 23, 1886, "He was treated during his last years with mount the men on. John Hammond had made an overland trip as much tenderness as if a human being, and up to the date of his to California in 1849, was an accomplished horseman and an death retained his earlyfire an d courage. He had a record of excellent judge of horse flesh. service for his country that any man might be proud of." My father was put in charge of the horses as they came in, or (To be continued) as you would say on the western range, was a horse wrangler and had the handling of the remuda. This was before the com­ pany was mustered into the service so as he was afterward ser­ JUSTIN MORGAN, GREAT FOUNDER geant, lieutenant, and captain of this detachment which was later Susanne a leading authority on the Kentucky saddle horse Company H, Fifth New York Volunteer Cavalry and Major says: and Colonel in General Custer's division of the Army of the "Justin Morgan was the founder of thefirst grea t American Potomac, he knew these horses individually as probably no other breed, the Morgan horse, and he has been of untold value in the man did. building up of two other great American breeds, the American At this period the prevailing horses of this section were Mor­ Trotter and the Peerless American Saddle Horse."1 gans. The founder of the breed was a two-year-old colt that Here are a few of the many Saddle Horses which trace to Justin Morgan (the man) took from West Springfield, Mass., Justin Morgan: to Randolph, Vt., in the fall of 1791. This colt was said to Old Santa 57; Duluth 79. Bracken Chief 2148, Glorious have been sired by De Lancey's Thoroughbred horse, True Red Cloud 2845, Dick Taylor 1102, Kentucky's Artist 1455, Briton, and proved to be one of the strongest prepotent sires. The Dandy Jim 2d 1 53 1, My Major Dare 4424, Easter Cloud 4128 rich hilly pastures of Vermont gave the Morgans their great bone, —these horses have one cross to Justin Morgan. muscle, wind and endurance. The horse was known as Justin Ike 728, Jack o' Diamonds 1794, Montgomery Chief 1361, Morgan, founder of the breed. Bourbon King 1788, Emerald Chief 2132, Astral King 2805, These horses of Company H, consisting of 108 head, were Bohemian King 2410, Rex Peavine 1796, Kentucky Choice all "Blackhawk" Morgans, all were black, bays and chestnuts. 3765, Kentucky's Best 5664, Golden Glow 3962, Golden Fire­ Hill's Black Hawk was owned at Bridport, Vermont, about six fly 9268, Maurine Fisher 10882, Hazel Dawn (registered as miles from Crown Point, on the east side of Lake Champlain. Rexola 7154), LaFrance 9049, have two crosses to Justin He weighed 1,000 pounds and stood 15J/ hands. The noted 2 Morgan. sire, Ethan Allen, was a son and Daniel Lambert, a grandson. As Mr. Chas. Hammond bought these horses and paid in many (It has been claimed that Old Copperbottom 1601. foaled in 1809 was a son of Justin Morgan: other important Saddle Horses descended from cases far in advance of the price the Government allowed for Justin Morgan include Cabell's Lexington 3234; Coleman's Eureka, 3238; them it was generally conceded that Company H had asfine a Indian Chief, 1718; Peavine 85; Idol 88; Starlight 89; Tom Boyd 90; troop of horses as was to be found in the Northern Army, as Benjamin's Whirlwind 119; Lon Chief 1142: Rex Arbuckle 1467; Peafowl these were the pick of a region noted as the home of fine hors.-s. 2768; and Lady De Jarnette.) Four werefive year s old, ten were nine years old and the rest 1 "Famous Saddle Horses," by Susanne. published 1936. between the ages of six and eight. Forty-five of them were fifteen hands, seven were sixteen hands and the others were be­ tween these limits. TRULY A HALF-MORGAN Only seven of the original horses of this entire Regiment to Green Mountain Morgan 42 which this company belonged were in service at the close of the f. about 1832. d. 1863. war. Four of those seven were survivors of Company H, and Seal brown; weight about 1100 lbs. two others had been sent back north previously by their owners. 14 and a half hands high. Of these 108 horses I have descriptions and war records of Sire: Gifford Morgan1 by Woodbury Morgan" by Justin Mor­ over one-quarter of them which it seems to me worth while to gan. recount. Dam: "Dark bay: a low, thickset mare of ten hundred pounds. Pink, died Sunday, May 25, 1886, aged 30 years. "This Nothing definite is known of her breeding."—Battell, Vol. 1, horse carried bis master 25 years. Was never known to show p. 221. fatigue while other horses of cavalry and flying artillery were dying from want of food and exhaustion. He was present in 1 Tlxre is nothing known about the breeding of his dam—one of those "said to be" cases. 88 skirmishes, and 34 battles, notably, Winchester, Orange -"His dam was of unknown blood."—Battell, Vol. 1, p. 142.

6 THE MORGAN HORSE MAGAZINE AUG., SEPT., OCT., NOV., 1943 HALF-BRED vs. PURE-BRED away from us in registering anything as a pure bred that is not pure. 1 have the May-June-July issue and I see the question of reg­ istering horses of half-blood and so on, is still the question. Pure-Breds Best ' It seems clear to me whether or not to register such horses. It A pure-bred, in the long run, is better and cheaper to own would be fine to register such horses in a stud book all their and handle than a half-breed. I know that, and it is so no own, but not in the pure bred Stud Book. It is too easy for matter what the animal—even in chickens. You can't look at a breeders to say "he's registered in the Morgan Club," and let it bunch of pure-bred stuff without feeling a glow of pride. You go at that. Out here you can look over a bunch of horses and might say "they are pure-bred" to someone, but if they are not, see most any sort of blood showing up. Some will show the you know it inside and you don't feel the same about it. It's clean-cut head and neck of the Morgan with a body related to just like shopping. You ask for a certain brand of food or the best of the drafter, and the other way around. You ask medicine and the clerk says "We are out of that, but here is what the sire was—maybe they will say Morgans, or "the Heinz something 'just as good." That may be so, but that brand is brand, 57 Varieties" which just about hits it. Now and then for tbe one that likes it. / want my brand and nothing else we see an extra handy horse owned by one that really knows will do. how to handle a horse. He will swear the horse is this or that No one could sell me a half-breed Morgan when I am after breed, and there will be nothing whatsoever about the horse to a pure-bred, even at a third of the price I would pay for my kind. show that breed. Who wants a half-Percheron or Belgian and With me, when it comes to stock, money comes last, after the Half-Morgan under saddle? They may be nice in harness, but animal. I'll say "I will take it, what's the price?" I bought a why not keep the breeds and types clean and wherever they cow last year that way. There were three. I could have taken belong. They don't mix well to my notion, and anyone that one at sixty—a "so-called" Guernsey—or one that showed good ever owned a pure Morgan will not be satisfied with less. I know breeding at one hundred. I took the third one that I knew to be I never will. Morgans of 1150 to 1200 pounds are perfect a pure-bred at two hundred. I got laughed at and kidded for hitched to a light rig such as we call a "buckboard." But 1050 throwing my money away. Result? The laugh is the other to 1100 is just about perfect, any more than that and you have way around. She freshened, her heifer calf sold at three months a horse too heavy for fast work that will keep free from blemish old for eighty dollars. I can take the two hundred back for her for years. Sure, I know there are heavy horses up to 1300 any day I like, but in three-and-a-half months she has brought pounds that are really good, but there are too few of them to in forty dollars for cream. I have butter put down for winter. make such breeding a regular habit. Such animals will stand 17 She is milking six-and-a-half gallons on dry feed. She is a or 18 hands high. They belong in the hunter and jumper class pure-bred and shows it in type and looks—and better still—in —not for everyday work. No one wants to jump for the saddle production. So it is with any stock. If the "produce" is just as a regular diet, day after day, especially when their work calls so-so then you are only throwing money away. for riding and handling stock from the back of a horse. Keep the "Papers Clean" A Cattle Raising State The proof of that right here is in horses. You can buy a This statefirst, las t and always is a cattle raising (also sheep) car or train load for "up to $25.00 a head." Who wants them? state where horses are necessary. There are several riding clubs They are horses—all sizes and colors. If they were pure bred where you will see all sorts of horses. But there is not enough the same load would be worth a hundred and more. The of them to make a great difference in horse breeding. All you owners have wasted feed and years in raising such stuff. If there have to do is break gentle some odd-colored horse, a paint, is a dollar to be gained by showing a "paper" with a horse, how palomino or bright chestnut with a lot of white sox and blaze many breeders care if that horse has ridden in his looks the blood and the members fall for him or her like a ton of brick. You of a drafter or a saddler, as the case may be. But if the horse can mention any breed and that makes the horse of "color" just clubs get hard-boiled and keep out such horses, the "True right. Such a horse won't fool a cowman or breeder—one who Breeders" are going to like it. It protects them too. There is sees the horse, not the color. I have heard cowboys say "A not so much danger of buying a mare for the stud with plow horse can be pea green just as long as he is a good one." I have horse blood, if he is raising saddlers, or some "pony blood" if a friend that raised a four-horse team of perfect colored Palomino it is drafters he raises./ It will pay out in a few years to keep horses, but the smallest one (a three-year-old gelding) weighed t. the record and papers clean—pay ever one that owns horses or 1600. They were out of a yellow mare that weighed that and 'any stock. a better than ton chestnut Belgian. MRS. L. E. ROUMELL. Natrona, Wyoming. (No. 26) The Half-Breeds Editorial Note: The Half-Morgan registry has no connection or associa­ --'"No horse club can afford to send men out to every ranch that tion with the Morgan Horse Club Record Book at 90 Broad Street, New 'raises horses, there are too many of them. He likely could pass York City. a "typie" horse to register a half-breed if he could get around to them. But without that personal inspection all kinds of horses would end up in the Stud Book. Result? Just "horses." A MORGAN FUTURITY? In goats you can get 15/16 pure bred, but you can't register the kids as pure bred no matter how many generations you breed If and when the National Morgan Horse Show is resumed them up So I say, keep the horse as good as a goat, at least. at Woodstock, Vermont, the question is asked "could a Futurity Don't let a horse in the pure-bred Stud Book that carries some­ open to all sires be set up or could a particular sire Futurity be thing else, no matter how good he is. I've seen a pedigree that conducted?" read "Dam by so-and-so, out of so-and-so, breeding not Perhaps some stallion owner, or the U. S. Morgan Horse known" O.K.! Put him in the stud book for half-breeds! And Farm, could inaugurate a Futurity for the offspring of a partic­ don't let that book go any farther than three-quarter blood. ular sire, or of the sires of a particular owner. Look at the Arab. You can tell a half blood a mile off. They The John Doe Farm could offer prizes for the offspring of arefine horse s in any man's language, and all because no stud was sires owned at the John Doe Farm. allowed to live and reproduce more unless he was tops in his own In 1934 at Waynesburg, Pa., Fair a "Red Allan Futurity" right So the Arab has his own type, etc., that is strong enough brought out a collection of 11 colts sired by the Morgan stallion. to pass on, even in less than half breed stuff. Here we have a "Red Allan." breed in the Morgan that if kept pure, has the Arab equalled, Such an event might stimulate breeding and encourage 4-H and he is our own. He also throws his type. So let's keep him Club members to take an interest in the formation of 4-H Colt a Morgan head to heels—and not let that grand horse get Clubs.

SEpT ^ OCT., NOV., 1943 THE MORGAN HORSE MAGAZINE 7 THE GOVERNMENT FARM SALE as Ed Hinds and all the old guard. But he was right. His horses told the story. In speaking of Morgans, I can only think of attending the WM. H. TENNYSON. closing out sale at Middlebury. I attended this sale and never Chestertown, N. Y. before or since have I had the pleasure of seeing at any breeding establishment such beautiful Morgans as were sold there that day.

There Was Scotland 5251 KANSAS MORGANS Scotland, 5251, sired by General Gates dam, Highland Mary "I am pleased to report that I have sold the Morgan stallion by Lambert Chief, I think was one of the most wonderful stal­ Royce No. 7748, sire Winterset No. 7403, dam Potena No. lions living at that time. Also his full brother, Ben Lomond, a 04448, to Mr. Clark Ringling, Lovelock, Nevada. Mr. Ring­ large horse, but a little on the coarse order. He went up near ling expressed himself as being very pleased to get Royce, and Montpelier; I have forgotten where Scotland went, and another expects the infusion of his famous blood lines into his band of that was, take it all in all, far the best individual I ever saw. registered Morgans will give him something of especial quality, which I am sure it will. This Was Red Oak 5249 "Mr. O. E. Sutter, Kansas breeder, has three colts by Royce He too was a son of Gates and his dam was by White River which he says he would not sell for any amount of money. He Morgan. I do not know where he went, but as I recall it now has one stallion colt Bar S. Winterset No. 8602 which he in­ I think he went either West or South. It is lamentable that such tends to use for his herd sire. He says that 'all three of these as they were should ever have left Vermont. To my notion colts show promise of developing into the kind of Morgans he there has never been a stallion at the Govt. Farm to compare with has been trying for 20 years to raise.' The late Elmer Brown either Scotland or Red Oak. Joseph Battell was in a class by had three colts by Royce that sold, while still sucking, for future himself so far as breeding Morgans. In his selections he did not delivery, for $200.00 each, and I believe they are now in Cali­ forget size and all-around usefulness. He builded better than fornia. he knew. "Mr. Ringling did not have any mares orfilly colt s he would General Gates a Half-Blood sell, but I refused to let him have Royce until he agreed to sell General Gates was a half-blood, was never trained for speed, me two mares and afilly colt . You see, I am trying to get a little but no doubt had plenty. His full brother Lord Clinton took band of mares and they are very hard to buy. I am no authority a mark of 2:08 a great many years since. on Morgan blood lines, but have been told by Mr. Sutter, Mr. I think Scotland weighed better than 1100 lbs., and I think Doaks (breeder of ROYCE) and the late Elmer Brown that Red Oak would crowd 1200 lbs. I may be somewhat conceited Royce is as strong as they come in the blood of old Black Hawk. about horses, but feel I know horses pretty well—I mean the I regret to let Royce go but for the wonderful opportunity that older, good families—I know little about the horses of today. he will have in Mr. Ringling's herd, an opportunity which I Yes, I well remember Harvester 201. He was bred at Village cannot give him and which the horse and the breed deserve. Farm, East Aurora, New York, owned by C. J. and H. Hamlin, "I feel like this report would be incomplete without a brief owners of stallions Chimes by Electioneer and Mambrino King, description of Royce's physical characteristics. He is coal black, a son of Mambrino Patchen. Harvester was sired by Dave Devil and stays black all the year. He stands, according to my measur­ 209, and was one of the bigger failures as a sire of speed that ing, just at 15 hands, some say 15.2. He weighs 1070 pounds ever happened. Cressius, son of Robert McGreggor was another and is 13 years old. His conformation is of the 'old style' champion that failed as a sire. This makes me think of a good Morgan, something like the artist's conception of the 'original many men that are really great that never have a boy that Justin Morgan' in the last (May-June-July) issue of your maga­ amounts to a tinker's dam, and so it goes. zine. He has style and I would say more sparkle under saddle Black Hawk, Ethan Allen, Daniel Lambert, Aristos, all found than any horse it has been my pleasure to see. He has wonderful families that were far better than anyone is breeding this very wind and endurance, his feet are tough, black, and what I call day. They got a lot of horses that you could do anything you mule feet. He never needs shoes in the toughest going. He has wanted with, they had good size, style and finish a damned sight the heart and willingness to try anything that he is asked to do. better than you can find in Vermont today. I owned and bred Roping, polo, snubbing young horses, all came his way after he several of them—one a good useful one at any kind of work— was ten years old, but he didn't have to learn, we just asked the last one I raised was born in 1911, a son of Lambert B him to do it and he did. Now, lest someone get the opinion that 2:22J4 I believe on the St. Johnsbury track to high wheel sulky. I think he is the perfect Morgan, I will say he is not, but one He was the last living son of Old Daniel Lambert and was owned of his colts is likely to be." by Ed Hinds naer Pittsford, Vt. I drove my mare, Lady Peasley ANDREW W MAHAFFEY. from here there two years to get him. He was a beautiful horse Russell, Kan. and left a lot of nice colts in this community. In looks and color he was a counterpart of his great grandsire Ethan Allen— had the same white ankle forward. When he was coming three- MORGAN LITERATURE WANTED years-old I had him nicely broken that winter when all the boys Morgan Horse Association, were working their horses on the ice at Coon Lake. I took him This is a goofy way to address an envelope but I know it to the ice nine times and he showed me a full mile in 2:40! by 4 will reach you. a half dozen watches. He was a horse we worked on the farm Some little time ago in the National Geographic1 there was a at anything we had to do. He weighed about 1060 the year short paragraph or so and a few pictures of Morgan horses at round. I had a half-sister to him out of same mare that was your Annual Show. I can't find the article now, however, so sired by Lockaway 222 that when four-years-old with 90 days thought this would reach you. handling showed me a mile in 2 :24' . This was on the War- 4 As a youngster I used to enjoy the tales of my father of the rensburg Half Mile Track. I guess they were both good colts. versatility and endurance of his Morgan mare when a young Wish I had one as good right now. Old Lady Peasley was, man. The article again stirred those latent impressions. without doubt, the greatest road horse ever around here. She What literature do you have concerning the Morgan horse? would road 12 miles an hour on her courage. Glens Falls is 27 If any, I will appreciate receiving it. miles from Chestertown and I have driven her between these Thanks much and please pardon this very unorthodox way places \n 5Yi hours. She was an iron horse. I used to think if of addressing an envelope. there was any speed in them I couldfind it . Mr. Battell was very much criticised at the time he selected MRS. CHARLOTTE CHOPE. Gates to head his stud by breeders of the old type Morgans such ' April number, 1943. Wayzata, Mont.

8 THE MORGAN HORSE MAGAZINE AUG., SEPT., OCT., NOV., 1943 MORGAN ABILITY MORGAN CROSS-BRED HORSES By TOMMY GAINES By JOE H. MCCLARAN, Cody, Neb. It was a cold, disagreeable morning, March 1, 1898 An old Morgan stallions crossed on Southern mares make ideal cow man, Mr. Bass, was adjusting his saddle and pack on two spirited ponies. The Morgan stallion that we use is put out by the War Green Mountain Morgan horses; he picked up the lead rope Department and we are using him on two classes of mares. The stepped in the stirrup and was off to begin his journey from first cross on the Thoroughbred gives a horse with a short, higher Oronoque, Kan., to Alaska. set neck, shorter back, a rounding croup, and has a heavier bone June 30 he secured a few provisions near Pavilion, B.C., and than the Thoroughbred, they also have a quieter disposition. was swallowed up by the forest. She is fairly well broke and is already showing traits of a real Mr. Bass was not a navigator, and without roads, bridges, cow horse. trails or reliable maps, he slowly wormed his way through fallen The Morgan stallion crossed with a Mexican mare makes an timber. Day after day, he traveled through a practically unex­ excellent horse for the ranch. They stand about 14:2 hands plored country without even seeing an Indian, and depending tall when they are two years old and from 15 to 15:1 hands at on his rifle for food. three years old. They are very compact in build and will stand On July 22 he heard the rumble of the breakers and discovered hard riding; are of a quiet disposition and can be worked at any he was at the salty waters of the great Pacific Ocean, somewhere speed desired without fretting. They become good cow ponies north of the present site of Campbell River, B. C. soon after they are broken. He is fully broken and is one of the It was impossible to continue northward, because of the best cow horses I have ever ridden.—From The Cattleman, Sep­ straits, rivers, lakes and swamps without detouring at least 200 tember, 1939. miles to the east. Worst of all hazards were the mosquitos that were sapping the vitality from those faithful Morgans. I quote: "The mos­ COMMENT ON THE MORGAN BY THE EDITOR quitos were so bad that I could swing a quart can around my OF "TIME" AUG. 20, 1943 head and catch a gallon of 'em." Mr. Bass didn't expect us to believe that, but wanted us to know that they were plenty bad. Until the 1870's and '80's, the Morgan was the foremost The country was so wet that the abundant grass had no U. S. trotter. The Hambletonian now has the greater speed. A strength, the horses could not adapt themselves to the moss as the thickset, energetic, docile horse, sole possession of Justin Morgan, moose did. an obscure, consumptive New England singing master who died Mr. Bass became discouraged and decided to return to Kansas, in 1798, was the ancestor of the Morgan breed. The "Justin arriving at Oronoque December 24, 1898, with the same two Morgan Horse" died, aged 29, of neglect. But he had endowed Morgans he started with (a 10-months' trip). his descendants with his characteristics: small ears, wide-apart He passed away soon after his return, the exposure and hard­ full eyes, crested neck, well sprung ribs, deep barrel, fairly level ships were too much for a man of his age, but he went with the crops, enduring legs and feet. The average Morgan weight is pioneer spirit.—The Western Horseman. 1,000 lbs.; the color chestnut, brown, bay or black. Before the middle of the 19th century Morgan horses were famed throughout the U. S. for their appearance and endurance, were used for riding, cavalry, stage and general-purpose horses. Mor­ MORGAMINOS IN CALIFORNIA gans stood the rigors of Civil War battles better than any other horse; had (and have) a good reputation with cattlemen of the Paul B. Herrington, the well known Morgan breeder of South and West. But by 1905 Morgan mares, to whom Hesperia, California, reports a fine Palomino horse colt out of breeders had paid scant attention, were fast disappearing. The Goldie Queen 2552, by his registered Morgan stallion, Ken U. S. Department of Agriculture assembled a stud at Burlington. Carmen 815. This is his second Palomino from this mating. In 1907 this stud with the collection of Morgans presented to the Government by Joseph Battell, was moved to Middlebury, Vt., as the U. S. Morgan Horse Farm, operated for the purpose KEN CARMEN 7815 of reviving and preserving the early Morgan type and distribut­ ing surplus stock to foreign and domestic breeders. At this farm Selected by the Western Livestock Journal, issue of September in 1921 was unveiled a bronze statue to the original Justin 15, 1942, as Morgan horse. The Horse of the Month Representative of the good Morgans now being used and de­ MORGANS IN COW COUNTRY veloped on the Morgan breeding farms in the West, we present as Horse of the Month for our third annual Morgan edition, "Enclosed please find $1.00 for subscription to THE MORGAN Ken Carmen, No. 7815 owned by Paul B. Herrington of Ar­ HORSE MAGAZINE. I have been receiving the magazine for the cadia, Calif. past year and have enjoyed every number. Ken Carmen stands 16 hands and weighs 1200 lbs. He is a "Interest in Morgans is increasing in this community which mahogany chestnut and shows full development throughout. is as it should be in any cow country. His size has proven to be an asset in developing Morgans of sub­ The Morgan is gentle, intelligent, easy riding and most re­ stantial size for pleasure and utility uses, giving a little more sponsive and friendly. stature to his colts. In addition he will willingly carry one as far as any other He is sired by Jubilee King No. 7570 by Penrod No. 6140 horse over all kinds of ground and bring him home. and out of Heroda No. 04243 by Allen King No. 7090. With "I am using a three-fourths Morgan stallion I got from Wm. this blood in his veins, he represents one of the well bred Morgan Giles of Limestone, Mont, on some common grade mares and stallions in California. thefirst crop run largely to dark sorrel and show the influence Ken Carmen was bred by J. C. Brunk in Illinois and was of Morgan blood in a marked degree. purchased by Mr. Herrington from H. M. Gumper, owner of "Mr. and Mrs. George Suplee have a young registered Morgan Clearview Stock Farm at Jackson, Mich. stallions and we shall hope to have some good saddle horses Mr. Herrington has used Ken Carmen on many of his around Wheatland, Wyo., in a few years. Palomino mares and has been highly successful in producing half "I'm hoping that sometime I shall be able to attend the Morgan Palominos of quality, which show a preponderance of Morgan Horse Show and Sale." Morgan characteristics. He also is raising some registered Mor­ BEN D. COSSMAN. gans at his ranch at Hesperia, Calif. Wheatland, Wyo.

AUG SEPT., OCT., NOV., 1943 THE MORGAN HORSE MAGAZINE 9 289 MORGAN TRANSFERS SINCE REPORT OF AUCTION SALE OF MORGAN JANUARY 1, 1943 HORSES Held May 15, 1943 at Burklyn Farm As reported by the Registration office of the Morgan Horse Club, 90 Broad Street, New York City, the record of transfers Lyndonville, Vt. from January 1 to October 8 totals 289 animals—157 mares Selling and 132 stallions. While most of the transfers were of one or No. Name Purchaser Address Price two animals, it may be of interest to give the names of 26 owners 1 General Pershing W. A. Mitchell Derby, Vt. . .$ 350.00 who made three or more transfers in this period: 2 Bird L. W. H. Ware Holden, Mass. 400.00 3 Jadee .Joseph M. Davis . Pawtucket. R. I. 250.00 Transfers From Total 4 Alrita .Robert L. Knight. Providence, R. I. 325.00 5 Rita .... Joseph M. Davis. Pawtucket. R. I. 325.00 Chas. E. Allen. Baldwinsville, N. Y. 7 (5 stallions. 2 mares) 6 Bethal Robert L. Knight Providence, R. I. 410.00 Charles F. Ayer. Meeker. Col. 3 ( 1 stallion. 2 mares) 7 Joan Paul A. Draper Canton, Mass. 600.00 Earle Brown, Lyndonville, Vt. (Auction Sale) 17 (2 stallions. 15 marcs) 8 Scarlett O'Hara Bernice R. Townsend St. Johnsbury, Vt. . 405.00 Berman Stock Farm, Pacoima, Calif. . 3(1 stallion, 2 mares) 9 Gertie G. . George Thayer Waterbury, Vt. 430.00 W. W. Chatterton, Wapello, la. 3(2 stallions. 1 mare) 1 0 Miss Bernadette L. Clayton Berry Norwich, Vt. 250.00 Chilocco Agri. School, Chilocco, Okla.. 4 (4 stallions,) 1 1 Esther Spears Dr. Earl Harald Norwich, Vt. 200.00 J. W. Dart, Boston, Mass.. 4 (1 stallion, 3 mares) 1 2 Lady Gwen Robert J. Cartmell Middlebury, Vt. 350.00 Dr. F. Flinn, Decatur. 111. (Dispersal Sale) 11 (3 stallions. 8 mares) 1 3 Sally Rogers R. A. Murdock Middlebury. Vt. 175.00 Helen B. Greenwalt, Pawnee, 111. 3 (2 stallions, 1 mare) 1 4 Ginger Rogers Fritz O. Carlson .119 Monadnock, Rd. 3 mares) Willis Grumbein. Dodge City. Kan. 5 ( 2 stallions. Worcester, Mass. 400.00 Roland G. Hill. Horseshoe Cattle Co.. Gustine. 16 Charlie D. Robert J. Cartmell Middlebury, Vt. 300.00 10 (1 stallion. 9 mares) Calif. ... 1 7 Harvest Night E. B. Reynolds Canton, Mass. 205.00 J. C. Jackson. Harrison, Mont. 3 (1 stallion. 2 mares) 18 Miskuss a colt E. B. Reynolds Canton, Mass. . . 410.00 L. U. Sheep Co., Worland, Wyo. 4 (2 stallions. 2 mares) 3 (1 stallion, 2 mares) Ernest O. McClure. Santa Ana. Calif. Seventeen head Oglala Community High School. Pine Ridge (Averaged $340.00) .$5785.00 So. Dak. .8(6 stallions. 2 mares) (a cripple) 30.00 C. J. O'Neill. Manteno, 111. . 5 (3 stallions, 2 mares) 1 5 Sunny Girl Dr. C. D. Parks. Honesdale. Pa. 4(2 stallions, 2 mares) Total .... $5815.00 Stone Farm Assoc, Charlottesville, Va. . 3(1 stallion, 2 mares) O. E. Sutter, Wichita, Kan. 4 (1 stallion, 3 mares) R. S. Sentney, Hutchinson, Kan. 15 (4 stallions, 1 1 mares) W. P. Thornhill, Miami. Tex. 9(4 stallions, 5 mares) OLD "MONTEREY" Townshend Morgan Horse Farm. Townshend. Vt. 6(3 stallions. 3 mares ) "Please find enclosed one dollar bill to renew my subscription Robert Tynan, Jr.. Stella. Neb. 4(4 stallions) to THE MORGAN HORSE MAGAZINE. I enjoy it very much. U. S. Morgan Horse Farm, Middlebury, Vt. 5 (3 stallions, 2 mares) "We used to live at Uniondale, Penna., just a short way from Upwey Farms. Woodstock, Vt. . . 9(6 stallions, 3 mares) Mrs. A. K. Zeitler, Santa Cruz, Calif. . . 3 ( 3 mares) Honesdale where the winner in the heavyweight division in the Trail Ride last year came from, and of course we must mention Twenty-six owners sold over 50 percent or 155 of the Mor­ the owner, Dr. C. D. Parks. gans—65 being stallions and 90 mares—37 from Vermont, 24 "My great-grandfather, Seth Walker, had Morgans in his time from Kansas and 19 each from Illinois and California. of the Chief Tecumseh family. (If that name is spelled right.) My parents tell me this stallion was buried in the man's front A WALKING RACE! yard at Clifford Corners. "The comments of the Western breeders, with some of whom A year or two ago a ten-mile driving event was added to theI am acquainted, are interesting, too. Morgan Horse Show in addition to the usual horse show events, "Old Monterey is still getting a few mares, although I didn't and the Justin Morgan Four-way Performance Test, but in an use him this year. He looks quite well. I saw him about a earlier day Walking Races were held. month ago." A circular of the stallion Fox Hunter dated April, 1858, J. B. LYON. Orwell, Vt., owner E. D. Griswold refers to his speed at the Ronan, Mont. walk as well as to his other qualities as follows: Monterey 7475, f. 1925. "It is believed that he can walk faster than any horse in the United States: Sire: Mansfield 7255 by Bennington 5693. ' walk, not shuffle. The celebrated horse. "Young Morrill" walked a five mile race against "Clifford," on

10 THE MORGAN HORSE MAGAZINE AUG., SEPT., OCT., Nov., 1943 MORGANS FOR STOCK HORSES THREE TYPES OF ARABS I have been reading this cow horse discussion for some time Although it is recognized that over the years size and type and until I read that story in September 13, issue by Louis may change, by selective breeding and by feeding, we still hear Lavers, I had no intention of getting into it, but he makes a it said that the "true Morgan" is about 13 to 14 hands as statement as to the origin of the Morgan and Steeldust horses, were some of the Morgans a 125 years ago, yet a writer men­ which insofar as the Morgan is concerned, I do not think should tions three types of Arabs as follows: be let go unchallenged. It is extremely important for the maintenance of outstanding sub-species I know very little about Steeldust horses and as far as they are of Arabs to be strictly observed. Otherwise, there will be gradual merging concerned, I will say nothing but the Morgan is something else. of the separate types of pure-bred Arabians, until a breeder having animals I have made a very thorough study of Morgan horses and their of mixed strains can no longer breed for -• type at all. To illustrate: pedigrees. I have the Morgan Register and have given it more The Maneghi is the large, fleet, rather angular type, whence comes the than just a casual reading. thoroughbred. Louis Lavers says that if it were not for the Thoroughbred The Kehilan is the strong type, usually level-headed, preferred for the there would be no Morgan or Steeldust horse. The facts of the cavalry. The Seglawi is the beautiful Arabian "Steed" of our history books—with case is that THE MORGAN HORSE IS IN NO WAY RE­ his fiery, proud carriage, high action and well-rounded body carried on slim LATED TO THE THOROUGHBRED, being not only of a limbs. If all these bloods are infused, the breeder won't be able to produce different breed, but also of a different type of horses. a specified conformation, as he will not know which characteristic will pre­ In all the pedigrees recorded in the Morgan Register there is dominate in a particular instance. Full brothers may be as different as a Maneghi and a Seglawi in conformation—or may have the long legs of the not one stallion or mare which carried any amount of Thorough­ Maneghi with the short, round body of the Seglawi. bred blood that left any imprint on the breed. Our American horses are divided into two groups: those that originated from European breeds and those that came from the desert horses of North Africa and Southwest Asia. HINEMAN BREEDS MORGANS, PALOMINOS The descendants of the European horse have six lumbar verte­ AND JACKS brae, the desert horse has onlyfive, also two less joints in their tails. The Arab and the Barb are of this specie, also many of One of the oldest breeding farms of Jack stock in the United the Spanish horses. And any horse that has enough of the States, Hineman's Jack Farms, operated by H. T. Hineman $5 blood to justify him really to be called a Morgan has the short Sons at Dighton, in Lane County, western Kansas, is also en­ back and tail. gaged in the breeding of Morgan horses and Palomino-Morgans. After years of inquiry I have not yet found a Thoroughbred Hineman's farms started about 30 years ago raising some reg­ with onlyfive lumbar vertebrae. They claim an Arabian found­ istered Morgans for use on their own ranch. Today they have ation for the Thoroughbred. If he ever had any Arab blood some 30 registered Morgans and during the pastfive year s have it has long since been bred out of him, otherwise why the long been selling many of their Morgan stallions to the government back? If the Morgan does not descend from the Arab, he most for breeding animals. surely comes from the same stock that produced the Arab horses. Palomino-Morgan horses are being developed at Hineman's While the school teaches that Justin Morgan owned the through the use of the Palomino stallion Brujo No. 408, by original Morgan horse for a few years, no man today knows Plaudit, on Morgan mares. Brujo is a Quarter Horse type who bred him or what his breeding was. I have my own theory Palomino. supported by some historical facts, but I will not go into it here. The Jack stock at the farms now consists of 150 large, black I have been trying to breed good stock horses for a good many registered Jennets and 75 registered Jacks. Some 400 mares are years and have raised a few that would pass for good ones in bred to Jacks every year and more mules are raised than on any any man's country. But the good ones were not Thoroughbred, other farm in Kansas. though I have bred about 1 50 colts by three different Thorough­ Most of the Hineman Jacks carry the blood of the old grand bred stallions. A lot of these colts made nice horses, but not champion of the herd, Kansas Chief, crowned world's champion range stock horses. I have found them to be hard keepers, very of the long-ears at the Panama Pacific Exposition in San Fran­ subject to going lame when ridden on long rides in rough coun­ cisco in 1915. try. Here in Nevada the rides are long and there are plenty of rocks, big brush and steep hills. Also during the last twenty years, I have had and made much use of three different registered SOME STALLION TRANSFERS Morgan stallions. I am not telling anybody that every colt Hudson X8401—He was for a time used as a sire at the U. S. that they got was a good one, but at that the good ones outnum­ Morgan Horse Farm; sold to Ted Davis, Windsor, Vt., and bered the bad, and that is about as good as a man can expect from by him to George S. Kramer, North Thetford, Vt. any horse breeding. I have never raised the perfect horse yet, and General Pershing 7868—A horse of Iowa breeding acquired by never expect to, but my tops are better than a lot of men ever Mr. Brown at the Stevenson Sale, and at Earle Brown's dis­ rode. I have found the Morgan horse to be a good keeper, persal sale at Lyndonville, Vt., sold to Walter A. Mitchell, hardy and durable, seldom does one have anything the matter Derby, Vt. with him, and they will turn out a large percentage of really Woodland Chief 7902—Brought from Arizona and sold by good cow horses. Justin W. Dart to Paul A. Draper of Boston and later to Where the rides are long and many times the feed is short, Earle Brown, Minneapolis, Minn. one will be a whole lot better mounted if he will stick to horses Vigilant 7352—Winner of many Horse Show prizes; sold by that descended from the short-backed, desert stock, be they Arab, Dr. W. L. Orcutt, West Newbury, Mass., to F. H. Orcutt, Barb, Spanish mustang, or Morgan. For me, personally, it is East Burke, Vt. the Morgan. By much selection of breeding stock I have got Duke of Windsor 8259—A prize winner at the National Mor­ mine up to good sized horses, better than 1100 pounds aver­ gan Horse Show at Woodstock, Vt.; sold by Upwey Farms, age, which is big enough for anybody to ride.—CLARK RING­ Woodstock, Vt., to W. M. &S H. W. Little, Rockland, Me. LING, Winnemucca, Nev.—Western Livestock Journal, Novem­ Woodsman 8202—Sold by Harvey P. Wingate, Upper Mont­ ber 8, 1938. clair, N. J., to J. E. Jackson, Pittsburgh, Pa. Heatherbloom 7980—Sold by Paul B. Wallace, Montrose, Col., to Duane Wilson, Ridgeway, Col. Later to George E. Hine­ FOR SALE: 16 months old filly, rich bay with black points. Sired by Ethen man, Dighton, Kan. Eldon, who is strong in Ethan Allen blood and out of Lippitt May Moro. Chocolate 7586—Sold by R. S. Sentney, Hutchinson, Kan., to This is an outstanding colt that will develop into a true Vermont Morgan of the old type. Registered. Dana W. Kelley, Lexington St., Burlington, Mass. George E. Hineman, Dighton, Kan.

AUG., SEPT., OCT., NOV., 1943 THE MORGAN HORSE MAGAZINE 11 FAME COMES TO A SCHOOL-TEACHER'S the point of the hip, deep barrel, fairly level crops, full quarters, and enduring legs and feet are outstanding characteristics. HORSE The First Vermont Cavalry made its name in the Civil War The Origin and Development of the Morgan Breed on Morgans. Official reports to the War Department state that By WILLIAM J. MADDOX the horses of this organization stood the hardships of campaign much better than any others. In the late 1700's there lived near Randolph, Vt., a school­ The police horses of the city of New York have a national teacher by the name of Justin Morgan. He was something of a renown for uniformity of type, color, —- all being bays, — good lover of horseflesh, so far as his scanty means would permit, and looks, intelligence, and perfect suitability for the job. They he owned a colt that turned out to have some remarkable charac­ are probably nearer the type of good-sized Morgans than any teristics. According to the meagre records we have today, this other present-day American breed. In fact, Jetmore, a United colt, which became known by the name of his master, was small, States Morgan Horse Farm product, wonfirst priz e at both the powerful, and quick. He stood much under fifteen hands, and Brooklyn and New York shows a few years ago as best police tradition has it that he could outwalk, outrun, and outpull any­ horse. Furthermore. Morgans bear a good reputation with the thing else in the countryside. cattlemen of the South and West as cow horses, having the in­ Of his ancestry little is definitely known—a fact which prob­ telligence and courage to "hold" a steer after it has been roped. ably did not worry his master much at the time, although it has Morgan stallions crossed on the proper type of range mares are since become a matter of considerable interest. One investigator said to produce the ideal cow horse. collected evidence indicating that he was sired by the thorough­ As a reward for its work, the Government is beginning to see bred stallion True Briton, also called Beautiful Bay, a horse that the adaptability and value of the Morgan is becoming more, that traced in direct line to Byerly Turk and had numerous other and more widely recognized. There is developing a general need evidences of Arabian blood. Another contends that he was sired for high-class light horses, and the versatile Morgans promise to by a Dutch stallion, which in turn came from Arabian stock. fill that need. They are in demand for saddle horses for ranch The presence of only five lumbar vertebrae in many of his des­ work in the West, for police and cavalry mounts, as pleasure cendants supports both theories of Arabian foundation, though saddle horses, and for polo, and they have been requested from which of these two is correct matters little now, the important every section of the country for general farm work. Their thing to breeders being that he had such strong characteristics fame has spread beyond the borders of the United States. In­ that many of his descendants looked and acted like him even quiries for breeding stock have been received from Cuba, Puerto after his blood had been much diluted. Rico, Central America, Japan and China, not to mention Can­ For many years the breed flourished—in New England Mor­ ada. In foreign countries, stallions are in demand particularly gans were used practically to the exclusion of other horses—until for grading up native stock.—From The Sportsman, May, 1930. the craze for trotting speed struck the country. Much of the best Morgan blood was then mixed with trotting blood, with the result that the Morgan beauty of form and quality went glim­ mering, and the trotting speed failed to show up — although it FROM THE AMERICAN QUARTER HORSE has been contended that the Morgan added stamina to certain ASSOCIATION trotting families. Many high-class Morgan stallions and mares were purchased at attractive prices and taken to other parts of the MRS. M. G. MICHAELIS, JR.—Secretary country; many pure-breds were absorbed by the standard-bred April 1, 1943 and the Kentucky saddle-horse breeds; the identity of others was Dear Mr. Moon: lost; breeding records were not kept, and the horses changed Thank you for your much appreciated letter in which you hands often. enclosed copy of THE MORGAN HORSE MAGAZINE. This dilution and scattering had been going on for years, with I refer you to my letter of March 11, 1943 in which I stated no effort to stop it, when in 1906 the United States Department that "The pedigree your association has accepted as that of Justin of Agriculture and the Vermont Experiment Station began as­ Morgan is principally Thoroughbred, such as the Thoroughbred sembling a small band of Morgan mares at the station's farm was at that time." near Burlington. This marked the beginning of a permanent You mentioned that Old Justin Morgan defeated many project to conserve and perpetuate the best of the breed. Thoroughbreds—so, although both of us realize the Thorough­ It really remained for the late Col. Joseph Battell of Middle­ bred was not an established breed at this early date, we as well as bury, Vt., to put the undertaking on a firm basis. Colonel others, have the habit of.referring to the long distance race horse Battell had been an admirer of the breed for a long time. He had of that time as a Thoroughbred. raised a number offine Morgan s at his Breadloaf Stock Farms, Many of the later day Quarter Horses originated in Illinois, and was the founder of the "American Morgan Register," a around Springfield and Petersburg, but the home of early day work that took up the authentic recording of Morgan blood Quarter Horse was Virginia. lines at a point where D. C. Linsley, also of Middlebury, left off. After I have given the matter a little further study and con­ Today, thanks to the Colonel's generosity, the work of re­ sideration, I shall send you the pedigrees of some of the Illinois trieving and rebuilding the breed is being carried on by the Gov­ Quarter Horses that featured in the development of the Quarter ernment on a thousand-acre farm near Middlebury, known as Horse in the Southwest. Peter McCue, foaled in 1895, and bred the United States Morgan Horse Farm. No effort has been by Samuel and Thomas Watkins of Petersburg, 111., was one of spared in tracing the descendants of the Morgans sold in the early Illinois' greatest Quarter Horse sires. He was a Quarter Horse- days to other parts of the country. Stock has been obtained in Thoroughbred cross, being sired by the Quarter Horse, Dan Kentucky, Kansas, Texas, New York, Washington, Iowa, Rhode Tucker, and out of the Thoroughbred Nora M., by Voltigeur. Island, New Hampshire, and Illinois, as well as in Vermont. Both he and many of his get found their way to Texas and have The whole endeavor has been to revive the very best Morgan gone down in history as great horses and fast for a short distance. blood it is possible to obtain. Box 5 80, Eagle Pass, Tex. Morgans generally are chestnut, brown, bay, or black. Ex­ tensive white marks are not common. A little under fifteen hands is the average, with weight around a thousand pounds. "HARDY STOCK HORSES" Castor, one of the most representative of the present-day breed, weighs eight hundred. They have always been noted for smooth Duval Williams of California states that "half breed Morgan lines, good style, easy keeping qualities, endurance, and docility horses of the Quarter horse type, are very popular with stockmen —this last virtue, however, not calling for any sacrifice of ambi­ generally. Their cool head and strong conformation make tion or courage. Small ears, full eyes with great width between hardy stock horses that remain sound, easy to break, easy to them, crested necks, well-sprung ribs with the last one close to keep, and very easy to sell if you happen to have any."

12 THE MORGAN HORSE MAGAZINE AUG., SEPT., OCT., NOV., 1943 THE OTHER HOUSE OF MORGAN Somehow, though, I like the ears. Nowhere among horses By LAMBERT ST. CLAIR are there ears so shapely or so expressive as those of a Morgan. (From The Spur. September, 1938) Primarily, they are very small—scarcely four orfive inches long. But it is as signals that they count. Just as the deaf mute spells To know a Morgan horse is to love him. To own one is to out his impressions on hisfingers, so the Morgan communicates experience ecstasy. I amfifty years old. I have known Morgans to his knowing friend with his ears. ever since I can remember. And I have loved and do love them. Still, one cannot dissociate the eyes and ears. To me, the syn­ Now I own them and that, in great part, is why, in spite of chronization of the two is a source of constant enjoyment. Re­ worldly vicissitudes, I am happier than most folks. peatedly, in riding through the rolling Maryland country, I am The drabbest period of my life was the wasted years in urban astonished by the message I get through the ears of one of my centers where I not only could find a Morgan, but neither Morgans. An ear (or two), goes back, or forward, and I know could I locate anyone sufficiently informed to talk about them. that something unusual has happened. I look and see nothing. Some day I hope to cover this period with a treatise entitled, I listen and hear nothing. And so I go on—provided my horse THE PASSING OF THE LIVERY STABLE MARKED does not stand at attention and refuse to budge—and both listen THE BEGINNING OF THE DECLINE OF CIVILIZA­ and look. Then, after a time—and you would be amazed at TION. For the Boys in the livery stable knew Morgans. The how long the interval is sometimes—I find what the Morgan has Morgans "had what it takes" and what the world needs today— heard or seen. Always, after I hear what the animal has heard spirit, tenacity, courage. or seen before me, I give thanks that there is no I.Q. test between There are only 4,000 living registered Morgans in the world. animal and his owner. Perhaps that is why unhappiness is so widespread. And, since (To be continued) until recently I hadfive o f the 4,000, that is why I am so happy Now I have only three. I gave the others away because I thought NEW MORGAN BREEDER IN NORTH DAKOTA it would help increase the Morgans. Thefirst, a grand stallion, 161-2 hands high, I gave to the Recently my wife and I decided to raise Morgan horses. We Government farm at Miles City, Mont., where he would have had always raised range horses but decided it would be better a chance he deserved. The other, one of thefinest bloode d Mor­ to have fewer horses but good ones. gan mares in the world, a daughter of General Gates, I gave We contacted W. O. Roberts of the Pine Ridge Indian Agency jointly to a woman, who I believed really cared for the animal, in South Dakota and he unselfishly gave us excellent guidance and the University of Maryland, where few of the animal hus­ in advising us on a three-year-old stallion, Nemaha, chestnut, bandry class ever had seen a Morgan. Recently at the age of blazed face, which we purchased from Mr. Robert Tynan, Jr., twenty-three, the old mare was broken to ride for thefirst time , of Stella, Nebraska, about May 1. Please list this stallion in and also taught to jump! your stallion list by states. His number is 8343—foaled, April My father out in Indiana, owned thefirst Morgan I ever saw. 26, 1940; sire: Agazizz 7700; dam: Rocky Hazel 04891. He was Dan G., afine bay stallion. Like every one of the hun­ Perhaps I am ha^sty, however, I noticed two mares in your dreds I have seen since, he had the general characteristics of the Second Supplement to Volume V: Ada Sentney 05935 and progenitor of the race—old Justin Morgan himself. The offi­ Nettie Sentney 05934, showing ownership of R. S. Sentney, cial Government description of Justin Morgan follows: Hutchinson, Kan. I bought these mares from "Pop" Sentney "Justin Morgan was a dark bay with black legs, mane and June 5, 1943. tail. His high head was sharply cut. His dark eyes were promi­ Yes, we do need publicity on Morgan horses. All our horse nent, lively and pleasant. His wide-set ears were small, pointed loving friends are American Saddle horse crazy. Not to detract and erect. His round body was short-backed, close-ribbed and from this excellent breed I want to say the Morgan is a horse deep. His thin legs were set wide and straight, and the pasterns that "can do," with an even temperament, without a lot of false and shoulders were sloping. His action was straight, bold and fittings and broken tail. We broke our stud Nemaha this sum­ vigorous. His style was proud, nervous and imposing. In a mer. I have never been on a horse that can turn, stunt, stop and word, Justin Morgan was a beautifully symmetrical, stylish, really produce western use like he can. vibrant animal, renowned for looks, manners and substance." We are always awaiting your magazine, and are glad to be Once you know the Morgan, you can tell one as far as you members at 90 Broad Street. Here's hoping we have some colts can see him. Generally—though not always—he is between soon that we can register. 14 and 15 hands high and weighs between 850 and 1,050 JOHN ROUZIE. pounds. He is usually bay, with long and somewhat coarse Bowman, N. Dak. black mane and tail; but he is sometimes sorrel, and occasionally jet black or white. The body is short-coupled because, like the ORIGIN OF THE "VERMONT DRAFT HORSE" Arabian line, the Morgan has only five lumbar vertebrae instead of the customary sjx of other breeds, and the distance between In the "History of the Walker Horse," by Allen W. Thomson, his last rib and the hip bone is less than a handspan. (All of (copyrighted 1893) an account is given of "Morgan Tally-Ho which makes him eat an average of only 10 pounds of hay and or the Walker Horse" "bred and raised by William Walker of 4 pounds of oats a day.) Hartland, Vt.; foaled 1835." The head is the Morgan's most attractive feature. Nowhere He appears to have been sired by the Moulton Horse, nearly in the horse kingdom is a more refined and intelligent head to be 16 hands and over 1200 pounds, a son of Bulrush Morgan and found. It is an animal artist's dream in every respect. The "a large mare called English blood." informed horseman, seeing hisfirst Morgan, regrets that he does Morgan Sire and Draft Type Mares not have two pairs of eyes so that he can look at the animal s ears and eyes simultaneously. The Walker Horse was 16 hands and over 1300 pounds, and his colts, Thomson wrote "had good size, many were large, Here's Looking at You weighing from 1100 to 1300 pounds and 16 hands high," * * * The eyes probably will get you. For they are the windows the large ones by him were mostly used for wheel horses for the to the wondrous soul of the Morgan. Look at them and at once large team." you know that behind them are intelligence, spirit, loyalty and Thomson further says "He (the Walker Horse) was a good understanding! Folks who know what eyes indicate will under­ specimen of the breed that Herbert names the Vermont draft- stand when it is said that a Morgan's eyes are set wide apart. horses. Had Herbert visited Vermont he could have easily Once the owner knows and trusts you, he will turn his eyes upon learned of the Vermont draft-horse origin. It sprang from a you and, although he is voiceless, those eyes will say, "My Morgan sire and from the large mares that were brought into friend;" and you can count on that. the country."

AUG., SEPT., OCT., NOV., 1943 THE MORGAN HORSE MAGAZINE 13 AN IN-BRED MORGAN CALIFORNIA MORGAN HORSE SOCIETY Benjamin's Whirlwind 119 "This will acknowledge with many thanks your letter of recent date with reference to the loan of a half-tone cut of "Gen­ Benjamin's Whirlwind 119, a very handsome 16-hand ma­ eral Gates," also your magazine, THE MORGAN HORSE. hogany bay stallion, was an intensely inbred Morgan with a cross "I am placing your name on our mailing list to receive the of Arabian through Zilcadi, the sire of his second dam. He was Horse Lover Magazine, and shall be pleased to clip from time sired by Indian Chief 1718, by Blood's Black Hawk, by Ver­ to time, items about the Morgan horse. Likewise you may use mont Black Hawk (5), by Sherman Morgan, by Justin Mor­ material appearing in our magazine. gan. His dam was a daughter of Vermont Morgan and his third "Plans are now under way to organize here in California a dam was a daughter of the noted Thoroughbred horse, Im. Morgan Horse Society; the object of which is to have more Barefoot. His dam, Arabian Maid, by Indian Chief was famous breeding classes and showing of Morgans under saddle at the for her beauty. There was no Denmark blood in Benjamin's fairs which we hope will start up shortly again. This new club Whirlwind. will work with the Morgan Horse Club in every way possible Although of most beautiful conformation, great air, and really to bring about more and better horses. We have also been asked of championship caliber, Benjamin's Whirlwind was never to start an Arabian Horse Society and a Thoroughbred Horse shown in the show ring so far as is known but he sired many Club at the same time." exquisite winners. It was as a sire that he used and attained his J. HARTFORD. fame. He was bred by E. Benjamin, of Louisville, Ky., and Horse Lover Magazine, 154 Borica Way, San Francisco, Calif. was foaled in 1877, and died in 1908. To give some idea of the quality and caliber of the horse, it is only necessary to say that he was registered in the Saddle Horse Register as a horse of un­ CHRISTENSEN CROSSING MORGANS AND known breeding because of his individual quality and worth in PALOMINOS the stud. Later his breeding was definitely settled after a dili­ gent search had been made of the horse. Anton Christensen of Ames, la., owner of the Christensen Benjamin's Whirlwind changed ownership several times. He Morgan Horse Farm, recently purchased eight head of Palominos was sold when quite young by his breeder to Williams & Hop­ from W B. Mitchell's Sons of Marfa, Tex. kins, of Eminence, Ky. After making several reasons at Emi­ The lot included seven yearling and two-year-oldfillies and a nence, he was sold at auction and was purchased by a Mr. Morris, two-year-old stallion, Colonel Sappho. of Louisville, for $1,040, who later at the sale received an offer According to an announcement from Hayes Mitchell, the fillies of $1,240 for him which was refused. A Mr. Wren, of Stur­ are all daughters of Sappho, Jr., and granddaughters of the geon, Mo., then purchased him, and after several seasons, he made original Sappho. The stallion is a half brother to Sappho, Jr. The eight are good Quarter Horse type of Palominos and are the seasons of 1886 and 1887 at the stables of De Young &> to be used by Mr. Christensen in crossing with his Morgan stal­ Atterbury, Madison, Mo. lions and mares. About this time, the youngsters by Whirlwind were begin­ ning to attract attention because of their quality, exquisite air and conformation and in the fall of 1887, Wm. Crabb of Emi­ MORGAN-QUARTER HORSES nence, went to Missouri to buy him and when a price was put upon Whirlwind, he bought him instantly without a murmur. The following statement appears in Volume I, page 621, of After several seasons at Eminence, he made one or two seasons, The Morgan Horse Register, published by Colonel Joseph Battell about 1896 to 1897, at Gallatin, Tenn. in 1894: His get in Missouri were now coming on infine conditio n and Tiger (Purdy's Bulrush Morgan) Missouri saw her mistake in selling this horse, so Atterbury Bros., Black, heavy wavy mane and tail, 950 pounds; said to be by wrote the Kentucky firm for a price on him and was told that he Bulrush Morgan, or a son of his. Taken, 1853, from Ver­ was not for sale. Later a price of $10,000 was put on him, a mont to Ohio. Owned in turn by Smith Babcock, Rochester, price that at that time was considered prohibitive. Several years O.; Mr. Purdy, New London, O.; H. Childs of same place; then later one of the members of the firm owning him, died, and he sold and went to Bronson, Mich., where he died about 1864. was again offered at auction. Col. I. N. Atterbury attended the Stock of good size, and some of them noted as quarter horses. sale and put in a bid of $1,500 but the horse wasfinally knocke d off to one of the surviving members of the firm. Colonel Atter­ bury felt that his bid really had bought the horse but the owners MONTEREY 7475 IN MONTANA would only consent to put the horse up again in the auction. Colonel Atterbury then offered $2,000 which was refused. The Thought you might enjoy a picture of Monterey, 7475, .. owners said they would take $5,000 and promised that if ever as he looks today, also to hear from him again. In return I am they decided to offer the horse for sale, they would give Colonel going to take the privilege of asking a couple of questions. Atterbury thefirst opportunity to buy. In 1896, the owners "Would you know if he was broke to the harness before he of Benjamin's Whirlwind decided to close their business and was brought west? And is he the sire of the Morgan stallion "Abbott" which I think is still here on the Government Farm at Whirlwind again became the property of Missouri, being pur­ Middlebury? chased by J. W. Atterbury & Brother, of Madison, Mo., and "Am also putting Monterey on a couple of high grade occupied the same quarters he had left some years before. He Percheron mares of mine—trying to get a real work team. I was then nineteen years old and remained at Madison, Mo., bred my cow horse mare to him a year ago, then I got him to until his death. stand for service in my charge this summer. I do not own him." Notwithstanding the fact that during his entire career he was J. B. LYON. in competition with some of the most outstanding horses of the Ronan, Mont. breed among them being Montrose 106 and LeGrand, the su­ "P.S. I tried to get his U. S. brand in the picture but the snaps perior qualities of the Whirlwinds, both in Missouri and in Ken­ taken from the other side did not turn out well." tucky, were so noticeable that his colts found ready sale from weanlings to two-year-olds and but few ever reached maturity Yes. Monterey was the sire of Abbott 7704 now in Kansas. in the sections in which they were foaled. While he sired many Monterey 7475 f. 1925. wonderful sons he was even a greater sire of daughters of exqui­ Sire: Mansfield 7255 by Bennington 5693. site quality.—From Farmers Home Journal, January, 1933. Dam: Scotanna 04329 by Scotland 6000.

14 THE MORGAN HORSE MAGAZINE AUG., SEPT., OCT., NOV., 1943 MAINE MAN WANTS DRIVERS WHY DUTCH? "Would you kindly send me a copy of THE MORGAN HORSE "This summer I'm spending my vacation working in the MAGAZINE? Am more interested in driving horses and for light shipyards and miss horses. Last Sunday I visited the Pacific draft than in saddle stock." Southwest Museum at Exposition Park, and Justin Morgan's pedigree is charted on a large wall. The Dutch blood is given prominence. I believe the original Justin was mostly Arab, but For 150 years Morgan horses have been the accepted utility and general he had some other blood too. If you write to the above Museum purpose horse on farms and in the country, for "driving and light draft" splendid dispositions and adaptability, stamina and soundness, and long-life arc it may give you its source and copy of its chart." theit chief characteristics. WALLACE SMITH. 251 E. 84th Street, Los Angeles 3, Calif. Editor:—Mr. Justin Morgan, the owner, in an advertisement bearing the WANTS BI-MONTHLY date of April 30, 1795 when the horse was six years old, stated that his horse "Figure sprang from a curious horse owned by Col. Delansey of New York." "Please register my urgent request that a movement be startedOccasionall y some writer, not informed about this advertisement, mentions to return the magazine to a bi-monthly instead of a quarterly, this Dutch myth—it would be interesting to learn the source of this idea. and raise the price to $1.50 to justify such a move. It is just too long between issues. "Please find enclosed $5.00 for a quarter-page advertisement BILLY C. MORGAN in your next issue." The horse with the thousand colts. I certainly admired the ANDREW W. MAHAFFEY. band of mares I saw in the pasture at Upwey. They are the best Russell. Kan. lot of Morgan mares that I have ever seen in a bunch, and they should produce some excellent foals. WHO CAN TELL ABOUT THE "STEEL DUSTS?" Last Sunday I sold a three-year-old mare to go up in north­ west Wisconsin for $500.00 which isn't so bad, and that cleans "Thank you for your letter and the three copies of THE us of Morgan fillies and mares. MORGAN HORSE MAGAZINE. I didn't know they had been sent Have a very good mare here to breed to Archie Hudson (Archie to Bristol or I would have sent my address sooner. O's sire) belonging to Mr. Raplus of Elgin, Illinois. "Ifind the magazine very interesting and hope to receive the C. J. O'NEILL. August-September-October number soon. Am eagerly awaiting Manteno, 111. also an order copy of Volume IV of the Register which, I hope, contains the names of younger horses noted in my reading. "Can you tell me anything of the Steel Dusts? Were they CRANFORD 7795 DEAD Morgans or Saddlebreds, or what? Also, Allan F -1, whom the Cranford 7795: chestnut; foaled 1932; height 15.1; weight Tennessee Walking people claim for their foundation sire—said 1080. to be part Morgan, anyway. Yours for more Morgans, with the Bred by U. S. Morgan Farm, Middlebury, Vt. X eliminated!" Sire: Mansfield 7255, by Bennington 5693 by dam: Artemi­ LOTTIE A. BEALS. sia 02731. 169 Collins St.. Hartford 5, Conn. Dam: Eudora 0672 by General Gates 666, dam: Babe 089 by Bob Morgan 4549. MORGANS IN BANGOR, ME. For years loaned to the U. S. Army Remount and stationed at Cliff Burton's Ranch at Coffeyville, Kan., and exchanged "Herewith is $1.00 in cash for which please enter my sub­ some months ago for Abbott 7704. After his return to the scription to your magazine. I am very much interested in Mor­ U. S. Morgan Horse Farm at Middlebury, Vermont, he died gan horses, there being two very fine specimens at the stable before the next breeding season. where my horse is boarded—the stallion Tipperary and the reg­ istered mare Shalimar. MRS. SAMUEL J. ROSEN. 62 Boutelle Rd., Bangor, Me. MORGANS WANTED IN CONNECTICUT Tipperary 7518, f. 1926. Will you let me know where Morgan horses are for sale near Sire: Mansfield 7255. South Eastern Connecticut? Dam: Folly 03093 by Bennington 5693. This information will be appreciated by, Shalimar 04999, f. 1935. FREDERIC C. PAFFARD- Sire: Tipperary 7518. Stone Acres, Stonington, Conn. Dam: Rootina 04664 by Mansfield 7255.

HALF-MORGAN—THIRD PLACE "LET'S BREED MORGANS" In the Concord-Mt. Diablo, California 1943 Trail Ride, The discussion about Half-Morgan Register is quite interest­ third place in the heavyweight class was won by E. J. Jackson of ing, so I will add my bit. I am against the dropping of X be­ Concord, Calif., on Chica, a half-Morgan mare. fore the number in the pedigree, also against the opening of rule This, the third successful ride, covered 94.60 miles in two II unless a Half-Morgan Register is started and not then until a days over trails from 550 ft. to 2300 ft. above sea level. colt can show at least 63-64 Morgan blood or more through registry in the Half-Morgan Register if it should be started, and no stallions should be registered in the Half-Morgan Register. There is enough outside blood in now. Let's keep them good MORGANS IN THE WOODSTOCK TRAIL RIDE and make them better. Let's breed Morgans. If a Half-Morgan Register is started I would suggest that each registry certificate This year, of the forty-two horses entered in the 100-mile be stamped in large letters with the percentage of Morgan blood Trail Ride, nine were registered Morgans and six were part- Morgan. the colt has." This year three Morgan stallions took part in the Ride, the RICHARD TAYLOR. largest number of stallions ever to participate. Hanna City, 111.

AUG., SEPT., OCT., NOV., 1943 THE MORGAN HORSE MAGAZINE 15 RAISING MORE MORGANS Without a study of the registration records for the year it is difficult to give anyfigures o n the number of foals in 1943, but it would seem that the number should exceed those of 1942. Here in Vermont the U. S. Morgan Horse Farm leads with 19 foals, and Upwey Farms is second with 13 foals.

SPECIAL "RIDE" AWARDS The Morgan Horse Club's special awards to the best registered Morgans in the Ride were as follows: First to "Friendly" $25.00 Miss Lucia Brown, Milton, Mass. Second to "Donnyvonne" $15.00 Townshend Morgan Farm, Townshend, Vt. Third to "Upwey Bing" $10.00 Gordon Milne, New York City.

NEW OR OLD TYPE IN THOROUGHBREDS? It is to be noted that in these modern times, it may be said, that the Thoroughbred breeders have developed a "New Type" of Thoroughbred, up to 27 percent, or 1 5 inches, higher than the "Old-fashioned Type", of 1700, when the average height of the English racer was 1 3 hands and 3 inches. With this the average, may it be assumed that 25 percent of the thoroughbreds of that day were something less than 13 hands or near 12 hands? Take a look at the celebrated "Gimcrack" (1760) said to have been 13.3 as an example of the "Old Type", and who today would select him over the "New Type"?

WAYNE DINSMORE SAYS: "Morgans, named after their foundation sire, Justin Morgan, are unknown back of that sire; but their symmetry, full made bodies and jaunty carriage of head and neck, led to their rather extensive use between 1850 and 1900, and their blood is present through many of the mares used in the early development of the American Trotter (Standard Bred) the American Saddle horse, and the Plantation Walking horses. Morgans were quite widely used in Texas 50 or 60 years ago, and their blood is present in some degree in many of the riding horses in the South­ west. Their blood, through mares, has blended readily with that of the other breeds.—In The Cattleman. September, 1939.

CAPTAIN HARVEY P. WINGATE The New York Herald-Tribune of November 2, 1943 car­ ried the following Associated Press story dated Naples, Italy, November 1 : The A. M. G. (Allied Military Government) transportation, communica­ tions and public utilities section, headed by Capt. H. P. Wingate, of Upper Montclair, N. J., is working with the Army to restore the electric system dam­ aged by the Germans before they retreated.

THE HALF-MORGAN RECORD BOOK Application blanks for registering mares or geldings with one Registered Morgan Parent in the Half-Morgan Record Book are now available at the Half-Morgan Record office, 155 East 44th Street, New York 17, N.Y., Mr. Alan N. Mann in charge. Send now for your application blanks. The purpose of the Half-Morgan Record is to recognize the Morgan blood and thus assist in spreading the high quality of such blood when cross-bred on non-Morgan stock of light horse type. In many sections the Morgan influence has been found superior to that of other breeds in the production of animals of uniform type with good disposition, soundness and stamina.

16 THE MORGAN HORSE MAGAZINE AUG., SEPT., OCT., Nov., 1943 BILLY C. MORGAN X8409 .dlll!ill!i;iiiil!!!l!l!!l!;!illlllililililll!!IM Dark bay—no markings, f. May 20, 1922 Bred by: C. J. O'Neill, Manteno, 111. Sire: by Selim 5926 (Shaw's) a son of Aureolus 4052 and Topsy (daughter of J. A. D. 4939). Dam: Molley (unregistered but with Morgan blood). THE JUSTIN MORGAN PAINTING fOR SflL€ In answer to your inquiry concerning the painting of a horse, I am sorry to say that I haven't any recollection as to the source nor the history of this painting. When I moved from Vermont THE GREAT MORGAN STALLION to Cornwall, N. Y , and into the Morgan Horse farm dwelling house in 1914, it was hanging on the wall in the library. I re­ member that Mr. Stillman said that it was an old painting but I do not know how he came into possession of it. After Mr. Still­ man's death Mr. R. J. Kent bought this picture at the auction. I am sorry not to be able to furnish you with any more in­ formation. W. R. WATKINS. Cornwallis 7698 Windsor. Vt.

SELLING THE LEG OF A MARE Owing to war work I am obliged to sell my breed­ Major-General Tweedie says that . "the Arab will sell a ing stock of Morgans. I am keeping only some leg of his mare—that is. a certain share in her produce, to a youngfillies from CORNWALLIS. neighbor."—Quoted by RlDGEWAY. He is one of the outstanding sires in the country to­ FROM NEW YORK: day. His colts all have his fine type, good action "Received a copy of your magazine and have read it from cover to cover. I have always admired the Morgan horse and and perfect disposition. now have a young stallion I purchased in May. His name is Townshend John 8700, foaled in July 1942 and sired by John fSm ETHAN ALLEN 6537 A. Darling. Hope some day to be able to raise some colts, but Sire: J By Ethan Allen 3d, 3987 as I know of no registered Morgans in this section of the country, SEALECT 7266 1 BELL MAREA 0189 I am overjoyed to learn of your Half-Morgan Registry and hope I By Knox Morgan 4677 to be able to use it some day. ("DONALD 5224 Enclosed please find money order for $1.00 for a year's sub­ Dam: J By Bob Morgan 4549 scription to your magazine. Please start with the August-Sep­ CORNWALL LASS 04311 | BONNIE JEAN 0343 tember-October issue, as I don't want to miss any of them and I By Ethan Allen 2d, 406 this is the May-June-July issue that I have." MRS. MARY L. ARNOLD. Arnona Farm, Kanona, N. Y.

FROM ARIZONA: Also Have Two Fine Two-Year-Old Stallions This will advise you of my change of address from—Rt. 12, For Sale Box 299, to Rt. 12, Box 926, Phoenix, Ariz. I enjoy the magazine very much and hate to miss any. Also NUBBIN 05647 I would appreciate it if you have a picture of Linsley, 7233, to run it in the magazine. I have a young stallion of that breed­ A Real Old Type Morgan Mare in Foal to ing. Also, if there are any available, of Headlight Morgan, 4683. I would like very much to purchase a Morgan mare that CORNWALLIS would cross with my horse, but as there are none for sale in these parts and the transportation business so unfavorable, it looks as if I'll have to hang and rattle for some time. With best of luck for the Magazine and the Morgan Horse. A. N. KAY. Write for Further Information, Box 926, Phoenix, Ariz. Pictures and Prices FROM OHIO: "Please find two dollars enclosed for which one is to be used C. E. ALLEN for my subscription to your magazine from this date on, and the other for the copies preceding this date. INDIAN SPRING STOCK FARM "Also would you be kind enough to give me the particulars regarding the registration of a weanlingfilly that I have. Her sire and dam are both registered so there is no doubt that she is Baldwinsville, New York eligible." DON I. DAVIS. R. R. 3, Wapakoneta, O. i|!!l!l!l!illil!!!ll!!!Jli!l!!!!fi!!;M

AUG., SEPT., OCT., NOV., 1943 THE MORGAN HORSE MAGAZINE 17 FROM WASHINGTON: "Didn't know there was such a paper until yesterday when I ran across your card mailed to me March 23. Enclosed find my Young Morgans check for $1.00 for THE MORGAN HORSE MAGAZINE for one year. "If your magazine is as good as the horse for which it is named, wouldn't be without it. Colts and Fillies "We own Gallant Knight, Morgan four-year-old stud. Send and me your last issue." MILDRED S. GARVIN. A Few Brood Mares P. O. Box 2148. Spokane. AT PRIVATE SALE FROM PENNSYLVANIA: "Please renew my subscription for one year to THE MORGAN HORSE MAGAZINE. Enclosed you will find one dollar. "Am enclosing a picture of Roubidoux, No. 8342. Height 14:31-2 ; weight 1070. Foaled May 8, 1940. Color, chestnut, We offer excellent individuals of the light mane and tail. "Just sold a registered yearling filly the other day, Quaker best blood lines, of the best type, Maid, No. 05911 by Plains King. Mr. McDaniel of Cochran- ton, Pa., is the new owner." and of proven performance EARL WILLAMAN. Transfer, Pa.

AGAINST HALF-REGISTER Enclosed please find my non-member ballot against the es­ tablishment of a half-Morgan register. UPWEY FARMS For a number of years I was a full member, as I then was in Woodstock Vermont the business of breeding Morgans in a modest way, with about fifteen mares. This suggestion of a half-Morgan register fills Breeders of Prize-Winning Suffolk-Punch Horses, me with horror. I think that it would be the worst thing that Suffolk Sheep and High Producing could possibly come to our good Morgan breed. We cannot be Jersey Cattle "half slave and half free." To me, the mere thought of such a thing is fantastic in the extreme. How can we keep our stand­ ards if we let down the bars half-way? I cannot help but feel that it would be the ruination of the breed, and that before long that breed of horses would be a thing of the past. Through a long time of careful breeding, at the sacrifice and expense of many people in standardizing this wonderful only-true-Ameri­ Register Before December 31, 1943 can type, we have reached the point where the standard is more or less fixed. If it is not sufficiently fixed, the efforts of breeders should be entirely along that line so as to make as distinct a type as possible, and one that carries the true tradition of the Morgans in being useful as well as ornamental in every way a horse can FEES FOR REGISTRATION AND be used. I am sorry to learn that you are having difficulties in keeping TRANSFER IN THE up the stud book and magazine, but the proposal of bringing in an entirely separate blood is not going to help matters, as I see AMERICAN MORGAN HORSE it, but will do immeasurable harm. If interest and financial help is lagging, let us go down with our flag flying rather than to REGISTER follow the lines of "appeasement." What would the breeders of our American Thoroughbred, our Percheron, Clydes, Shires, etc., think of such a thing as is now To Members To proposed for the Morgan? of The Morgan Non- Horse Club Members REGINALD H. PARSONS. Mountcrest Ranch, Hilt, Calif. REGISTRATION: 2300-05 Northern Life Tower. Seattle, Wash. Animals before passing December 3 1 of their first year $3.00 $ 5.00 Ask your friends to subscribe to the Animals passed December 31 of their first year 5.00 10.00 MORGAN HORSE MAGAZINE Established in 1 941 by TRANSFER: The Morgan Horse Club, 90 Broad St., New York City Recorded within six months from date of sale $2.00 $ 4.00 Illustrated Quarterly Magazine

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THE MORGAN HORSE MAGAZINE AUG., SEPT., OCT., NOV., 1943 CALIFORNIA Here's Your Chance! MORGAN STALLION The Monogram Film Producing Company is preparing to screen "Black Beauty" at their Hollywood Studio. A wonderful advertisement for the breed if black Morgans could be supplied—can a California committee work on this project? Here is a clipping from the Motion Picture Herald: "MONOGRAM has announced that its property department is searching for an ebony colored equine yet to be born. They are also in the market for six other black mares of various ages. The search is being timed to correspond with the shooting sched­ ule because the seven horses are to play roles in the forthcoming production 'Black Beauty,' an adaptation from the Anna Sewell novel. All the horses must be identical, including the yet-to-be-born REVRAC - No. 8059 colt, all coal black with a white star on the forehead. The ani­ FOALED MAY 3, 1937 mals are to play 'Black Beauty' in her various stages of life." rSi Sire : MONTEREY 7475 ABBOTT 7704 (By Mansfield 7255) Dam: DR. FLINN'S SALE KLYONA 03313 Sire : MANSFIELD 7255 My delay in answering your request regarding the sale was WALLA WALLA 04623 (By Bennington 5693) not due to a lack of interest but to the stress of work as I am Dam : DEWDROP 0527 now furnishing services to six hospitals. I have very little time Weight—August 6, 1941: 1055 Pounds—15 Hands High for private affairs. Color: Dark Chestnut I wish to assure you that my interest in the Morgan horse Guaranteed sound, perfect confirmation, gentle, broke to ride or drive. and particularly in the magazine is as great as ever and I am sure Has fine square trot, nice canter, good spring in his flat walk. A wonderful that it will continue to be in the future, in spite of the fact disposition, intelligent, tough as iron, a fine glossy coat, mane and a tail a shade lighter in color. that we have disposed of all but three horses. Just a beautiful little horse that anyone would be proud to show In regard to the dispersal sale of 1 3 Morgans, I can say that and own. those disposed of at a private sale, brought entirely adequate and PRICE $400.00 F.O.B., OSHKOSH, WIS. satisfactory prices. I am not giving the individual prices as they were made at private sale and present owners might object. H. L. CARVER The public sale, although well advertised, at least through P O. Box 645 Oshkosh, Wis. the Middle West, was entirely unsatisfactory, so much so, that I would have called it off or bid all the animals in, if I had help in caring for them. The attendance at the sale was poor and was within a short distance of Decatur, probably due to restriction on automobile travel. There was only one actual Morgan owner in the bidding. The people that attended the sale knew very little about breeding or quality of the animals sold. I regret very much that circumstances kept me away from the annual meeting and the hundred mile trail ride but could not arrange vacation period to cover that time. I have read of the events and the excellent showing of the Morgans in the Green Mountain Bulletin. Again assuring you my continued interest and with kindest personal regards to you and hoping to see you at the annual meeting next year, I am, Sincerely, Decatur, 111. F. FLINN, M.D.

THANK YOU! "I would like to start a subscription with your magazine THE MORGAN HORSE. I am interested in the Morgan horse and feel that I will enjoy it. Enclosed is a dollar for a year's subscription." Box 153, Colorado City, Tex. MlSS PATSY REESE. ROYCE 7748

Announcing Establishment of FROM IDAHO: FOSSIL ACRES FARM "Enclosed you will find a check for five dollars for which Foundation Stock Will Be please extend my subscription. I have taken the magazine for Bar-S-Allen 8434, from Sutter Ranch. some time now and enjoy it so much. Since first subscribing I Bar-S-Hazel 05709, from Sutter Ranch. have moved from California to Idaho. My address on your Star Ruby 05367, Clark Ringling Ranch. Fanfare 05556, Clark Ringling Ranch. books is Glen A. Christenson, Box 1001 A, Downey, Calif. Judy Garland 05897, Clark Ringling Ranch. Please send the next issue to Glen A. Christenson, Nezperce, MR. AND MRS. ANDREW W. MAHAFFEY Ida., R.R. 2. This is my permanent address now." RUSSELL, KANS. R. 2, Nezperce, Ida. ' GLEN A. CHRISTENSON.

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BILLIE C. MORGAN X8409 The Mormon of the Morgans Sire of a Thousand Colts Owned by C. J. O'Neill Manteno, 111.