Show Morgan Horse American Type High in Turf Fame I I I I I I j i I I 1 I I Tho Morgan Is Is' Isan an American type of ot otI horse It is tho the oll only one with tho the possible exception of or the tho Kentucky gai gaited saddle horse which originated on this tins continent It For lor years was believed that Justin Morgan tho the tap tapi taproot i root oot sire was IJ by the tho thoroughbred horse True Truo Briton Wallace l. er exploded that and showed sho that thero there therow w was s a chance of oC him being a n. n Dutch horse hOIse as was claimed by tho the man who bo took him to Vermont Justin Morgan was foaled at nt West cst Springfield Mass In 1 1793 1703 Ho lIo was wasI taken to Yern Vermont ont In 1795 and died In 1821 Ho lie bred bled on through his sons sons Sherman Morgan Bulrush Morgan organ and Woodbury Morgan Of or these Sherman Morgan an sired Vermont Black Hawk Billy Bill Root HoOt Whalebone and und Flint Mor Mor- gan garm The Woodbury line lino was conI continued continued con con- b by Morgan Caesar Morgan Eagle Chittenden Count County Morgan and Morgan organ willIe while the line runs through the tho Randolph Randoph Horse I Colt and to Young YounS I Merrill tho the sire of ot Fearnaught and I Winthrop Morrill I Within fifty years oars after aCter the death I of or Justin Morgan his descendants were found Cound in every ery state in the tho union At that time over o one half of tho the light harness performers traced to him him I either cither through the tho sire or dam darn Tho The pedigrees of or tho the leading lending trotters of lit today also show that a number of ot them carry a remote cross o of Morgan blood I Uhlan r Lee ce Axworthy Hamburg Belle Belie I Tho Harvester and Mabel Trask being being- among thorn them A national sur e survey of t the light harness harness har har- ness foundation stock shows that tho the forty Cort began buying Morgans as asI I soon as the they were located In California Keokuk Black Eagle Black Blac WA Tylers Black Hawk Novato rovato Chief Black Hawk Davis Hill Hilland and la Boy By being taken there thero prior to the tho hc war The Oregon breederS breederS' breeders breeders breed breed- ers ers- also purchased Vermont and Oregon Oregon Oren Ore Ore- gon n Pathfinder Th- Th They tol followed toled ed were vero I uy UI u l Champion Knox and Dick Flaherty Kentucky Fortunate I Kentucky was fortunate In selecting Bloods Blood's Black Hawk wl lIe He as well as i t his sons Blood Chief Chic and Indian Chief the sire of Lady Laly de were we're al almost almost nl- nl most Invincible in tho show ring The Tho Morgan stamp was also left In Kentuck Kentuck Kentucky Ken- Ken tuck tucky b by Dorseys Dorsey's Vermont Hero through Golddust Downings Downing's Vermont through h Gills Gill's Vermont Yermont Red ned Jacket Rattler and Honest Allen Axworthy Molco 0 and Peter tho the Great have each a Morgan cross The lino line to Axworthy runs through Stride Stride- away to Moko through h the Stockbridge Chief mare maro that produced Gloster and to Peter the tho the Great Great through Madison's Madison's Madi Madl- I sons son's Octoroon a descendant of ot Woodbury Woodbury Wood Wood- bur bury Morgan Tho The Morgan lorgan tulle tide reached Michigan I In the early fifties the leaders being i iI Morgan I Eagle tho the sire of f Magna I I Charta Marhsall Chief the tho sire of or Primus Chauncey Chaunce Goodrich and Don J. J Robinson on Western estern Fearnaught Buells Buell's Chief Royal noal Fearnaught and Vermont Hero tho the I Isire sire of General Knox Stockbridge e I Chief died In Illinois where ho he was Joined b by Wards Ward's Flying Flying- Flying FlyingCloud Cloud Woodward's Woodwards Woodwards Woodward's Wood Wood- wards ward's Ethan Allen Alien which was afterwards afterwards afterwards after after- wards taken to Kentucky Kentuck Swans- Swans broughs brough's Creeper captain Beaumont Addison and several se In tho earl early days Wisconsin was the tho halfway station for Morgan stallions that were being taken to California A Afew Afew few of them made several seasons there before completing the tho Journey the group Including Ho Boy Dave Hill lull Hilland Hilland and McCrackens McCracken's Black Dlack Hawk A number number num num- ber also aso remained In the tho badger bad er state the leaders being Comans Coman's Gray Eagle Ingle whoso whose son McKesson's essons esson's Gra Gray Eagle got ot Charley Chancy Ford FordS lC Prince Pathfinder Live LI Oak and Black Flying Cloud tho the sire of Badger Girl 22 Iowa lotrn Like flke Type Iowa breeders developed a fondness f for r Morgans at an early date Their selections Included Eastman Morgan l sire of Little Fred Panic Vermonter Vcr Vcr- monter General Stark Slark Vermont Yermont no Boy whose son Reconstruction got tho of Bonnie McGregor and King ICIng Herod while both McKesson's Gra GraI GrayEagle Gray GrayEagle I Eagle agle and Young Young- Morrill died lied in In Iowa Iown King ICing Herod and Stockbridge Chief were located In Ohio for tor a brief period Jacksons Jackson's Flying Cloud also after aCter standing at nt Urbana spent the last five years of his life at nt Springfield whore lie got sot the fourth darn dam of 2032 Many other Morgan stallions cro also taken to the tho buckeye state slate tho the list including Including- Barre Austins Austin's Morgan Morgan Mor Mor- gan nn Bulrush and Knowltons Knowlton's Morgan b by Bulrush Morgan General Morgan the sire of ot 2 01 Onder- Onder donk Cases Case's Dave Jave Hill lull Nh Fer Doctor Orrs Orr's Flying Cloud and arni Black lc Squirrel sire of the dam of Fred B. B 2103 Ethan Allen the idol of tho family died at nt Lawrence Kan in In 1876 1576 Ho lIe left lert a few ew foals in that state tate which was for or man many years ears tho the home homo of ot Joe Young sire of tho the dam of or Joe Patchen 2011 Joe Joo Young Youn was 1 foaled Coaled In Minnesota where his sire Star of oC tho the West esl was located for tor a n number of years ears The latter was b by Jackson's Jacksons Flying Cloud and was foaled In Connecticut Herod was sas also lo located located located lo- lo In Minnesota being brought thoro there from Montana where e he he as well wen wenns as ns Prospect and Jubilee de dc Jarnette added to the h horse values In tho the mountain mountain moun- moun moun moun- tam tain state Spread to 10 South Woodbury Morgan was taken to Alabama Ala Ala- bama barna In hi 1836 lIe Ho was sas followed by Dorseys Dorsey's Vermont Morgan In 1860 while Seth Warner Yarner stood in Louisiana and Denning Ilen Allen was located in Arkansas where he ho got Lord Clinton Charles Caffrey made mado his reputation tation In Nebraska and Morgan Mor Mor- gan gnu the sire of the damn dam of of- Westmont 2133 13 was located at Clarksburg W. W Va when ho got Bell Den Morgan lorgan the sire of pr Lady Turpin Tennessee breeders purchased Naugatuck Naugatuck Naugatuck Nauga- Nauga tuck and Ben Den Franklin while Walker Merrill Morrill after being located In Michigan Michigan Michi Michi- gan and Maryland closed h his Is career In Virginia lnla where lie 10 got Lamp Girl 09 the tho fastest Morgan trot trotter ter In the male line and 2171 1 H whose dam lam was as by Sherman Morgan Jr a grandson of Flint Morgan Patrick Henry and Black Blad Prince the tho Morgan pioneers in Mary Mary- land The Tho latter sired tho the dam darn of or Maxie Cobb CODD in New Ne' Jerse Jersey North Morrill and Morgan One Eye Eyo I preceded General Knox who got General General General Gen Gen- eral Washington and Charles Cat Caffrey frey while located at Fashion Stud Farm New Now York was the home homo state of ot Ethan Allen and Daniel Lambert Lambart It was also the headquarters of ot Superb a horse which was all that his name implied I Benedicts Benedict's Pathfinder Sam Houston and Victor cw I Morgan Stronghold New England has always alwa's been tho the headquarters of oC the tho Morgan lorgan horse After ACter tho the old stock disappeared Vermont Vermont Vermont Ver Ver- mont retained the tho Jennison Colt whoso whose owner was as given gl a a. pound of tea for Cor his services ser when ho got Morrill Darkey Darke Highland Gra Gray who got the dam darn of ot J. J J. J Audubon the sire Eire of Audubon Do Boy 1 59 1 and Young Mor torI IorI tor- tor I nil while Vermont Black Hawk was wasI I I located there thoro from 18 1814 H until he died In and Daniel Lambert for sixteen seasons Both Doth Fearnaught Fea t and Vermont Vermont Yermont Ver Yer- mont Black Hawk were foaled in New Hampshire while Star of or tho the West est Naugatuck Vermonter Fred Pred Allen Alien Hampden Do Boy and Young Gifford were either bred or owned In Connecticut Massachusetts was as at nt different times tho home of ot Ethan Allan Alien Winthrop Morrill Fearnaught and Daniel Lambert Lambert Lambert Lam Lam- bert while General Knox and Winthrop Morrill made their reputation In Maine Tho They succeeded Morgan Caesar sire of Mae Mac Whalebone sire of Blackstone Blackstone Black Black- stone Belle Delle 2281 and tho the grandam of Hopeful 2113 Brown Drown Larry Harry Fearnaught Fearnaught Fear Fear- naught Jr and Hollands Holland's Ethan Allen and were wore followed by Nelson Nolson 09 whoso whose grandam was b by Vermont Black Hawk The Tho Morgan was also the tho pioneer light harness nor u In InCan Canada Can da a n number of them being taken from Maine Malno to New Now Brunswick am an Nova Scotia Canada Black Dlack Hawk the thc sire of Boy Doy got a n number of successful sires In Quebec while Green Mountain Morgan Fearnaught Gift and Eden Golddust left considerable speed In Ontario At the present time the tho best Morgan horses are o owned onell nell either on the government guy gov farm In Vermont or by the members of ot the Morgan Hors club but there are thousands who can recall the round bodied trapp going roadsters which made the tho Concord wagons cluck as they whisked them over o the New England roads As is sure drIvers they never ne had a superior wh while their cheerful dispositions dependable style and wa way of going made them favorites everywhere 1 I I |