Show find morgan horse Yei versatile on Farms records furnish evidence of its usefulness prepared prepare d 17 by the aln united tad state department of SOMO some interesting inform aaion has just been made public by tho united states department of agriculture regarding gar dirig tho the registered morg morgan an horse Glads gladstone tono that won second place in tho the 1022 mounted gervice endurance endur anco ride aldo 0 Glud la 6 monos record corrects tho the impression that it takes yours to develop it ii good saddle horse tills this horse was ivas fooled april 13 1018 sired by general gates a famous morgan horse tind and out but of 6 min neli alia a maro purchased by the gov ornament in the state of washington ho was broken to single find double harness when four years yeara old and shipped in 1017 to tile the government ex farm tit nt beltsville md where ho he was driven 20 to 80 tulles miles it day for several noral Bt years with another gelding was tile tho first hors borso s selected from tho the experiment far form fa to go to the alio stables of tile the seer secretary t ry of agriculture in washington D 0 to replace horses that had grown foot soro from uso use on the city pavements in juno june 1022 1922 gladstone was returned to tile the united states morgan horse farm at middleburg vt to bo be prepared for tho the mounted service endurance ride hero boro lid ho was used during ing haying raking hay bay in tile the fields and ot at tho close of the buying baying season was given ills first continuous training under the saddle the ride tool took place in october and tile the little horse carried his ri rider derand and equipment weighing ing pounds the miles to a highly creditable finish in tile the final rating gladstone was but three points behind tile the winning horse twenty one horses started tho the race and but nine finished gladstone was second and finished in ex cellena condition within a 0 week gladstone was back nt at work nt at tile the united states morgan lionso form farm where lie ho Is now being used every day in double harness gladstone to Is a half brother of castor the morgan that made such creditable showings in the endurance contests of 1010 1020 and 1021 the records made by these horses in harness and under saddle on the road and at farm work and as successful contestants in one of the hardest rides over ever staged for saddle horses furnish additional evidence of tile versatility and all round usefulness of the morgan horse |