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Show TO USE FINE MORGAN SIRE IN EXPERIMENT To Further Study of Breed for Saddle Purposes. Two-VearOld E'alllon Lucky 8ent From Vermont Farm to Famous Ranch In Texas Breeders Are Much Interested. To further tho study of the .Morgan ns a saddle breed, the United Stntes department de-partment of agriculture hns sent tho two-year-old Morgan stallion Lucky from tho Morgnn horso farm nt Mid-dlebury, Mid-dlebury, Vt to the Santa Gertrudls ranch nt Klngsvllle, Tex. This Is tho "homo rnnph" of tho famous King ranch, ono of tho Inrgest and best-known best-known cnttlo and horse breeding establishments es-tablishments In tho United Stntes. Tho bureau of animal Industry Is paying pay-ing closo attention to the saddle possibilities pos-sibilities of the Morgan horse. Tho King rnnch will breed Lucky to some of Its high-class marcs. Lucky Is a brown stnlllon 14 hands high nnd weighs 02.1 pounds. Ho wns sired by Hugo, Hugo war sired, by Meteor Morgan nnd Is out of Cnlvo by General Gates. The dam of Lucky Is Eunice by General Gates and out of Caroline by Daniel Lambert. Lucky, his sire nnd dnm, and one of his grand dams wore bred ut tho government farm at Mlddlebury. |