Show origin of morgan horse has been traced to other breeds the founder of the house ot of morgan in the horse world was a horse born about 1789 the property of justin morgan who kept a tavern in springfield mass until he moved to randolph vt in the same year that was foaled coaled the colt which was to perpetuate its owners name no one seems to have any knowledge of the blood strains of this famous sire writes capt maxwell M corpening in the chicago tribune some historians of morgan horses say he was anything from a thoroughbred to a canadian canadia n pony others claim many infusions of arab barb and turkish blood be that as it may a good horse was produced this his founder of the clan was named figure at birth but renamed justin morgan when its offs offspring prin started to gain tame fame he was a small horse only 14 hands high and weighing pounds dark bay in color with black legs mane and tail the latter were coarse and heavy but not thick his head was good but not very small the tore fore head broad with small ears set far apart his eyes were medium size dark and prominent with a pleasant but spirited expression his back and legs were his most n noticeable 0 ti points the former being extremely short with shoulder blades and hip bones long and sloping the legs were short close jointed and thin but with very wide bone and extremely well muscled tor for a horse if f his size |