Show orisan origin of morgan horse was traced to other breeds the founder ot of the house ot of morgan in the horse world was a horse born bom about 1783 1789 the property ot of justin juslin morgan who kept a tavern in ut springfield 1 I malt mas until he be moved to randolph vt to in the same year that was ivas foaled coaled the colt which was to perpetuate its owners name no one seems to have any knowledge of the blood trains of this famous sire v writes capt maxwell M corpening in the chicago cage I 1 Trl tribune bune some historians ot morgan horses say i he was anything from a thoroughbred to a canad canadian ia n pony others cl claim im many infusions of arab barb and turkish blood be that as it may a goad horse was produced this founder ot of the clan was named figure at birth but rena renamed justin morgan when its offspring started to gain tame he was a small horse only 14 hands high and weighing pounds dark bay in color with black bla ck leie legs mane iab and tail thi the latter were coarse and heavy but not thick his head was good but not very small the tore head broad with small ears set far apart ills his eyes were medium um size dark and prominent with a pleasant but spirited expression I 1 Ws bis back and legs were his most no tl ti ceable points th the former being ext extremely short with shoulder blades and hip bones long and aad sloping jing the legs legi were short close located lo Jo listed and thin but I 1 with very wide boni bone and extreme extremely lwell well mus cled tor for a horse of his size |