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this point, and, although my means of obtaining the infor- 

 mation have been very limited, still I have baen able to 

 satisfy my own mind fnll}'^ npon this subject, and -I only 

 regret that I have not had time and means to more fully 

 develop these facts, and, especially, to arrange such as I have 

 already collected, so as to give them their full force and 

 weight. 



„ But I have been able, with even very limited time and 

 facilities, to trace the pedigrees of over one hundred horses 

 that have made their mile in 2:30 or better, through Mor- 

 gan sires uninterruptedly to Justin Morgan, audit has not 

 always, or nearly alwa3's, depended upon the trotting blood 

 or instinct of the dam, that the colt has developed speed. 

 Now notwithstanding the immense amount of prejudice that 

 has been created against the Morgans, by entirely unjust 

 distortions of facts, by misappropriations of meritorious per- 

 formances, and l)y downright, shameless unfairness every 

 way, the fact cannot be done away with, that horses of Mor- 

 gan descent are fast trotting themselves back into public 

 favor and compelling the respect of some of the best judges, 

 as w^ell as of the public generally. 



Mr. Wallace, in the last volume of his pedigrees of trotters, 

 is obliged to say that the Morgans are increasing in favor, 

 and, although he cannot so far overcome his prejudice as to 

 class them fully according to their merits, still they have 

 evidently compelled him to treat them with more attention 

 than thev have received before. I do not wish to claim 

 that in any respect Mr. Wallace has intentionally done the 

 Morgans any injustice, but, from his education and stand- 

 point, it is impossible to get rid of his prejudices at once, 



