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unknown (or among those that are set down as unknown,) 

 that will prove to be Morgans, provided their origin is ever 

 established. 



Another fact that appears is, that this speed is developed 

 over a verv ^I'eat extent of country. It is very far from 

 being local. Another is, that it sometimes appears to be 

 developed from the cross upon families that have not shown 

 speed when bred to any other stallions. A notable case of 

 this is the production of Golddnst bj Vermont Morgan. 

 Another fact, that will appear in making these investiga- 

 tions, is the pains that have often been taken, by names and 

 otherwise, to cover up the fact that there was Morgan blood. 

 This has arisen from two causes. One has been a desire on 

 the part of a class to depreciate the value of Morgan horses, 

 -and rob them of their true standing, with a view ot making 

 capital for some other kind in which they might have a 

 pecuniary interest ; the other cause is the cowardly willing- 

 ness of some that owned Morgan blood to sacrifice their 

 birthright and just fame for the mess of pottage contained 

 in the pecuniary advantage they might obtain out of a pub- 

 lic sentiment created by unfair representations. 



In looking out those pedigrees, a Yerraonter would nat- 

 urally pass by such names as Hoagland's Gray Messenger, 

 Green's Bashaw, and Taggart's Abdallah, not expecting that 

 horses having such names would have been likely to have 

 been sired by Morgan stallions. Yet they all three were. 

 IIow many more such cases there may be I have not had 

 time to discover ; these three were exposed to me by acci- 

 dent. 



I would like to notice another fact in the developments of 



