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ferent stallious. Asjainst this I have been able to make 

 up a list of thirty-tour Morgans tliat trotted in 2:;)0 of bet- 

 ter, in 1874:, and these were sired by twenty-eight ditterent 

 Morgan stallions. This last fact I consider a very important 

 one, as it proves that the speed quality is universal among 

 the Morgans, and is not as much confined to a few particu- 

 lar families or sires, as among the Hambletonians. I also 

 think it indicates that the chances for speed are quite as 

 great when breeding to Morgans as to Haml)letonians. 



I would now like, as briefly as possible, to show a few 

 cases to prove a position taken heretofore in this paper, and 

 that is in regard to unfairness towards Morgan horses, in not 

 giving the full benefit of their meritorious characteristics 

 and performances. The first case I shall name is the per- 

 sistent efi:ort of the New York Sjjirit of the Times, and 

 other parties about New York, to keep them in the back 

 ground, and not give horses of this blood their true posi- 

 tions when they had won them ; and in this I claim that 

 they have shown more disposition to sustain their own theo- 

 ries and favorites than they have to record facts, and, in 

 some instances, to absolutely steal credit that belonged to 

 that blood. The first instance I shall name is that of Flora 

 Temple. I have no means of showing absolutely that Flora 

 was of Morgan blood, but, to me, the probabilities are very 

 strong that she was. In the first place her sire, at one time, 

 had Morgan attached to his name. I cannot now recall 

 exactly how, but I believe his name was Hunter Morgan ; 

 if not, it was Morgan Hunter ; either way the name, as 

 applied, was indicative of Morgan blood. If there is abso- 

 lutely no foundation for this theory, then there must have 



