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slioiild look for some other better r;u;e or l)reecl, but as this 

 has ]h'vu made a test question by many, and as it is really a 

 vahiable trait, in so far as it indicates good travelling or 

 roadster qualities in the race, and as there have been very 

 persistent efforts, on the part of many, to belittle the speed 

 qualities of the Morgans, I have given that subject a prom- 

 inence that, under other circumstances, would have been 

 unwarranted. From this speed the farmer deiives very lit- 

 tle pecuniary advantage, therefore, for him, it is of little 

 importance, except as indicating the presence of travelling- 

 qualities of a high order, which we must have in the horses 

 we raise in Vermont, both for om- own use, a:d, also, to 

 command prices in market that will prove remune ative to 

 the raiser. 



But I nuist be pardoned if I assert that Yermonters them- 

 selves deserve more censure than any one else, for the 

 decdine in popularity of the Morgans ; first by selling their 

 best instead of retaining them to l)reed fi-om and improve 

 their stock, and, second, in too readily accepting, as a fact, 

 the claim of others, th;.t the Morgans were inferior, and 

 that we nmst buy some other blood to improve thom, and 

 especially must we bring in stallions of large size, as the 

 Morgans were too small and deficient in l)one, to get ser- 

 viceable, good selling horses. As I have in this paper 

 given my views in regard to breeding from small dams by 

 large sires, it will not be necessary to give these views 

 again, Init I would remark that the Morgan horses, as a 

 race, are not as tall as some others, but they seem to be 

 finished up with stuif of more substantial quality, and not, 

 like some others, composed of imperfect, gross material, 



