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any addition of wliicli, to a fii-st class Morgan liorse, 

 only increases his bulk, but detracts from liis real value, as 

 it only inipedes his progress to carry so nnich more dead 

 weight. 



Some of the best horses ever raised in Vermont, as well 

 as those that have bronght the highest prices, have been 

 sired by Morgan stallions, from such mares as were sired 

 by Port Boy, Henry Bishop's Hambletoniau, Harris Ham- 

 bletonian, and others of tlieii" class ; and if we wish to 

 increase the size of our horses, we should do it by bringing 

 in larger dams, not larger stallions ; and with all respect for 

 the motives of those who nu\de the purchases for the late 

 Vermont Horse Stock Company, I nuiy be allowed to say 

 that had they expended the money for a few line mares, 

 from the larger families, and purchased a first class stallion, 

 like General Knox, that had been foolishly sold out of Ver- 

 mont and had proved himself worthy of his origin by the 

 excellence of his stock, I do not believe that company wonld 

 have come to grief so soon, and the horses of A^ermont 

 would have been vastly more improved by the importation 

 than they have been by those that were selected. 



We often hear that the value of Morgan horses has 

 become so much depreciated that there is no demand for 

 them ; that it is no longer desirable to raise them, as ,they 

 will not bring remunerative prices. Many unthinking Ver- 

 monters take these statements as true, without any investi- 

 tigation to get at the facts, and only ask why it is so, and 

 what shall we breed in the place of them ? Now I propose 

 to look this matter o^•er and see what the facts are. Like 

 an eminent divine, when asked why clergymen's sons were 



