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paid for handsomely, and the questions with evorv l)reeder 

 therefore necessarily are, What is the cross by which I can 

 add beauty to speed ? Where can I get the fine, rich coat, 

 the spirited face, tlie quick ear, the arched tail, the small, 

 black hoofs, the flat, wiry legs, that shall cause men to con- 

 tend for tJie possession of my colts ? That is what Mr. 

 Taggart, Colonel Russell, Mr. JJorsey, Mr. Nevins, and 

 Colonel Sprague wished to know ; and that is why they all 

 went to the Morgan family for stallions, to head their 

 respective stables. I ask any man to select in all the coun- 

 try six other stallions of sucli striking beauty as Taggart's 

 Abdallah, Fearnaught, Young Fearnaugiit, Ethan Allen, 

 Rolla Golddust and Lambert, all direct descendants from 

 Justin Morgan, and strongly marked with the Morgan char- 

 acteristics. For beauty, give me in breeding a Morgan 

 horse for a sire and a well bred mare for a dam. With such 

 a cross, I know what I shall get, so far as beauty goes at 

 any rate ; and beauty is gi-owing to be wortii more and 

 more in greenbacks every year. 



" The third characteristic of a Morgan horse is their 

 docility. ' You can teach a Morgan colt anything,' is a 

 proverb among the people ; and the j>roverbs of a people 

 always blossom out of facts. And it is a fact that the Mor- 

 gans are teachable. They are amiable as a race and of a 

 very affectionate disposition. They love to be petted and 

 caressed. They will do as much for a word as for a blow. 

 They are never tricky. That they are high strung and 

 frisky w^e admit; but their playfulness is always good 

 natured, never vicious. Even in their wildest antics they 

 are never destructive, but are careful and yield readily to- 



