Thk Morgan Horse. 173 



rebuke. If speedy they can be trained without difficulty, it 

 you will let the wdiip aloue, and will do all that in them lies 

 at the word of the driver. The Morgan horse is beautiful ; 

 he is also docile ; and these characteristics he transviits^ — 

 three steps, at least, that lead to the equine throne. 



" The fourth characteristic peculiar to the Morgan horse 

 is endurance. A hardier race of horses was never bred. 

 In powder to do hard work a7id keej) on doing it, month in 

 and month out, the Morgans stand at the head of the col- 

 umn. In lung power they are simply perfect ; in feet and 

 limbs faultless ; in muscular formation marvelous ; and in 

 connection with this was a nervous or vital force that seemed 

 to be equal to every effort, and appalled at no emergency. 

 Years did not appear to lessen their power or dampen their 

 ardo". At twenty they were as young as members of other 

 families at ten ; and at thirty, their eyes had not lost their 

 fire or their action its boldness. Now this iron like quality 

 is what breeders nmst put into their colts. We can get 

 speed easy enough but we must have speed and the power 

 to keep it up, mile after mile, and hour after hour. Endur- 

 ance is what we must have in our horses ; and this is pre- 

 cisel}^ what the Morgan blood gives. It is pre-eminently the 

 heirloom of the family, and is handed down from sire to son 

 in undiminished integrity. 



" The last characteristic of the Morgan family that I shall 

 mention is sjjeed. It is said by some that the Morgan fam- 

 ily has no speed. If this were true, still there would be 

 such great excellencies of form, temperament, color and 

 style, that it would remain a most valuable family with 

 which to cross in breeding. But it is not true ; for the fact 



