THE HORSE. 727 



Justin Morgan, from whom the noted family of Morgans sprang, was foaled in 1793, 

 sired by a horse named True Briton or Beautiful Bay, and without doubt a thoroughbred. 

 Three of Justin Morgan s sons were famous, and each of them became the progenitor of a 

 long line of descendants of marked and superior characteristics; they were known as Bul 

 rush, Sherman, and Woodbury. 



Bulrush Morgan was foaled in 1813. He had more muscular development than his 

 brothers, was a dark bay with a few white hairs in the center of the forehead, and no other 

 marks. His legs, mane, and tail were black, his mane and tail being very heavy. His mane 

 is said to have reached nearly to his knees, and his foretop to his nose. His legs were broad, 

 flat, and strong, with a powerful development of muscle. His hips were not as long as Sher 

 man s, and he was not as well quartered as Woodbury, although he was deeper in the chest 

 than either. He had not Wood bury s proud and elegant style of action, although a fine- 

 looking animal. His most remarkable characteristic was his great power of endurance. His 

 dam was a dark bay, weighing a thousand pounds. She was bought out of a six-horse team 

 that carried merchandise between Montpelier and Boston, and was a very strong, hardy 

 animal. 



Sherman Morgan, foaled in 1808, was a beautiful animal of a bright chestnut color, and 

 possessed most of the fine points of his father. His weight was nine hundred and twenty- 

 five pounds. He had a small white stripe in the face, and his off hind-leg was white from 

 the foot half way to the hock; he also had a fine chest with prominent breast-bone. 

 Although quite spirited, he was very tractable. His descendants were remarkably fine horses 

 of all-work, known as the &quot; general -purpose horse,&quot; and had the reputation of being the best 

 stage horses in New England. 



Woodbury Morgan was superior to his brothers in style of action, and presented so fine 

 an appearance that he was very much sought after as a parade horse. He was very spirited, 

 bold, and resolute. He was foaled in 1816. His dam was a deep bay, with black mane and 

 tail, a small white spot in the forehead, and no other mark. She was of unknown blood, 

 over fifteen hands high, had a fine head and shoulders, compact body, and beautiful mane 

 and tail. Her action was bold and spirited, and she had the reputation of being a fast 

 trotter. The following description of Woodbury is given by Linsley: 



&quot;Woodbury was fourteen and three-fourths hands high, and weighed from nine hundred 

 and eighty-eight pounds to ten hundred and forty pounds; he was weighed several times, and 

 these two statements of his weight, at different times, are the extremes. Many persons who 

 have frequently seen him weighed, say they never knew him weigh more than ten hundred 

 and thirty, nor less than ten hundred and fifteen pounds. He was a dark, rich chestnut; his 

 off hind-leg was white from the foot half way to the hock, and he had a white stripe in his 

 face, beginning at the edge of the upper-lip, filling the space between the nostrils, and extend 

 ing more than half-way to his eyes. 



His mane was not very thick or long, and was lighter than either of the others; still it 

 was full. His tail was cut off when a colt, and left about ten inches long; the hair was very 

 full and curly; both mane and tail were about the same color as his body. The hair on the 

 body was fine, short, and soft. He was close and compactly built, with heavy quarters and 

 deep flanks; his chest was good and the shoulders finely shaped; he had a short back, and 

 broad, sinewy loins. His legs had some long hairs on the back side, but were well shaped, 

 somewhat larger than Sherman s and not so large as Bulrush s. 



His head was small and lean, with a fine, firm muzzle, the nostrils very large and full, 

 face straight, very wide between the eyes, which were dark hazel, very large and prominent, 

 and showed no white around the edge of the lid. His ears were small and fine, but rather 

 short, and set somewhat wider apart than many would consider consistent with perfect 

 beauty. His style of action was bold and resolute, and his temperament was so nervous 



