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book, published in 1857, D. C. Lindsley describes Justin 

 Morgan as about fourteen hands high and weighing 950 

 pounds. His color was dark bay, with black points. He 

 was a very stylish horse, of indomitable, though easily 

 controllable spirit. The three sons of Justin Morgan 

 that were most prolific as sources of trotters were Sher- 

 man, Woodbury and Bulrush. Sherman sired Black 

 Hawk 5, the sire of Ethan Allen, 2 : 28, champion trotting 

 stallion in 1858. Ethan Allen sired Daniel Lambert. 

 Black Hawk 5 also sired King Herod, sire of Herod, 2 :24^. 



From the Bulrush line comes Old Morrill, sire of Young 

 Merrill, sire of Winthrop Morrill. The other son of 

 Justin Morgan, namely, Woodbury, sired Morgan Eagle, 

 whose son of the same name got Magna Charta. Woodbury 

 also sired Barnard Morgan, which in turn sired Vermont 

 Morgan, sire of Golddust, the founder of that strain. The 

 fastest trotters of the Morgan line include Lord Clinton, 

 2 : 08f, Lamp Girl and Ethel Downs. 



While the Morgan family has produced considerable 

 speed, yet its popularity is based chiefly on the endurance, 

 beauty and style of its members (Plate IV) . Pacers are 

 exceptionally rare among them, and the purity of their action 

 being bold, free and tireless, is perhaps the most valuable 

 attribute of the family. In this connection, it may be stated 

 that the government, having recognized the tractable and 

 energetic disposition of the Morgans, as well as their 

 well-established reputation for endurance, has established 

 a breeding station in Vermont in cooperation with the 

 Vermont Agricultural Experiment Station, with the object 

 of " saving the Morgan." This stud is headed by the 

 stallion General Gates by Denning Allen (the sire of Lord 

 Clinton 2 : 08 J) and out of a Thoroughbred mare. Car- 

 mon, the stallion at the head of the stud at Fort Collins, 



