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interesting experiments. The breeder, however, 

 who wishes to make his stock farm pay, and the 

 ordinary farmer who raises a few colts annually 

 will surely find a more profitable business in try- 

 ing to secure high-grade Morgans than in pursu- 

 ing the elusive course which frequently leads to 

 bankruptcy by the well-known Hambletonian 

 road. 



The founder of the Morgan type was a horse 

 born somewhere about 1789, and was the prop- 

 erty of Justin Morgan, who kept a tavern in West 

 Springfield, Massachusetts, until he moved to 

 Randolph, Vermont, in the year the colt that has 

 perpetuated his owner's name was foaled. I have 

 examined all the testimony available as to the 

 pedigree of this first Morgan horse, and I must 

 say with regret, but with entire respect for those 

 who have gathered the evidence, that none of it 

 seems to me quite convincing. This was the con- 

 clusion of Mr. D. C. Linsley, who published a 

 valuable book in 1857, called "Morgan Horses." 

 Mr. Linsley in his book printed all the stories and 

 traditions about the breeding of the Justin Mor- 

 gan with candid impartiality, but he did not de- 



