82 THE HORSE IN AMERICA 



This founder of the type, when the property of 

 Justin Morgan, who, after he gave up tavern 

 keeping in Massachusetts, became a school- 

 teacher, a drawing and music master in Ver- 

 mont, was called Figure. When the produce of 

 his sons began achieving fame, and the family and 

 type needed a distinctive name, he was called 

 after his old owner (maybe his breeder, for all 

 that I can say to the contrary), Justin Morgan. 

 His most famous son was Sherman Morgan, 

 though there were eight or ten others of his colts 

 kept entire, and the progeny of them have found 

 place in the Morgan Register. Mr. Linsley's de- 

 scription of the first Morgan is worthy of tran- 

 scription : 



"The original, or Justin Morgan, was about 

 14 hands high and weighed about 950 pounds. 

 His color was dark bay, with black legs, mane 

 and tail. His mane and tail were coarse and 

 heavy, but not so massive as has sometimes been 

 described; the hair of both was straight and not 

 inclined to curl. His head was good, not extreme- 

 ly small, but lean and bony, the face straight, 

 forehead broad, ears small and very fine, but set 



