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Morgans stands as much chance to produce a 

 very fast trotter as he who breeds with speed 

 alone as his ultimate object. 



Justin Morgan was in the stud for more than 

 twenty years in Vermont, and became the father 

 of many sons and daughters. How many sons 

 were kept entire is not known. Mr. Linsley men- 

 tions only six, but Colonel Battell accounts for 

 twelve or fourteen on "information more or less 

 reliable." Of the daughters we have very little di- 

 rect information, but that there were many and 

 that they had a great influence on the stock of 

 New England, and particularly of Vermont, is in- 

 evitable. The records of most of the sons as sires 

 have not been kept with either fullness or cer- 

 tainty, and the evidence is usually speculative 

 rather than exact. This as a rule; sometimes, 

 however, it is exact. This is the case with some of 

 the progeny of Sherman Morgan, Bulrush and 

 Woodbury Morgan. As to the others Brutus, 

 Weasel or Fenton Horse, Young Traveler or 

 Hawkins Horse, Revenge, the Gordon Horse, 

 the Randolph Horse, and one or two that went to 

 the neighborhood of Boston the records are 



