92 THE HORSE IN AMERICA 



his sons and his daughters were rich in that 

 potent quality, without which no equine family or 

 type has ever, in the last few centuries at least, 

 been valuable or permanent. Golddust's dam was 

 by Zilcaadi, an Arabian horse given to United 

 States Consul Rhind by the Sultan of Turkey. 

 The Golddusts were speedy horses, but speed 

 was not their chief virtue. If Mr. Dorsey, of Ken- 

 tucky, had not been handicapped by the preva- 

 lent prejudice held by the purchasers of roadsters 

 against any other than Hambletonians as fast 

 trotters, he would have been able to perfect a bet- 

 ter type of carriage horses than we have in this 

 country, and have got, also, many very fast trot- 

 ters. Golddust did get fast trotters, but his bent 

 was certainly in another direction which was not 

 followed. He was 16 hands high, and weighed 

 1250 pounds. He was a bright gold in color - 

 hence his name and the perfection of sym- 

 metry, while his action left nothing to be desired. 

 The third of the sons of Justin Morgan to es- 

 tablish a distinct Morgan family was Bulrush 

 Morgan foaled in 1812, and living to the great 

 age of thirty-six years. The breeding of the dam 



