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of Bulrush Morgan is not known, but she is said 

 to have been a French mare, which I take to 

 mean that she was brought into Vermont from 

 French Canada. This horse left a great many de- 

 scendants, and they were all singularly alike, 

 generally being deep bays and browns with dark 

 points and a general freedom from any marks, 

 such as white feet or white spots in the face. They 

 were noted also for the absence of spavins and 

 ring bones. They were fast, good all-round horses 

 good on the road and in the field, in harness 

 and under the saddle. They did not particularly 

 attract the attention of trotting horse people until 

 Bulrush Morgan's great-grandson, Morrill, be- 

 gan a family of many branches the Winthrop 

 Morrills, the Fearnaughts, and the Dracos all 

 of much distinction in that field where fast mile 

 records are considered the highest test of merit. 

 Suppose that we were to concede that phenom- 

 enal speed was the one test of merit for a driving 

 horse and then examine the records. We should 

 find that the majority of the really phenomenal 

 trotters from Ethan Allen's time till now had in 

 their breeding rich infusions of Morgan blood. 



