THE MORGAN. 



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or the (jarria^e. The Norman horses are now much crossed by 

 our hunters, and occasionally by the thorough-bred ; and the Eng 

 lish roadster and light drail horse has not suHered by a mixture 

 with the Norman." In his remarks on the Coach Horse, Mr. 

 Y. says : — " The Normandy carriers travel with a team of four 

 horses, and from fourteen to twenty-two miles in a day, with a 

 load of ninety hundred weight." 



THE MORGAN HORSE. 



GENERAL GIFFORD. 



OffH' 



Of this celebrated American variety or family of horses, the 

 writer of this possesses little knowledge derived from personal 

 experience. That they have obtained m.uch celebrity as light 

 buggy and saddle horses, — attracted much notice and admira- 

 tion at the New York State Fairs from their remarkably spirited 

 action and evident docility — sold for high prices not only for the 



* " General GifFord" was got by Gifford Morgan, he by Burbank. he by 

 the original " Morgan Horse." The dam of General Gifford was got by 

 Sherman Morgan. He is ISi hands high, of a dark chestnut color, exceed 

 ingly compact ; remarkable for his muscular development, and is said by a 

 correspondent in the Genessee Farmer, in " only decent working condition' 

 to have weighed 10-40 pounds. The same correspondent states on the au- 

 thority of Mr. Mason (who has owned the horse), that he has trotted a mile 

 inside of three minutes. He is a horse of great action, and is considered a 

 very characteristic and favorable specimen of the breed in all particulars 

 He is now owned by Chark^s W TngersoU Esq., of L^di. Seneca Co.. N, Y 



