CHAPTER XI 



THREE ENERGETIC SONS OF JUSTIN MORGAN, BUL- 

 RUSH, WOODBURY, AND SHERMAN MORGAN 



THE three great sons of Justin Morgan were 

 Bulrush Morgan, Woodbury Morgan, and Sher- 

 man Morgan. Each, until 10 years old, did the 

 ordinary team work of the farm and was hardened 

 by fatigue and exposure. Sherman Morgan was 

 a chestnut, a shade under 14 hands, and weighed 

 925 pounds. He was foaled about 1808, and was 

 bred by James Sherman of Lyndon, Vermont. 

 His dam was a chestnut mare of good size, high 

 spirits, and quality, and tradition says that she was 

 of Spanish origin, otherwise was descended from 

 a barb. Sherman Morgan was tested at pulling 

 heavy loads, the same as his sire, and usually was 

 victorious. He also was driven hard on the roads 

 of a mountainous country. He was well patron- 

 ized in the stud, and died January 9, 1835, at 

 Lancaster, New Hampshire. His get were early 

 noted for speed, and his descendants figure prom- 

 inently in the trotting pedigrees of to-day. Red 



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