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bers of the club, having abundant means at their 

 command, have procured the best existing individuals 

 of Morgan stock, and have placed the family once 

 more upon a sure foundation. 



Mr. Joseph Battell, also, a native and resident of 

 Vermont, who died recently, did a great deal to renew 

 the fame and to perpetuate the blood of the Morgan 

 family. He compiled at his own expense and with 

 great labor, a Morgan Register, and gave to the 

 United States Government a large farm in Middlebury, 

 Vermont, for the raising of Morgan horses. Unfor- 

 tunately, Mr. Battell's Register is much too Inclusive, 

 admitting for registration animals who inherit only a 

 small fraction of Morgan blood. It Is expected that 

 the Morgan Horse Club will undertake before long 

 an advanced registration for Morgan horses. 



The club has grounds of Its own, with a spectators' 

 stand and a circular course, within the limits of the 

 state fair grounds at White River Junction, Vermont, 

 and holds every year, in connection with the state fair, 

 an exhibition of Morgan horses, which Is a very 

 picturesque and interesting event. The president of 

 the club Is E. A. Darling of East Burke, Vermont; 

 the secretary and treasurer is C. C. Stillman of 165 

 Broadway, New York, and the assistant secretary and 

 treasurer, to whom all correspondence should be ad- 

 dressed, is W. S. Blitz, of 35 Nassau Street, New York 

 City. Mr. Blitz keeps at all times a list of persons 

 having Morgan horses for sale, and will answer all 

 inquiries upon the subject of Morgan horses. 



