CHAPTER YIII. 



THE MORGAN HORSE: HIS RELATION TO BREEDING. 



I DO not purpose to write the history of the Morgan 

 horses, although to do it would be like writing the 

 history of kings. Lack of space, and not lack of de- 

 sire, denies me the pleasure of such a task. Still it is a 

 work that should be done ; and, if no abler pen should 

 be found to do it, at some future day, if life and leisure 

 be granted me, mine may attempt it. I regard it as 

 nothing less than shame to the horsemen of New 

 England, that, with the exception of Mr. Linsley's book, 

 no effort has been made to collect and arrange in popu- 

 lar form the material for the history of the most 

 remarkable family of horses that New JSngland or Amer- 

 ica has ever had. Indeed, the Morgan family may be 

 said to be the only family that has existed in this coun- 

 try as such. 



Of Justin Morgan alone can it be said, that he found- 

 ed a family. Other horses there have been of note, 

 and whose eminence was well deserved ; but they 

 passed away, and left no sons so like themselves as to be 



