304 THE PERFECT HORSE. 



I do Fearnaught, who likewise runs straight as a string 

 through Young Morrill, Old Morrill, Bulrush Morgan, 

 to old Justin Morgan himself. Likewise Gen. Knox, one 

 of the most justly celebrated stock-horses Maine, New 

 England, or the country, ever had, — the sire of Gil- 

 breth Knox (record 2.26), Camors (record 2.21f), Lady 

 Maud (record 2.22i), and Plato (record 2.27^), — is a 

 true Morgan : for his sire was Sherman Black Hawk ; 

 grandsire. Black Hawk ; great-grandsire, Sherman ; great- 

 great-grandsire, Justin Morgan. What right have men 

 to rob a horse of his laurels, or deny him that fame, 

 which, by the character of his get, he can justly claim ? 

 Who would treat Old Messenger or Diomed or Bashaw 

 in this manner? Especially, how can we deny the Mor- 

 gan relationship, when the horse in question not only is 

 a lineal descendant of Justin Morgan, but even bears 

 the mai'ks and characteristics of the family most unmis- 

 takably ? Who can look at Taggart's Abdallah, or 

 Ethan Allen, or Rolla Gold Dust, and not feel that the 

 Morgan blood has proved the dominant blood in their 

 case, and marked them with an unmistakable impress ? 

 And I ask certain of my readers to observe that this 

 Morgan connection never gives heavy jowls, and large 

 ears, and big legs, and long backs, to a horse, — as con- 

 nection with certain families I might mention is pretty 

 apt to do, — but puts just what you wish into a horse, 

 and no more. 



It is said that Justin Morgan was a low-bred horse. 

 But such a statement is a gross slander. There can be 



