MORGAN HORSE: HIS RELATION TO BREEDING. 319 



*' Sherman was foaled in 1808 or 1809, the property 

 of James Sherman of Lyndon, Yt. It has been said 

 that Sherman was foaled in 1810 ; and it has also been 

 said that he was foaled in 1811. It is not at all sur- 

 prising that his age should be understated by a year or 

 two, as the horse who lives to be more than ten years 

 old loses nothing so easily as one or two years of his 

 age. 



"Our reasons for stating his age as we have are 

 these : Mr. George Sherman, son of James Sherman, 

 informs us that he has now been married forty-live 

 years ; and that, in the summer after he was married, his 

 father let him take the horse, then a colt, to keep and 

 use. Mr. Sherman's wife also well recollects the above 

 facts : but neither of them can say positively whether 

 the colt was two or three years old, though both of 

 them think he was three ; and, from the fact that Mr. 

 Sherman used him a good deal that summer, it seems 

 most probable that such was his age. Sherman was 

 sired by the Justin. With regard to the blood of his 

 dam, much has been said, and a good deal written ; but 

 we think little is actually known. 



"Mr. George Sherman says his father brought the 

 mare from Cranston, R.L, to Lyndon, Yt. ; that she 

 was a chestnut, of good size, high-spirited, and an 

 'elegant' animal. 'We called her of Spanish breed.' 



"The late Hon. Epaphras Seymour of Brattleborough, 

 Yt, a gentleman of fortune and high standing, and 

 passionately fond of horses, spent much time in endeav- 



