MORGAN HORSE: HIS RELATION TO BREEDING. 335 



save those of Morgan blood. Hiram Woodruff, in his 

 " Trotting-Horse of America," says, p. 283, — 



" The Eastern States have always been a fine nursery 

 for trotting-horses. The fine action of the Morgan 

 breed, and their good tempers and sound constitutions, 

 helped a great deal ; but New England was still more 

 largely indebted to the two sons of Messenger, — Ham- 

 bletonian and Bush Messenger: I mean the one that 

 went to Maine." 



Now, I would like to ask what ground is there to say 

 that New England is more indebted to the Messenger 

 than the Morgan blood ? Why, there was not strength 

 enough in the Bush Messenger to establish a family, or 

 even a branch of a family. Where is there a Messen- 

 ger stallion in Maine that traces back to the original 

 Bush Messenger as Gen. Knox traces back directly to 

 old Justin Morgan ? What Messenger horse in Maine 

 has ever gotten a Gilbreth Knox, or Camors? Go to 

 Vermont, and find a descendant of a Hambletonian horse 

 that has ever trotted a mile in 2.15 as Ethan Allen has. 

 The fact is, there are no such descendants. The words 

 " Hambletonian " and "Bush Messenger" can be seen 

 very plainly on paper ; but, when you come to search 

 for stallions descended from them, where are they ? 

 Is there one in Maine? Can you find one in New 

 Hampshire ? What town in Vermont shall I visit to 

 see one ? Has Massachusetts any ? How many are 

 there in Connecticut? The fact is, New England has 

 not, and never has had, any famous stock-horse outside 



