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THE HORSE, ASS, AND MULE 



great vitality ; he died in 1821, at twenty-eight years of age. He 

 was a fast walker, a good trotter, and was most intelligent, being 

 used as a military charger or parade horse, a short-distance run- 

 ner, and a farm-work horse. He proved to be a wonderfully pre- 

 potent stallion, and on his blood is founded the Morgan family. 



FIG. 1 6. Donald, a Morgan stallion, noted both as a show horse and a sire. Donald 

 is regarded as a fine example of the true type of Morgan. Owned by C. C. Stillman, 

 Newburgh, New York. From photograph by H. H. Strohmeyer, Jr., by courtesy 



of Mr. Stillman 



Justin Morgan had a long stud career, but he did not produce 

 great breeding sons in the same degree as did Hambletonian 10. 

 Three of his sons Bulrush, Woodbury, and Sherman Morgan 

 were his greatest offspring. A son of Sherman Morgan, named 

 Black Hawk, foaled in 1833, was a trotter and vigorous sire, and 

 fourteen of his sons became recognized trotters. Ethan Allen, 

 his greatest son, was bred in New York State and was foaled in 



