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mare, whose blood is unknown. From this 

 horse we have the various families of Clays of 

 the present day, and also the Patchens the 

 trotting stallion George M. Patchen, the great- 

 est trotting stallion of his day, and the original 

 of the name, being a grandson of the original 

 Henry Clay. 



The Morgans are perhaps our oldest trotting 

 family; and if they have not produced our very 

 fastest trotters their produce undoubtedly de- 

 serve to take the very highest rank as good- 

 tempered, hardy and pleasant roadsters. They 

 are descended, in the paternal line, from a 

 horse called Justin Morgan, that was bred in 

 Vermont, foaled 1793, and died 1821. His blood 

 has never been positively known, although it 

 is pretty well established that the thorough- 

 bred predominated. From him we have the 

 Morrills, the Fearnaughts, the Ethan Aliens, 

 the Black Hawks (not including the descend- 

 ants of Long Island Black Hawk, who was by 

 Andrew Jackson, grandson of Bashaw, above 

 alluded to, and had none of the Morgan blood 

 in his veins), the Daniel Lamberts, the Knoxes 

 and the Golddusts. The popularity of this fam- 

 ily at one time was unbounded; and no blood, 

 excepting that of the thoroughbred, has been so 

 generally disseminated and so highly esteemed 

 throughout the United States. At present it is 

 not so highly prized by those who place speed 



