18 The Horse Farrier. 



Bay." His dam was of the Wild-air blood, a horse 

 celebrated as a valuable stock. The original Justin 

 Morgan is thus described by Linsley, in his "Premium 

 Essay on the Morgan Horse :" "lie was fourteen hands 

 high, weighed about 950 lbs. His color was a dark 

 bay, with black legs, mane and tail. Head good, not 

 extremely small, but lean and bony; forehead broad; 

 ears, small and rather wide apart ; eyes, medium size, 

 dark, and prominent, with a spirited and pleasant ex- 

 pression ; his nostrils, very large ; muzzle, small ; lips, 

 close and firm ; back, short ; shoulder-blades and hip 

 bones, very long and obliqued ; loins, exceedingly 

 broad and muscular. His body is rather long, round 

 and deep, close ribbed up ; chest, deep and wide ; breast, 

 broad, projecting in front; legs, short, close-jointed, 

 thin, but very wide, hard, and free from meat ; mus- 

 cles, remarkably large for his size. His hair was short, 

 soft and glossy ; a little long hair about the fetlocks ; 

 feet, small, but well shaped. He was a very fast walker ; 

 in trotting, his gait is low and smooth, his step short 

 and nervous. He was not what is called, in these days, 

 a fast horse, though it is claimed by some that he could 

 trot a mile in three minutes. His proud, bold and 

 fearless style of movement, his vigorous, untiring ac- 

 tion have, perhaps, never been surpassed. He was per- 

 fectly gentle and kind to handle, loved to be groomed 

 and caressed, but disliked children about him ; had an 

 inveterate hatred for dogs; if loose, always chased 

 them the instant he saw them ; was an eager and nim- 

 ble traveler, patient in bad spots, and celebrated for 

 his willingness to do his best, and for his great power 



