The Morgan Horse. 



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GENERAL GIFFORD. 



THE MORGAN HORSE. 



Thic breed of American variety of horses is, pernaps, 

 held in higher estimation, and has obtained a greater 

 celebrity than that of any other in the United States, 

 particularly in the Northern and Eastern States ; and, 

 we think, the fact would sustain the assertion, no horse 

 has been so generally admired, and taken the number 

 of first class prizes at our State and other Fairs as the 

 Morgan family. 



The original or Justin Morgan is universally admitted 

 to have been the root of this famous race ; there has 

 been some diverse accounts of his origin. The one 

 that is now generally admitted to be most authentic is, 

 that he originated near Springfield, Mass., in 1793 ; 

 was got by a horse called "True Brittain, or Beautiful 



