INTRODUCTION ii 



grees he could find and established The Morgan Horse 

 Register, which is now accepted as the authority. 



In 1907 the Morgan horse-breeding work of the 

 United States Government received a great impetus 

 when Mr. Battell presented to the Department of Agri- 

 culture four hundred acres of fine land lying two miles 

 from Middlebury, Vermont, now known as the Morgan 

 Horse Farm, and equipped with farmhouse, stables, 

 barns, etc., to which were removed all the horses from 

 the Vermont Agricultural Experimental Station, near 

 Burlington. 



The Morgan horse has always been noted for his 

 longevity, retaining his spirit and vigor in extreme old 

 age. They are free from almost every species of dis- 

 ease, showing their soundness of constitution. They ma- 

 ture early, and are easily kept, because they are very 

 hardy. To-day they show the traits of Old Justin 

 Morgan in their docility and symmetry of form, and 

 this Founder of his race, according to Mr. Battell, was 

 but six generations of English breeding from the orig- 

 inal Arab stock, including Byerly Turk and Godolphin 

 Arabian. 



The Morgan horse has quietly won all the honors a 

 grateful people can bestow upon him, and we are glad to 

 greet his embodiment of character in this form. 



H. K. Bush-Brown, 



(Morgan Horse Club). 



Washington, D. C. 



