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THE MORGAN HORSE 



formation, so that the proper corrections and additions may be made in Vol- 

 ume II. 



This work is illustrated entirely with photogravures, that are themselves 

 reproductions of photographs from nature *>r from life, where it has been 

 possible to obtain such. In a few cases of horses not living it has been nec- 

 essary to copy such pictures as have been handed down, more or less accu- 

 rate, as the case might be ; but in the case of horses yet alive we have re- 

 fused to accept any pictures except those taken bv the sun. A fine paint- 

 ing is valuable, but what we want, generally, from the picture of a horse, is 

 to know how he looks, and for this purpose a photograph is the most if not 

 the only available picture. 



Of course the compiler of this work should have had access to the 

 stud books of Black Hawk, and so several years since we applied to the ex- 

 ecutors of the estate of the late Noble H. Hill of Boston, in whose care we 

 understood the books to be, for this privilege. They were very willing that 

 we should take the books, and referred us for them to Allen W. Thomson of 

 Woodstock, Vt., who, as they understood, had borrowed but never returned 

 them. We at once wrote to Mr. Thomson to know where the books were, 

 and received a reply, stating that he refused to answer any questions con- 

 cerning the books of Black Hawk. We have therefore been unable to get 

 the books, and doubtless there will appear, in this work, errors in dates of 

 the foaling of the get of Black Hawk, that with access to these books might 

 have been corrected. This we regret, but it is not a matter of great moment. 

 The books, however, are valuable and should be recovered by their owners. 



JOSEPH BATTELL. 



Middlebury, Vt., Jan. 9, 1894. 



RULES OF ADMISSION TO THE MORGAN REGISTER. 



Any animal in either of the following classes is eligible to registry in 

 THE MORGAN REGISTER. 



1. Any meritorious stallion or mare that traces in direct male line to 

 the original Justin Morgan Horse, and has at least one sixty-fourth of his 

 blood. 



2. The produce of a sire and dam both registered in THE MORGAN 

 REGISTER. 



Stallions foaled in or before 1880 are admitted free. A fee of two dol- 

 lars is charged for registering stallions one year old or more, foaled since 

 1880, and one dollar each for colts less than one year old, and mares of 

 any age. 



The " Middlebury Register " is the recognized organ of THE MORGAN 

 REGISTER, and will print in its columns, free, the pedigrees of horses sent in 

 for registration. This will give opportunity to make corrections or changes, 

 if desired. 



