INTRODUCTION 3 



ally visited most of the States in the Union, some of them several times, 

 made repeated excursions into the Provinces of Quebec and Ontario, and also 

 visited Mexico. Neither trouble nor expense has been spared to learn all 

 pertinent facts concerning every pedigree. 



We have also adopted the system, which seems to us to be the only true 

 one, of setting down as ascertained and proven only those facts which we 

 deem to be ascertained and proven by methods and measures of proof that 

 are sufficient. We have not stated matters as facts when all we knew was 

 that a previous author had so stated them. For instance, having observed 

 that statements in recorded pedigrees, that one animal was the sire of another, 

 when the breeder is not given, are very often erroneous, we give such state- 

 ments invariably under a " said to be". We do not give these statements at 

 all unless we deem them probable ; so that where the expression " said to 

 be" occurs in a pedigree in this work it means that we believe a cross pro- 

 bable ; and in many, perhaps a majority, of cases, it will have been set down 

 absolutely in some other work, but not otherwise proven to us. 



The fruits of the registration here begun are already apparent. The 

 production of Morgan Horses as a distinct breed has been taken up in earn- 

 est at many places throughout the country by companies and individuals, 

 while many others are selecting, buying and selling horses of Morgan blood 

 and type, at a profit. The best people want them for all the purposes of busi- 

 ness and pleasure. They are acknowledged to be among the best roadsters 

 in the world ; their intelligence and docility are unsurpassed, and their sym- 

 metry of form and pride of carriage are proverbial. There is no question 

 but that they would be in demand, even if none of the blood were ever 

 again to be seen upon the track ; but we have no doubt that in the future as 

 in the past many individuals of this family will always be found upon the 

 trotting turf. Indeed, we should not be surprised if this should become 

 true to a greater extent than in the past, and that the quality of long endur- 

 ance in track work, combined with speed, which the records show that the 

 Morgans possess to a remarkable degree ( see Appendix ) should cause 

 them to be much sought after for racing purposes. 



If it be true that of late there are more Hambletonian than Morgan 

 trotters, it is in part certainly because many times more are bred and trained 

 for that purporse. The first horse that ever trotted a mile in 2:28 was 

 Beppo, said to be by Gifford Morgan. The stallion record of the world has 

 been held twice by Morgan horses ; for several years the greatest living sire 

 of trotters was a Morgan ; a Morgan horse was the first to get three trotters 

 in the 2.30 list, and another Morgan was the first to get six in the same list; 

 and the record for fastest mile ever trotted any way of going has been held 

 for fifteen out of the last twenty-five years by a Morgan the 2.15 of Ethan Allen, 

 and the 2.06 of H. B. Winship, each with running mate. The fastest trotting 

 record in a race for a number of years was 2 : 08^, made with running mate by 

 Frank, another strongly inbred Morgan ; the fastest mile ever paced was and 

 still is 2 : 01%, made with running mate by Westmont, whose dam was Annie, 

 by Cottrill Morgan. Johnston 2 :o6^ had for a number of years the fastest 



