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the appellation of a fast traveler. Their usual height is from fourteen to fif- 

 teen hands, color bay, make round and rather heavy, with lean heads, broad 

 and deep chests, the fore limbs set wide apart, legs clean and sinewy, short, 

 strong backs, with that projection of the ribs from the backbone which is a 

 sure indication of great development of lungs, and consequently of great 

 wind and bottom. For saddle, draught, and other useful purposes, the Mor- 

 gan horses, bred in Vermont and all the Eastern States, including the north- 

 ern and western parts of New York, are so much prized as to command 

 much higher prices in the principal cities of the Atlantic States than horses 

 from other parts of the Union'. 



"The < Maine Farmer' for 1853 (we think in the April number) , in an ed- 

 itorial, thus speaks of the Morgan horses : ' The stock of Morgan horses is so 

 universally known and admired throughout New England, that it is hardly 

 necessary to repeat their merits. For a seller of horses, it is only necessary 

 to establish the fact that his horses are of the Morgan blood, and he meets 

 with a ready sale at good prices, and the purchasers are more than satisfied. 



" ' They excel in great endurance, carrying weight a long distance ; and 

 as roadsters they excel all other horses in this or any other country ; are full 

 of noble and generous spirit, with such docility of temper that the most timid 

 can drive them ; but if put to their mettle they are a full hand for the best 

 driver'. 



" In an elaborate article in the ' New York Herald', in relation to the horses 

 of that city, published early in 1853, in speaking of the large number of horses 

 employed in hauling the cars on the Sixth Avenue railroad, the writer says : 

 ' Four-fifths of all the horses employed on this road are from Vermont and 

 New Hampshire, and of these nearly all are of the celebrated Morgan breed. 

 These horses have long and justly been celebrated for their admirable quali- 

 ties as roadsters. 



" ' They are particularly remarkable for their great strength in proportion 

 to their size, and for their power of endurance, bearing up under hard labor 

 that would break down the strongest draft horse. 



" ' The Morgan horse, though a small animal, is noted for his great bottom 

 and hardiness, as well as for compactness and roundness of form. He is a 

 very sprightly animal, and is said to be more sagacious than the generality of 

 horses'. 



" By reference to the report of the United States Agricultural society's 

 fair, held in Boston, Mass., the fourth week in October, 1855, it appears that 

 three premiums were offered to stallions as ' roadsters ' ; of these, all were 

 awarded to stallions of Morgan descent ; four premiums were offered to stal- 

 lions for general use, four years old and upwards, all of these were awarded 

 to Morgans. To stallions for general use, three years old and under four 

 years, two premiums were offered ; one of these was awarded to a Morgan. 

 To stallions for general use, one year old and under two, three premiums 

 offered ; two awarded to Morgans. To breeding mares and fillies four pre- 

 miums were offered ; two awarded to Morgans. To fillies three years old 

 two premiums offered ; one awarded to a Morgan. Fillies one year old, only 



