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as soon rely upon his judgment in anything relating to the qualities of a 

 good horse, as that of any person we have ever met : 



JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI, APRIL 14, 1856. 

 D. C. LINSLEY, ESQ. 



Dear Sir : It is with much pleasure, I have to acknowledge the re- 

 ceipt of your favor of a recent date, requesting me to give my views of Mor- 

 gan horses, as compared with horses in general use at the West. 



I have spent the greatest portion of my life in staging, formerly in Ver- 

 mont, and now in Missouri, and I take pleasure in bearing testimony to the 

 decided superiority of Morgan horses for coach service over any others that 

 I have ever used. I have bought many horses in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, 

 Illinois and Missouri, and though occasionally a good roadster can be found, 

 they are not common. Many of the horses of these States have fine forms 

 and good carriage, yet lack the high, free spirit, unflinching courage and iron 

 constitutions the Vermont horses so generally possess. Very many of the 

 Western horses are too large. Large horses may be the best for draft, but 

 I have always found horses of medium size, weighing, say, about ten hundred 

 and fifty pounds, much the most serviceable and enduring when used before a 

 coach. I am, Sir, very respectfully yours, 



MILO JUNE. 



"The writer of the following letter is well known at the East, and 

 throughout the West, as one of the largest and most successful stage owners in 

 our country, and the noble fortune he has secured, by his own exertions, suf- 

 ficiently attests his practical wisdom, and the soundness and solidity of his 

 judgment. His large experience at the West gives peculiar value to his opin- 

 ion with regard to horses adapted to that country : 



CHICAGO, APRIL 21,1856. 

 D. C. LINSLEY, ESQ. 



Dear Sir : Your favor of the 8th inst. is received, in relation to the 

 Morgan breed of horses, and expressing your desire to make them more 

 generally known in the Western States. This desire I sincerely share with 

 you and cannot doubt your entire success. 



Being a Vermonter, I have known Morgan horses as long as I have 

 known any. I have resided at Chicago the last seventeen years, during which 

 time I have been largely engaged in the business of staging, which business 

 affords constant employment for about fifteen hundred horses, and have thus 

 had opportunities for observing and testing the capacity and endurance of 

 horses. I have no hesitation in saying, I consider the Morgan horses far 

 superior to any other breed or blood I have ever known for the road or farm. 



In fac~l, I would prefer them over all others for any kind of service on 

 the American continent. They are invariably good feeders, are easily kept, 

 and will not only perform and endure more service in a year, but more years 

 of service, than any other breed of horses I have ever known. 



Of the horses heretofore raised in the Western States, and particularly 

 west of the lakes (although much improvement has been made within a 

 few years, and many fine horses may now be found among them) it is un- 

 deniably true, that a Morgan horse, from New England, will outlast two horses 

 raised in the West. 



It is also true, that but few Morgan horses have, as yet, been brought 

 from New England west of the lakes, and equally true, that their services are 

 very generally sought by intelligent breeders of horses throughout the country. 

 Any number of inferior horses may be found in the West, which are 

 claimed to be Morgan blood. 



