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mals in most of their leading characteristics, is certainly strong evi- 

 dence of their relationship. There can be little question that there 

 was a strong resemblance between them. The descendants of the 

 Lindsay Arabian were celebrated for their compactness, speed and 

 endurance, and for an exceedingly playful and tractable temper; 

 they were highly esteemed throughout Connecticut and Massachu- 

 setts, and were most numerous along the valley of the Connecticut 

 River. Many of the cavalry engaged in the siege of Boston, in 1775 

 and 1776, were mounted on these horses, and their extraordinary 

 qualities attracted the notice of General Washington. Acting upon 

 his advice, Mr. Lindsay found and purchased the horse that has since 

 borne his name, and took him to Virginia. Previous to this time he 

 had been called Ranger. Not only had the stock of this horse be- 

 come well and favorably known in the localities we have mentioned, 

 but at that time a great deal of interest was manifested throughout the 

 country in Arabian or throughbred stock. It is evident that Ranger 

 was then the sire of a very numerous progeny, or they would not 

 have been in the army in sufficient numbers to attract the attention 

 of the commander-in-chief. It cannot, therefore, fairly be objected 

 to this hypothesis, that the descendants of the Lindsay Arabian were 

 too uncommon to render it probable." 



This was written in 1856. In 1875, John H. Wallace, in an 

 article in his Monthly, after stating that Morgan kept Sportsman a 

 number of years, but that he could find no evidence (as \V-e have) 

 that Morgan ever kept Diamond, proceeds: "Our impression and 

 belief is, therefore, that Sportsman, the son of Lindsay's Arabian, 

 was the sire of the dam of the Morgan Horse. The the- 



ory that Sportsman got his dam appears to be reasonable in itself, 

 and when we consider the characteristics of the known descendants 

 of Lindsay's Arabian, and compare them with Justin Morgan, we 

 find in almost every point except color some resemblance that would 

 seem to point to the Barb as a common ancestor". 



In support of the view that the Morgans possessed the same 

 admirable fitness for cavalry use that attracted Washington's atten- 

 tion in the Arabian Ranger stock we quote from "The Horse of 

 America" by Frank Forester (H. W. Herbert), published in 1857: 

 "During the Canadian rebellion of 1837, the English force was 

 augmented by two cavalry regiments. The cavalry consisted of the 

 First Dragoon Guards and of the Seventh Hussars, the latter of 

 which, a light regiment, brought its horses with it from England. The 

 Dragoon Guards, which is as heavy a cavalry regiment as any in the 

 world except the Lifeguards and the Royal Horseguards, which are 



