n8 THE MORGAN HORSE 



Mr. Lamb's recollection is correct, he made the seasons of 1814, 1815 

 and 1817 there, besides the partial season of 1811, when John Goss 

 had him there; in 1816 at William Langmaid's in Danville; and in 

 1818 Samuel Stone got him back from Goss and Rogers. 



The stud career of the Justin Morgan may be briefly stated 

 thus: 1/93, kept by Justin Morgan at Randolph, Royalton and 

 Lebanon; 1794, by Justin Morgan at Randolph and Royalton; 

 1 795> by Justin Morgan at Wtlliston and Hinesburgh; 1796, by 

 Jonathan Shepard at Montpelier, and perhaps earlier in the season 

 by William Rice at Woodstock; 1797, passed to James Hawkins of 

 Montpelier, and it is not known where kept until purchased, probably 

 1 80 1, by Robert Evans, Randolph, who sold him, probably 1804, 

 to John Goss, Randolph; 1805 an d 1806, kept by David Goss at 

 St. Johnsbury; 1807, by John Goss, a short time at Claremont, and 

 the balance of the season at Randolph; 1808, 1809 and 1810, by 

 David Goss at St. Johnsbury; 1811, by Samuel Stone in Randolph, 

 Tunbridge and Royalton; 1812 and 1813, uncertain; Samuel Stone 

 quite likely used him these two seasons in the stud about Randolph; 

 1814, 1815, 1817, kept by Joel Goss and Joseph Rogers at Clare- 

 mont; 1816, by William Langmaid at Danville; 1818, 1819, by 

 Samuel Stone at Randolph; afterwards, till his death in 1821, he was 

 owned by Levi Bean of Chelsea. It will be observed that he was 

 thirty-two years old when he died. 



There has always been some doubt as to the precise year in 

 which Mr. Justin Morgan brought the original Morgan Horse to 

 Vermont. Justin Morgan, Jr., is shown by the advertisements to 

 have been mistaken in his statement that his father brought in the 

 horse in the spring, summer or autumn of 1795. It seems very 

 probable that the two colts brought in, as stated by him, were the 

 three or four-year-old stallion, Figure (Justin Morgan) ,and another colt, 

 instead of a three-year-old gelding and two-year-old stud, as he states 

 (see page 71 ). It is really of little consequence in what year the Justin 

 Morgan was brought to Vermont, since we know by his advertisement 

 that he was kept for service in the White Rivervalley in 1793. But there 

 are facts that indicate strongly that Mr. Morgan got him at Hart- 

 ford, in 1792 or 1793, perhaps between the 2ist of May and the 2Oth 

 of June, 1792, and brought him to Vermont. It has appeared that Mr. 

 Morgan, in the spring of 1793, gave up his home and traveled with 

 the horse on what appears to have been his first season in Vermont. 

 He advertised him as "The Famous Figure Horse from Hartford, 

 Connecticut", an announcement hardly consistent with the theory 



