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ten hundred and fifty-one pounds. This makes the get of Woodbury 

 one-quarter of an inch taller and about thirty pounds heavier than 

 the get of Sherman Morgan, which was probably a close approxi- 

 mation to the general average. Woodbury's sons, here given, average 

 an inch taller, but not heavier than himself. 



Mr. Linsley says: "The Woodbury family are found most 

 numerous in the central part of the State of Vermont. There are 

 also many along the Connecticut River, between Brattleboro and 

 Newbury. The founders of this and of the Bulrush family were bred 

 close together, and remained near each other most of .their lives ; 

 hence their descendants are found in the same vicinity. The average 

 size of the Woodburys we believe to be greater than either of the 

 other families. They are deeper in the flanks, with heavier quarters, 

 but not so heavy in the chest. Some are inclined to be hollow- 

 backed, and in this respect differ from the Bulrushes. They have an 

 exceedingly bold, lofty and resolute style of action, and are over- 

 flowing with spirit and nervous energy. They are generally very 

 tractable, but eager and restless ; are full of ambition and cat-like 

 activity, that make them favorite horses for parade. Their prevail- 

 ing color is chestnut or bay, often with a white stripe or star in the 

 face, and white on one or both of the hind feet. Only a few of this 

 family have any long hair on the legs above the fetlocks, and they do 

 not generally have as heavy manes and tails as the other families. 

 They have a shorter gait than the Bulrushes, and are spirited, pleasant 

 drivers. The limbs, with the exception that they are freer from long 

 hairs, closely resemble the limbs of the Shermans, being not so large 

 as the limbs of the Bulrushes. They have generally a softer coat 

 than either of the other families. The Woodburys have the largest, 

 most prominent and brightest eyes of any of the Morgans. The 

 forehead is also very broad, and the muzzle good, but in some of 

 them the jowls are not so well shaped as the others". 



Woodbury Morgan was the first horse ever foaled that left as 

 many as three sons that got each a two-thirty trotter. Sherman 

 Morgan, a number of years his senior, was the first horse that ever 

 left two sons that got two-thirty trotters. This trio of trotting sires 

 was composed of Gifford Morgan, Morgan Eagle and Morgan Caesar. 



Gifford Morgan is said to be sire of the chestnut gelding Bep- 

 po, that had a very close five-heat trotting contest with Lady Suffolk 

 at the Beacon course, New Jersey, July 4, 1843, in which both contes- 

 tants went to saddle, and both retired w r ith records of 2 128, being the 

 first records ever made in 2 130 or better. Lady Suffolk took the first 

 heat in 2 :28^ ; the second was a dead heat in 2 : 2 8, so that this point was 



