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such as white feet or white spots in the face. They have large limbs, 

 wide, flat and muscular, sometimes inclined to be a little coarse, but 

 the joints are good, and the whole limb very large in proportion to 

 the size of the animal. We do not recollect ever seeing a. spavin or 

 a ring-bone on a Bulrush horse. They exhibit great development 

 of muscle, and in point of size are fully equal to the average of Mor- 

 gans. They have not so bright, lively and intelligent eyes as the 

 other families, though the eye is by no means dull or stupid. They 

 do not carry their heads as high, nor have they as bold and eager an 

 expression as the Woodburys, or as graceful and easy motion as the 

 Shermans, but for lastingness and power of endurance we believe 

 they have no rivals in this or any other country, among Morgans or 

 any other breed. There is really some ground for the assertion a 

 jockey acquaintance once made to us, that 'a smart, active boy would 

 wear out a wrought-iron rocking-pony, sooner than a grown-up man 

 could break down the constitution of a Bulrush horse'. In addition 

 to this power of endurance, they are generally sharp, keen drivers, 

 and many of them are fast. They are not excitable, never fret upon 

 the road, but are busy, industrious workers. Some of the family 

 have considerable long hair upon the legs, and others are entirely 

 free from it. Most of them have very heavy manes and tails". 



Although Bulrush had more trotting speed than either of his 

 two famous brothers, his progeny do not appear so early in trotting 

 annals as those of either of the others. The blood of Bulrush comes 

 in collaterally in many early trotting pedigrees, but no sire of ?. 130 

 speed traces to him in direct male line until we come to Morrill, in 

 the third generation. From this great-grandson of Bulrush has 

 sprung a trotting family of very high distinction, one of whose mem- 

 bers, Fearnaught 2 123 J^, once held the fastest stallion record of the 

 world. This family, including among its branches the Winthrop 

 Morrills, the Fearnaughts and the Dracos, all of which sprung from 

 Young Morrill 2:31, son of Morrill, is well known upon the trotting 

 tracks throughout the country. 



In the trotting world the Morrill family now represents Bulrush 

 Morgan ; Woodbury is represented by the Golddusts and the Magna 

 Chartas ; while Sherman is more plentifully represented by the great 

 families of Ethan Allen (which includes the Daniel Lamberts), the 

 Knoxes, the Grey Eagles, the Flying Clouds, the King Herods, and 

 others. Still, the great value of the Morgan family lies in its useful- 

 ness to mankind, lending its stalwart strength to legitimate business, 

 ministering by its beauty, grace and docility to the happiness which 



