224 THE MORGAN HORSE 



The popular estimation of the stock of Green Mountain Morgan 

 is shown in the statements which follow : 



"This will certify that I have been for the last ten years ac- 

 quainted with the Green Mountain Morgan horse, owned by Mr. 

 Silas Hale ; and that I have no hesitation in giving my opinion that 

 he is the best stock horse in New England. I have seen a great 

 many of his colts, and they all appear to possess, in a great degree, 

 the symmetry of form, spirit and action of their noted sire. They 

 meet with a ready sale before they arrive at the age of four years. 

 They are good horses for service, and many of them are fast travelers. 



GEORGE HUNTINGTON. 



Walpole, New Hampshire, August 22d, 1841 ". 



"This certifies that on the 3d of December, 1850, I bought a 

 sorrel stallion, two years old past, of S. Hale, Esq., South Royal- 

 ston, Massachusetts, paying him three hundred dollars for the same, 

 and that said colt was sired by the Green Mountain Morgan. When 

 the colt was three years and four days old, I sold him for six hun- 

 dred dollars. J. F. WHITTLE. 



Nashua, New Hampshire, August 29th, 1851 ". 



"I have known the Green Mountain Morgan horse, owned by S. 

 Hale, Esq., of Royalston, Massachusetts, for the last ten years. I 

 consider him one of the best stock horses ever descended from the 

 original Morgan horse. He has been a source of great profit to the 

 raisers of horses in this vicinity, his colts having frequently sold as 

 high as six hundred dollars, and seldom less than two hundred dol- 

 lars, when matured. I can most cheerfully recommend him to the 

 confidence of the public as a superior stock horse. 



RUSSELL HYDE. 



Bellows Falls, Vermont, August 2Oth, 1851 ". 



"We, the undersigned, feel great pleasure and the fullest confi- 

 dence in recommending to the public the Green Mountain Morgan 

 horse, owned by Mr. Hale, as being one of the very best stock horses 

 within our knowledge. We have owned a great many horses sired 

 by this celebrated stallion, and have sold them at prices from two to 

 five hundred dollars, and know of many that have been sold even 

 much higher. They are horses of great action, and are generally 

 very smart travelers. JOSLYN & ELDRIDGE. 



Greenfield, Massachusetts". 



" I well know the Green Mountain Morgan stallion, owned by S. 

 Hale, Esq., and have been well acquainted with much of his stock 

 for six years past. I am quite willing to say that the Green Moun- 

 tain Morgan is the best stock horse I ever saw, his colts making the 



