Hale's Green Mountain was given the highest premium at the 

 Louisville, Ky., fair in 1853 immediately after his arrival from Ver- 

 mont and after having had a severe ordeal of railroad travel and pre- 

 vious showing,* in a day when conditions of travel were more severe 

 than now. 



In the present day nothing has done more to focus attention on the 

 value of the Morgan than the record of horses of Morgan type and 

 breeding in our show rings. In Kentucky the descendants of Blood's 

 Black Hawk, Stockbridge Chief, and others are among the most val- 

 ued horses found, and fully 10 per cent of all horses registered in the 

 first two volumes of the American Saddle Horse Register trace in 

 direct male line to Justin Morgan. Such horses as Drummer Boy, 

 Blaze o'Glory, Glorious Red Cloud, Glorious Whirling Cloud (Don 

 Edwood 27131 A. T. R.), Glorious Thundercloud (Carmon 32917 

 A. T. R.), and Lord Baltimore are known to carry Morgan blood in 

 their veins, and an examination of the breeding of the carriage horses 

 of American breeding seen in our show rings will almost invariably 

 show Morgan crosses. b 



Against all the pressure which has been driving the Morgan out of 

 existence, the intrinsic merit of the breed has stood out in sufficient 

 strength to make possible its regeneration if wise and broad-minded 

 policies are adopted. 



It is a matter for congratulation that the decline of the Morgan 

 has been checked and that measures are now under way which, if 

 wisely conducted, will in time firmly establish the breed beyond pos- 

 sibility of extinction. Too much credit can hardly be given the men 

 who have preserved the type and the blood, giving us thereby the 

 material from which to develop the modern Morgan. 



THE MORGAN OF HISTORY. 



Before discussing the best methods to adopt to restore the Morgan 

 breed and place it on a firm foundation, we should consider briefly 

 some of the salient points in its history, so as to learn, first, what the 

 ancient Morgan type was like, and, second, what of its characteristics 

 are worth preservation as being suitable for modern requirements. 



For information concerning the ancient Morgan type there is no 

 authority higher than D. C. Linsley. In an exceedingly painstaking 

 and thorough manner Linsley, over fifty years ago, made a study of 

 Morgan history and pedigrees, which is to this day the standard 

 authority on the history of the breed up to the time of its publication 

 in the year 1857. No one can claim to be an authority on the breed 



a Linsley, D. C. Morgan Horses. New York, 1857. P. 87. 



& See Twenty-fourth Annual Report, Bureau of Animal Industry, U.S. Department 

 of Agriculture. 

 [Cir. 163] 



