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THE HORSE, ASS, AND MULE 



place he was taken to Vermont, in which state this family of 

 horses has gained great distinction. Justin Morgan was sired by 

 True Briton, whose ancestry may be traced back to the Godolphin 

 Barb ; his dam is given as Diamond, she also tracing back to the 

 Godolphin Barb. It is but fair to state here that the breeding of 

 Justin Morgan is more or less questioned, and the above ances- 

 try is based on investigations of Joseph Battell of Middlebury, 



Fig. 12. Arion. The highest-priced American trotter. Purchased by J. Malcolm 

 Forbes, Boston, Massachusetts, for ^125,000. Now owned by M. W. Sav- 

 age, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Arion holds the fastest record for a three- 

 year-old colt of 2.10J. Illustration by courtesy of Mr. Savage 



Vermont. This staUion is described as about 14 hands high, 

 weight 950 pounds, dark bay with black points, and possessed of 

 great vitality; he died in 1 821, at twenty-eight years of age. He 

 was a fast walker, a good trotter, and was most intelligent, being 

 used as a military charger or parade horse, as a short-distance 

 runner and a farm work horse. He proved to be a wonderfully 

 prepotent stallion, and on his blood is founded the Morgan horse 



