THE MORGAN. 



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or tht oairiage. The Norman horses are now much crossed by 

 our hunters, and occasionally by the thorough-bred ; and the Eng 

 lish roadster and light draft horse has not suffered by a mixture 

 with the Norman." In his remarks on the Coach Horse, Mr. 

 Y. says : — " The Normandy carriers travel with a team of four 

 horses, and from fourteen to twenty-two -miles in a day, with a 

 load of ninety hundred weight." 



THE MORGAN HORSE. 



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SENERAL OIFFOBD.' 



Of this celebrated American variety or family of horses, the 

 writer of this possesses little knowledge derived from persona! 

 experience. That they have obtained much' celebrity as light 

 buggy and saddle horses, — attracted much notice and admira- 

 tion at the New York State Fairs from their remarkably spirited 

 action and evident docility — sold for high prices not only for the 



* " General Gifford" -was got by Gifford Morgan, he by Burbank, he by 

 the original " Morgan Horse." The dam of General Gifford was got by 

 Sherman Morgan. He is 154 hands high, of a dark chestnut color, exceea 

 ingly compact ; remarkable fur his mascular development, and is said by a 

 correispondent in the Genessee Farmer, in " only decent working condition" 

 to have weighed 1040 pounds. The some con'espondent states on the au- 

 thority of Mr. Mason (who has owned the liorse), that he hasjtrotted a mile 

 inside of three minutes.^ He is a horse of great action, and is considered a 

 very characteristic and favorable specimen of the breed in all particulari? 

 He is now owned by Charles W Tngersnll Esq., of L'^di. Seneca Co.. N. Y 



