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and was brought back again to Vermont and was owned by a 

 Mr. Crane, and by some known to this day as the Crane horse. 

 Mr. Crane became so much attached to this horse that a short 

 time previous to his death he directed that a likeness of the 

 horse should be carved on his tombstone, which, I believe, has 

 been done. When I last heard of this horse he was thirty-five 

 years old and as sound and limber as a colt." 



From the same source of information I gather the fol- 

 lowing : 



" Morgan Caesar was foaled in 1828, the property of II. 

 Smith of Hartland, Yt. ; sired by Woodbury, dam by Quick- 

 silver. He was fifteen hands high and weighed 1,100 pounds, 

 was a fast driver — could go a mile in those times in three 

 minutes, and was driven twelve miles with two men in a sleigh 

 in forty-four minutes. 



''This* horse stood several seasons in the State of Maine, 

 and was really the founder of that family, or class, of roadsters 

 for which Maine has become quite famous. But the Vermont- 

 ers were too shrewd to allow him to always remain in the Old 

 Pine Tree State and got him back again to that of the Green 

 Mountains, where he died in 1848, aged twenty years, and he 

 also died sound in limb. His stock was among the best-selling 

 stock in Vermont, and geldings of his get brought from $300 

 to $500 each." 



Again: "Green Mountain Morgan — Hale's, — was foaled 

 in 1834 ; sire, Gifford Morgan ; g. s. Woodbury ; g. g. s. Justin 

 Morgan and dam sired by Woodbury, a dark bay mare of 

 beauty and action. 



" Green Mountain was fourteen and one-half hands high 

 and weighed 1,100 pounds; color, a deep bay. He was a great 

 show horse ; was taken West in 1853 and exhibited at several 

 fairs and took first premium at State fairs at Kentucky, Ohio, 

 and Michigan. In 1854 he received first premium at the Ver- 

 mont State Fair. He was a horse of great muscular develop- 

 ment and remarkably nervous and spirited action. 



" A boldness in his style, a fire in his eye, and an unceasing 



