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Some nameless person, perhaps a patriot ambitious 
to despoil the enemy, or, as is more likely, a miscreant 
bent upon plunder, stole this True Briton, and ran 
him across the bridge to Connecticut, and thereupon 
he became an American possession, and was kept at 
East Hartford. This horse was the sire of the bay 
colt afterward known as Justin Morgan. The dam 
of Justin Morgan is represented to have been of the 
Wildair breed. Wildair, a horse of the very first 
quality, was imported from England, and afterward 
repurchased at a high price and returned to that 
country. According to other accounts, Justin Mor- 
gan’s dam was descended from the Lindsey Arabian, 
a noted animal kept first in Connecticut and after- 
ward in Maryland.’ At all events, it is probable 
was sired by Partner, grandson of the Byerly Turk, and grandsire 
of King Herod. The dam of Traveller was by Bloody Buttocks, 
the Arabian. The dam of Lloyd’s Traveller was by a son of Old 
Fox, out of Miss Belvoir. 
1 The story of this horse is a romantic one. In return for some 
very important service, he was presented by the Emperor of Mo- 
rocco to the captain of a British frigate, who took him on board 
and set sail for home. Being obliged to call at one of the West 
India islands, the captain put the horse ashore in order that he 
might exercise himself in a large enclosed yard near the sea. 
Unfortunately there was « pile of lumber in this yard upon which 
the horse climbed, and, the lumber slipping, he fell and broke three 
of his legs. In the harbor at the time there happened to be also an 
American ship commanded by an acquaintance of the British officer, 
and, as this vessel was intending to remain there for some weeks, 
the horse was given to the American captain, who brought him on 
board, put him in a sling, and succeeded in setting his broken legs. 
The animal finally arrived in the United States in good condition, 
and was sent to Connecticut, where he soon made a reputation. 
He was now called Ranger. Duting the Revolutionary War some 
Virginia officers, including General Harry Lee, were struck by the 
great excellence of certain horses ridden by soldiers from Con- 
