THE LIGHT-HARNESS BREEDS OF HORSES 91 
book, published in 1857, D. C. Lindsley describes Justin 
Morgan as about fourteen hands high and weighing 950 
pounds. His color was dark bay, with black points. He 
was a very stylish horse, of indomitable, though easily 
controllable spirit. The three sons of Justin Morgan 
that were most prolific as sources of trotters were Sher- 
man, Woodbury and Bulrush. Sherman sired Black 
Hawk 5, the sire of Ethan Allen, 2:28, champion trotting 
stallion in 1858. Ethan Allen sired Daniel Lambert. 
Black Hawk 5 also sired King Herod, sire of Herod, 2 : 243. 
From the Bulrush line comes Old Morrill, sire of Young 
Morrill, sire of Winthrop Morrill. The other son of 
Justin Morgan, namely, Woodbury, sired Morgan Eagle, 
whose son of the same name got Magna Charta. Woodbury 
also sired Barnard Morgan, which in turn sired Vermont 
Morgan, sire of Golddust, the founder of that strain. The 
fastest trotters of the Morgan line include Lord Clinton, 
2: 08%, Lamp Girl and Ethel Downs. 
While the Morgan family has produced considerable 
speed, yet its popularity is based chiefly on the endurance, 
beauty and style of its members (Plate IV). Pacers are 
exceptionally rare among them, and the purity of their action 
being bold, free and tireless, is perhaps the most valuable 
attribute of thefamily. In this connection, it may be stated 
that the government, having recognized the tractable and 
energetic disposition of the Morgans, as well as their 
well-established reputation for endurance, has established 
a breeding station in Vermont in codperation with the 
Vermont Agricultural Experiment Station, with the object 
of “saving the Morgan.’’ This stud is headed by the 
stallion General Gates by Denning Allen (the sire of Lord 
Clinton 2:08?) and out of a Thoroughbred mare. Car- 
mon, the stallion at the head of the stud at Fort Collins, 
