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TYPES AND BREEDS 



Sons of Justin Morgan. — Tho three most iiotalilo sons of 

 Justin j\i(.)rgan wero: (1) Bulhmsli Morgan, the descendants 

 of whom arc especially noted for tlieir size, sul)stance, and sound- 

 ness, and represented by the Morrill family; (2) Woodbury 

 Morgan, who is described as possessing attractive action and 

 spirit and who was the progenitor of the Gift'ord and IMorgan 

 Eaeie Ijranches ; and (3) Shennan Morgan, from M-liom came, in 



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Fi(.i. S8. — (_)rif^'in;il phnto of Ethan Allen made in 1S.59. It shows the inaeriirafy of some of 

 the old cuts alleged to be true likenesses of this horse. 



snccessi\'e gcneratinns, the llirce greatest horses of tlieir days, 

 lilack Hawk (Vermont tir Hill's), Ktlian Allen (Fig. SS), and 

 Daniel Lambert. Tn Daniel Land)ert the ty])c underwent some 

 alteration, as the blood lines of the two fonndation American 

 sires Avere linjnght tcigether, Fanny Cottk, the dam of Lamjjert, 

 being l)y Abdnllah, grandsoii of ilessenger and sire of Ilamble- 

 tonian. 



Morgan Blood in Other Breeds. — Willi the dcv(>li)])ment of 

 trotting s]iecd and the inci'c^asing popularity of the llambleton- 



