4 Department Circular 199, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 



many other premiums. The Bulrush blood is probably best known 

 to-day through the maternal line of Peters Morgan 40.5, in which 

 there are two traces. Ethan Allen 2d 406, the son of Peters Morgan, 

 is discussed later. 



DIFFUSION OF MORGAN BLOOD. 



For many years the breed flourished. Morgans were used prac- 

 tically to the exclusion of other horses in the New England States 

 until a craze for trotting speed struck the country, and much of the 

 best Morgan stock was then mixed with trotting blood. This re- 

 sulted, in many cases, in the loss of the beautiful form and quality of 



FiJr. 1. — General Gates 666. Morgan, stallion for many years al head of stud al U.S. Morgan Horse Vmw. 



the Morgan and did not give the breed the reputation lor producing 

 trotting speed that was due it. Prominent writers have contended 

 that the Morgan added stamina to certain trot ting-horse families, 

 for which the Morgan Diced deserves considerable credit. 



In the early days many high-class Morgan stallions and mares were 

 purchased at attractive prices and taken to other sections of the 

 country, and, while a few scattering studs were bred pure in their 

 new locations, many of them were absorbed by the Standardised and 

 I lie Kentucky Saddle Horse breeds. The identify of others was lost, 

 not because of a lack of ability to improve the stock in their new 

 surroundingSj hut because definite breeding records were not kept 

 and repeated transfers of ownership occurred. 



