Breeding Morgan Horses. 



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Texas, New York, Washington, Iowa, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, 



and Illinois, as well as in the native State of Vermont. Private 



stallions have also been liberally patronized, the whole effort being 



to get into the Government stud the very best Morgan blood in the 



country. 



NOTED ANCESTORS OF U. S. MORGAN HORSES. 



That the U. S. Morgan Horse Farm has some of the best Morgan 

 blood in the country is shown in part by the following statements : 



Laura Jay won the Morgan mare class at the 1919 International 

 at Chicago. This mare has also won several prizes, including cham- 



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-Morgan stallion General Gates No. 666 A. M. R. Formerly premier stallion on the U. S. Morgan 

 Horse Farm. General Gates died December 13, 1920. 



pionships, at the Vermont State Fair, as well as at the Eastern States 

 Exposition, to say nothing of smaller shows. Laura Jay has recently 

 been added to the U. S. Morgan Horse Farm stud and is the dam of 

 Ruth, another valuable brood mare at the farm. Ruth won the blue 

 in her class at the Vermont State Fair in 1916. Reynard 5624, the 

 sire of Ruth, has many winnings to his credit, and the farm also has 

 an excellent prospect in a yearling filly by him. 



Lyndon 5080, a full brother of Reynard 5624, has won repeatedly 

 at the Vermont State Fair; he is also the sire of Lady Lyndon, one of 

 the farm brood mares. Lady Lyndon's dam is sired by Bob Morgan 

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