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



2d 7 commonly known as Hale's Green Mountain Morgan 42, sired by 

 Gilford Morgan 30, he by Woodbury Morgan 7. This stallion won 

 the highest premiums at the State fairs of Ohio, Michigan, and Ken- 

 tucky in 1853, and won the first premium at the Vermont State Fair 

 in 1854, besides many other premiums. 



Fig. 1.— Morgan stallion Troubadour of Willow-moor No. 6459 A. M. R. Premier stallion at U. S. Morgan 

 Horse Farm. Height, 15.2 hands; weight, 1,200 pounds. Note Morgan countenance, wonderful devel- 

 opment of chest, and strong, clean bone. (See tabulated pedigree, page 18.) 



DIFFUSION OF MORGAN BLOOD. 



For many years the breed nourished. Morgans were used practi- 

 cally 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 resulted 



