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handsome from their peculiar mottled or spotted 
appearance, 1 ^usually black and white. 
The pure bred, high grade harlequin is much 
scarcer than the tiger-striped and commands a much 
higher price. 
Those who have ever owned Great Danes are 
unanimous in saying that they are the most desirable 
of all the large breeds. To begin with, their coat is 
short and cleanly and easily cared for, — unlike 
that of the St. Bernard for instance. They are 
dignified and quiet on the street and not given to 
“hunting trouble,” but any dog attacking one is apt 
to get the surprise of his life. They are naturally 
obedient and well behaved. You will seldom, if ever, 
find one given to barking at passing dogs or vehicles. 
On their master’s grounds they exercise the same 
authority over an uncouth, ill-dressed intruder that a 
city park policeman does over a tramp:—It’s a case 
of “ move on now” and move lively or get hurt. Woe 
betide any stray dog foolish enough to forage on 
the place. He will get such a sudden and un¬ 
expected shaking up that he will avoid that locality 
in future. 
At night they assume responsibility for the safety 
of everybody and everything around the house and are 
alert to every unusual sound or move, and their slow 
deep, booming bark is as disconcerting to a prowling 
thief as a ghost story is to children just before bed¬ 
time, and unless he quickly gets out he will have a 
fight for his life on his hands. 
The Great Dane combines in the highest degree 
great size, with symmetry, elegance and rapid move¬ 
ment. In proper condition he is a veritable bundle 
of steel springs, and as lithe and graceful as a 
panther, with the strength of a strong man. For a 
country home he is the dog par excellence and will 
never fail to be appreciated. 
When buying a Great Dane, or any other kind of a 
dog for that matter, it is always best to deal with a 
reliable kennel breeding them instead of picking up a 
“bargain” indiscriminately. Never buy a dog with¬ 
out an authentic pedigree, don’t be put off with the 
talk that the seller can get it for you “any time, but 
hasn't got it just now. ” A good pedigree is the “ hall 
mark” of quality. A good dog with a good pedigree 
from a responsible kennel is a “ quick asset. ” Either 
demand from your dealer a registered pedigree, or 
one that he will guarantee to be eligible to reg¬ 
istration, and get a good dog along with it, and 
you will rarely have to lose anything in case cir¬ 
cumstances make it necessary for you to dispose of 
your pet. 
The Morgan Horse 
By JOHN GILMER SPEED 
T HE sprightly Dr. Holmes in his autocratic dis¬ 
courses called him Morgin. This was a 
phonetic pleasantry, as that is the way New 
Englanders, not of the Brahmin caste, pronounce 
Morgan. And just at the time the Autocrat was de¬ 
lighting the breakfast table with his wit and wisdom 
the Morgan horse of Vermont was at his highest 
fame. The type had been established for nearly half 
a century and had been recognized by horsemen for 
two generations. 
The Morgan horse has long had a place in Ameri¬ 
can song and story, and those of us who are well 
acquainted with him know that what has been said 
in praise of his strength, speed, beauty and courage 
was the simple truth put in the most pleasing liter¬ 
ary form. 
This horse for more than seventy-five years has been 
the most distinct reproducing type of American origin. 
At the same time he has been the most useful, 
most beautiful and most pleasing general utility 
horse we have ever had in this country. And to-day 
he is without a rival in usefulness on a country place, 
as he is good at any work to which you choose to put 
him. 
As a light harness horse he is most admirable, 
as he can go as fast as any gentleman, not on a race¬ 
track, would care to drive, and no road is too long for 
him. And he is also a most excellent saddle horse 
when properly trained. Further, he is generally as 
sound as a dollar—without a pimple as they say in 
Kentucky—and he lasts a long time, frequently being 
as good at twenty as he was at eight. When I 
get to the story of the creation of the type it will 
be seen that the early Morgans, including the foun¬ 
der, lived to a great age, remaining sound to the 
end. That is still one of the chief characteristics of 
the type when not marred by outcrosses of hetero¬ 
geneous blood. 
"Fhe Morgan is a small horse and it is questionable 
whether experiments in breeding will ever make him 
large w ithout injuring the type as to beauty, strength 
and stamina. And it is doubtful whether horses 
are particularly improved by mere size. Symmetry, 
to my mind, is preferable to bulk without sym¬ 
metry. 
The efforts hitherto to increase the Morgan size 
save in very exceptional instances have not been 
brilliantly successful. Indeed the type came near to 
becoming extinct in the efforts to get more size and 
greater speed. This was in answer to the demand 
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