. Breeding Morgan horses at the Morgan Horse Farm. Morgan horse; Horses Breeding. 6 Department Circular 199, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture He has left a large number of descendants that had extreme speed, but he is best remembered to-day in Morgan pedigrees as the sire of Daniel Lambert 62 and as the sire of the dam of Ethan Allen 2d 406. Daniel Lambert 62, probably the greatest progenitor of speed in the Morgan breed, was foaled in 1858 and died in 1889 at Wey- bridge, Vt., on what is now the U. S. Morgan Horse Farm. Accord- ing to Col. Joseph Battell, who owned Daniel Lambert at the time o
. Breeding Morgan horses at the Morgan Horse Farm. Morgan horse; Horses Breeding. 6 Department Circular 199, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture He has left a large number of descendants that had extreme speed, but he is best remembered to-day in Morgan pedigrees as the sire of Daniel Lambert 62 and as the sire of the dam of Ethan Allen 2d 406. Daniel Lambert 62, probably the greatest progenitor of speed in the Morgan breed, was foaled in 1858 and died in 1889 at Wey- bridge, Vt., on what is now the U. S. Morgan Horse Farm. Accord- ing to Col. Joseph Battell, who owned Daniel Lambert at the time of his death: His race record was , made when 3 years old, his only season on the turf, and was at that time the stallion record for that age. He has to his credit 38 trotters and 1 pacer in the list and is the sire of 36 sires of 122 trotters and 30 pacers, and is also the sire of dams of 107 performers, including some of the fastest, in the same list, to the close of the season of Fig. 5.—Meredith 7230. Morgan stallion foaled in 1909 and bred by U. S. Morgan Horse Farm Daniel Lambert was thus described by S. W. Purlin, Esq., of Boston: No horse could be found that excelled him in beauty of form, ease and elas- ticity of action, elegance of style, and grandeur of pose, whether at rest or in motion. Few horses have ever lived that possessed greater power of stamping their offspring with the above characteristics and imparting the ability to per- petuate them through succeeding generations. ^Denning Allen 74 was bred by Major Luxton, of Lexington, Ky., hut was foaled the property of J. B. Bowman, of Lexington, and purchased by Colonel Battell, of Middlebnry, Vt., on April 1, 1893. Mr. Bowman stated in his sale catalogue of 1878: His dam, Elena, is a premium animal and has trotted inside of 3 minutes Denning Allen is a horse of greal promise, can trot in without any special training, and has sired many splendid colts. Denning Allen was awarded first premium
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