Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Stellar. Western Livestock Journal. Sept. 1951
Bred by the US Gov't Farm, foaled in 1948, he was still a young horse in the upper photos from WLJ. The lower photo is from the AllBreed site.
He sired a whole lot of get with many of those breeding onwards with some of those having lines to today.
Just a few of us more notable get include Gringo (sire of many), many Lorwin prefix horses, many Mary-Mel prefix horses, Milholm Coronation, Omar Sheriff, and Yellow Bird.
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Monday, April 28, 2025
Western Livestock Journal. May 1951
I do apologize for the poor quality of these photocopies that were made back in the early 1980s from tightly bound volumes of the magazines.
I have included the entire page of each because it is fun to also see the other ads.
On the first 3 pages, the column of reading is about Morgans.
On the 4th page, the photo in the lower right corner is about the Morgan stallion, Redman.
Sunday, April 27, 2025
Saturday, April 26, 2025
Friday, April 25, 2025
Versatile Morgans. "They Do It All". The Morgan Horse Magazine. March 1984
He is from a lot of Western Working Family, with some Brunk, Lippitt, and Gov't.
He does have some progeny listed but I don't think anything bred on.
His pedigree is mostly Western Working Family, with some Brunk, and a bit of Old Midwest.
A pedigree of Western Working Family, Brunk, Gov't, Lippitt, and Old Vermont.
Pedigree of Brunk, Western Working Family, Lippitt, and a touch of Gov't.
Thursday, April 24, 2025
Waseeka Peter Piper. The Morgan Horse Magazine. March 1984
Sire of 171 get and a winner in the show ring.
He sired many who bred on.
More info at the above link.
Big Bend Doc Davis. The Morgan Horse Magazine. March 1984
Color photos from TMH
B/W photo from the AllBreed site
His pedigree was a nice blend of Lippitt, Old Vermont, Gov't, Western Working Family, and a touch of Brunk.
He competed dressage all the way into the Grand Prix level.
He sired 24 get.
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
Funquest Falcon. The Morgan Horse Magazine. Feb 1984
His sire was sired by the Brunk bred, Flyhawk. The other 3/4th of his pedigree was Western Working Family from California (Tehachapi Allen), Elmer Brown of Kansan (Maggy Linsley, Lisabelle, Mary RM), O E Sutter of Kansas (Leon Silver, Dot S Bell Ann), H T Hineman of Kansas (Powerful).
Each of these breeders and their horses and programs had a story.
Sire of 86 get mostly for Funquest but also for many other breeders. Ever so many of his get have bred on.
This was one nice looking Morgan!
Furbruk Don Ethan. The Morgan Horse Magazine. Feb 1984
Upper photo from TMH
Lower photo (Fuzzy, very fuzzy) from the AllBreed site.
There are pictures of his parents, all his grandparents, most of his great grandparents, and many beyond that at the above link.
He was sold, in utero, in the 1962 Lippitt Dispersal Sale after the passing of Robert Lippitt Knight. His dam, carrying him, was sold for a good price for that time, for $2300.
He sired 13 get and was later gelded.
Delmaytion Sundance. The Morgan Horse Magazine. Feb 1984
He was sired by a California bred Western Working Family stallion. His dam was by the Gov't bred, Tutor, and out of a mare sired by Parade with a Kansas bred Western Working Family dam.
He sired for Andrews Morgans.
His daughter, Andrews Becky Lou, produced for the SFG prefix with some breeding on.
His daughter, Andrews Misty Dream, was dam of Amberfields Desperado, the prolific sire.
Two other daughters also bred on.
Damon Ashmore. The Morgan Horse Magazine. Feb. 1984
He has been featured previously. This is a different photo of him.
Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Bennington. The Morgan Horse Magazine Feb 1984
Upper from TMH (Looks like a young horse)
Lower from the AllBreed site (looks very mature)
His dam was just flat-out a Saddlebred, albeit with a few crosses to Morgan well back in the pedigree.
The following is from the AllBreed site--
Color: b
Height: 15.1
AMHA #5693
Bennington was foaled by the USDA at the USGMHF on April 2, 1908, one year after the Government Morgan farm was established at Weybridge, Vermont and matured out a dark bay, standing 15.1, weighing 1100 lbs. His dam was Mrs Culvers, ASHR 3711, one which no one would have expected could foal at stallion the likes of Bennington, just based on conformation. However Gates prepotency and genetic prowess prevailed and the result was a stallion that eventually replaced General Gates as senior sire at the USGMHF. His sire line goes back to Sherman Morgan through Denning Allen and Black Hawk with 26 crosses to Justin Morgan. Regards Mrs Culver’s pedigree, Charles Perkins states She was as much a Morgan as many of our so-called X-type of registered Morgans and although I was never privileged to know her as an individual she had the chance of being a superior animal to many used to carry on the Morgan lines. Sent to Army remount program in 1913, returned to USGMHF 1917. His cross with Artemisia produced Mansfield, Queridio, Ulysses, and Canfield. Bennington sired 89 registered foals (1911-1934), 49 of which were bay and 30 chestnut. Died June 11, 1936 at the USGMHF, Weybridge, Vt.--
Height: 15.1
AMHA #5693
Bennington was foaled by the USDA at the USGMHF on April 2, 1908, one year after the Government Morgan farm was established at Weybridge, Vermont and matured out a dark bay, standing 15.1, weighing 1100 lbs. His dam was Mrs Culvers, ASHR 3711, one which no one would have expected could foal at stallion the likes of Bennington, just based on conformation. However Gates prepotency and genetic prowess prevailed and the result was a stallion that eventually replaced General Gates as senior sire at the USGMHF. His sire line goes back to Sherman Morgan through Denning Allen and Black Hawk with 26 crosses to Justin Morgan. Regards Mrs Culver’s pedigree, Charles Perkins states She was as much a Morgan as many of our so-called X-type of registered Morgans and although I was never privileged to know her as an individual she had the chance of being a superior animal to many used to carry on the Morgan lines. Sent to Army remount program in 1913, returned to USGMHF 1917. His cross with Artemisia produced Mansfield, Queridio, Ulysses, and Canfield. Bennington sired 89 registered foals (1911-1934), 49 of which were bay and 30 chestnut. Died June 11, 1936 at the USGMHF, Weybridge, Vt.--
His get and descendants have dominated the Morgan world for decades now.
Despite anything said about his parentage and his traits, he is solidly in Morgan pedigrees today.
General Gates. The Morgan Horse Magazine. Feb 1985
Upper from TMH
Lower from the AllBreed site
His breed type had to come from his sire. Take a look at the pedigree of Rena, his paternal grand dam; she had a good dose of the Old Vermont High Percent blood behind her.
General Gate's dam had one lonely cross to Justin Morgan. Her sire was Thoroughbred and her dam was Thoroughbred, Trotter, the one Morgan line, and untraced lines.
General Gates sired 118 registered get. These were mostly for the US Gov't Farm in VT. Today, he is to be found behind every living Morgans except for Full Lippitts.
Red Oak. The Morgan Horse Magazine. Feb 1984
Red Oak is a rare source of General Gates that does not come through Bennington (Linsley is the other source).
His dam, Marguerite, at first glance may seem to lack much Morgan blood, but a closer look shows many crosses back to Justin Morgan.
It is also interesting to read the information on the above link.
The following about Red Oak is from the AllBreed site--
| Color: b Height: 15.3 AMHA #5249 Bay, faint star, bh socks white, 15.3, 1075 lbs. Foaled 5/1/1906, Middlebury, VT. Bred by Joseph Battell. 1st - 1907 Middlebury, Vermont Fair in competition with 20 entries of same age. Very handsome and excellent horse. Sold to: 1906 USDA and kept at USMF, Middlebury, Vermont; 1911 sent to State Agricultural College, Amherst, Massachusetts, for stock purposes; July 20, 1925, Richard Sellman Estate to A. & M. College of Texas, College Station, Texas, USA. Registered Morgan progeny: 47 colts, 57 fillies. |
It would take a book to delineate all the ways Red Oak comes down to today.
Monday, April 21, 2025
Scotland. The Morgan Horse Magazine. Feb 1984
Upper from THM
Lower from the AllBreed site
With only 7 crosses to Justin Morgan, his dam was just barely a Morgan; behind her was Thoroughbred, Trotter (Standardbred), and untraced lines.
But Scotland, upon maturity as shown in the lower photo, did receive Morgan looks.
The following is from the AllBreed site--
" Noted as a Morgan horse of very elegant proportions and pure trotting action. Amazing that he was on the 1918 Morgan Horse Club list for elimination from the USGMHF breeding program. Transferred to the Remount Service, War Department from the MHF in 1922. Sired 34 foals on record: Gelding 1, Mare 23, Stallion 10. black 3, brown 1, chestnut 27. Scotland was also active around the farm at Weybridge with carriage driving. He was exactly what the US Army was looking for as a Cavalry mount. Registered Morgan progeny: 11 colts, 23 fillies."--
I would wager that the famous 1918 Morgan Horse Club list of elimination was due very much to his pedigree.
Some of his get did breed on, including:
--Highlad Lad, used in the Army Remount Service. He is behind Glens Morgan who, in the 1950's, was in Oregon siring and promoting Morgans.
--McMahon Morgan General, Grand Champion Stallion at the 1920 Vermont State Fair. He was sire of Escort, sire of 18. Escort was sire of Pomulus, sire of 15, including Keystone, Pommelass, Queen Iowana (who traces down to Arana Field), and others.
--Nunda, dam of Gypsy Prince and others
--Scotanna, dam of 8, including Manscot Lullaby (dam of Woodland Chief, sire of 25), Manscot Merrimaid (behind Oatka Wendee, and dam of Springlet), Monterey (sire of 83, used in Remount and Crow Indian Reservation, a very important sire in the West). Upwey Anna, dam for Upwey, Bald Mt., and Townshend.
--Tootsie, behind Scott's Hero, sire.
Snoqualmie. The Morgan Horse Magazine. Feb 1984
Sired by Troubadour, sire of the much better known, Troubadour of Willowmoor, and out of a mare named Sarah. Sarah, at first look, seems to lack Morgan blood, but taking a more detailed look at her pedigree shows quite a lot of Morgan back behind her.
Snoqualmie was in the U S Army Remount Service from 1913-1919 but sired only 2 registered Morgan get.
Donald. The Morgan Horse Magazine. Feb 1984
Upper from TMH
Lower from the All Breed site
His pedigree is a study of the high level of close breeding done by those who were utilizing the High Percent old lines. He is rated at 107 crosses to Justin Morgan with over 35% of Justin's blood.
He is one of the Lippitt Foundation stallions.
Sired in 1904, he sired 66 registered get and an unknown number of non-registered get.
His daughter, Donbelle, went to Elmer Brown in Kansas and became a vastly important dam of many of Brown's Morgans that then spread across the US.
His daughter, Cornwall Lass, was dam of Cornwallis, sire of many important breeding Morgans both within the Lippitt family and others.
Others of his many get bred on to one extent or another.
Sunday, April 20, 2025
Ulysses. The Morgan Horse Magazine. Feb 1984
Upper from TMH
Lower from the AllBreed site
Bred by the US Gov't Farm, he was another of the great Bennington x Artemisia cross. His dam brought in the undisputed, Old Vermont High Percent blood. If she had been sold to Robert L. Knight, she would have been a Lippitt Foundation horse. But she was sold to the Gov't Farm and brought to them some wonderful Morgan blood.
Bennington had a Morgan sire line but a Saddlebred dam. The paternal grand dam of Bennington was mostly Thoroughbred and Trotter blood with a thin line to Justin Morgan.
Ulysses had only 26 registered Morgan get. He served in the US Remount service and had get in that program from a variety of mares.
But his Morgan get included some very important ones.
--Babs, dam of Gadabbott, dam of Abbington of Shady Lawn, Abby Gail, Captain Fillmore.
--Delmont, sire for the Gov't farm and others with lines to today in many places.
--Gwen-S, dam with lines to today.
--Melysses, sire for UNH and others.
--Quizkid, sire of 86 get, and so very important in the Midwest.
--Quotation, dam for UC.
--Ulyselba, dam of Gayselba who was dam of some good ones that bred on.
--Ulendon, the most famous of all, sire of 94 get. Ever so many bred on but his most famous would be Orcland Leader and Orcland Vigildon.
Troubadour of Willowmoor. The Morgan Horse Magazine. Feb 1984
Upper from TMH
Lower from the AllBreed site
His dam was from the old High Percent Old Vermont lines, being in bred to Ethan Allen 2nd, line bred to Cushings Green Mountain, and every line of her pedigree going back to horses carrying Justin Morgan himself at least once.
Troubadour of Willowmoor's sire was bred by C X Larrabee of Montana and was sired by Jubilee de Jarnette who did so much for the early Brunk breeding. The paternal grand dam brought in more trotting blood than Morgan blood but did have the Justin Morgan sire line.
Troubadour of Willowmoor sired 53 registered get.
Some of these were out of mares who were not registered Morgans but who carried Morgan blood in their own pedigrees. Many of these mares went on as X registered Morgans and bred onwards.
Probably his most famous daughter was the Gov't Farm bred, Quietude, dam of Sonfield, Upwey Ben Don, Upwey Benn Quietude, and others.
His daughter, Quenelda, was grand dam of Bennfield, and dam of Peter Mansfield, Virgil, and others.
He was maternal grand sire of Uhlan who sired so many important ones in California.
He was maternal grand sire of Pomulus, who sired some important ones in Washington.
He was dam of Narissa who was dam of some good ones for the Gov't Farm and ones who went to Ohio in the Devan program.
In all, he has come down to us today in many lines.
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