now eight years old, is still kept by him in Vergennes,
and is the only real Woodbury horse kept for mares in the County.
Mr. Weissinger, one of the editors of the Louisville, Ky., Jour-
nal, who, some ten years ago, made a tour through Vermont, and other
eastern States, and took pains to examine the best horses of the
general Morgan breed, as quoted by the CtiUivaior^ says, '■ There
is no doubt whatever of this, that the breed of the Morgan horso
was and is now, in the fev/ instances where it can be found, far the
best breed of horses for general service, tl:at was ever in the United
States, probably the best in the world; and it is remarkable,
that this breed was and is now known by many striking peculiari-
ties, common to ne;irlyevery individual."
The old Woodbury Morgan, at twenty years old, was sold for
^1300. Mr. Hale says, " several stallions, begotten by Green
Mountain Morgan," of which he was the owner, "have sold as
high as $1500 ; many have brought prices ranging from $800 to
$1200; geldings and mares from $300 to $800 ; few less than
$200. The Woodbury and other breeds generally designated as
Morgans, are less generally found in this County than in the eastern
part of the State ; and in New Hampshire and Massachusetts,
having been generally sold and removed.
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110 HISTORY OF ADDISON COUNTY.
The Black Ila-wk and his descentlants arc more generally found
here. This horse was sired by the Sherman Morgan, then owned
by John Bellows, Esq., of Bellows Falls, and his dam was a largo
black mare and fast trotter, and is