in
England, which we do not think of importance enough to insert
liere. iSlr. Scott states that four of the colts of Justin Morgan
were kept as stallions, and from them were derived the several
branches of that breed ; to- wit : " Woodbury," owned and kept by
Mr. Woodbury, at Rochester, Vermont, until twelve years old, and
afterwards owned successively by Mr. Walker, of Chelsea, and Peter
Burbank, of Newbury; "Sherman," owned by Mr. Sherman, of
Barre, and afterwards kept by John Bellows, Esq., of Bellows
Falls; " Bulrush," raised in Williamstown, and " Revenge," kept
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for a while in this State, and afterwards remaved. The dams of
the Woodbury and Sherman were of English descent. Mr. Scott
thinks that three-fourths of the horses now generally known as
Morgan, are of the "Woodbury branch. Amongthe colts of the
Woodbury was the Gifibrd. This was the sire of the Green Moun-
tain Morgan, whose dam was also of that breed. This horse is or
was owned by Silas Hale, of Barre, Mass., and, we believe, is the
most noted of those known as Morgan horses. He was kept two
seasons, a few years since, in Middlebury, in this County. The Gif-
ford was also kept by Mr. i^'cott, in 1831, in the same place. The
liacket dorse, owned and kept by Col. Hacket, in Middlebuiy, for
several years, was sired by the GifFord, from a Woodury dam. The
Flying Morgan, sired by the Ilacket horse, and owned by Riley
Adams, of Burlington, and distinguished for his speed in trotting, v,' as
for some time kept in this County. Woodbury 2d, raised by Mr.
Scott, and