Horses came to America from Spain, England, the Low Countries, and
Arabia. Here they interbred and flourished as never before. "Out of
the melting pot have come four entirely new breeds that rank among
the finest horses of the world. Three of them originated through
the painstaking and intelligent efforts of American horsemen, one
through a freak of nature." That "freak" was a little bay stallion
born when George Washington was president. This chunky,
short-legged horse proved to be not only hardy and gentle but also
able to outpull and outrun any other horse in New England or New
York. Plagued by his owners' bad luck, the horse spent most of his
twenty-eight years hauling freight but sired many offspring who
also showed the strength, endurance, speed, heart, and peculiar
conformation of the original Morgan horse. Based on extensive and
careful research, this book tells the stories of the origins of the
Morgan, the Standardbred, the American Saddle Horse, and the
Tennessee Walking Horse as well as their progenitors--Figure,
Messenger, Hamiltonian, Black Hawk, Dutchman, Lady Suffolk,
Cockspur, Denmark, Tom Hal, Copperbottom, and Roan Allen--and the
breeders and fanciers who recognized their special qualities.
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