Stewards Will be Driven to Posts Behind Morgan Horses, Daily Racing Form, 1954-05-28

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Stewards Will Be Driven To Posts Behind Morgan Horses GARDEN STATE PARK, Camden, N. J., May 27. — The. associate stewards will be driven to and from their stands Saturday and Monday behind four registered purebred Morgan horses. The four-in-hand will be handled by John M. Seabrook, owner of the four dark bay Morgans. They will be drawing a Healy brake, a one-ton vehicle developed during the past century as a sporting vehicle, particularly for shooting, The drivers seat is eight feet, two inches from the ground. The Morgan strain was originated in New England and achieved ! fame as both a riding and driving horse. For many years the United States Army maintained Morgans to help develop cav-[ airy and artillery horses. They are famed ■ for theim stamina and tractability. The I four to be driven by Seabrook range from : four to eight years of age and consist of . three gelding and a mare. The Seabrook . Morgans are in direct line of descent from ; the stable of president Andrew Jackson at ; the Hermitage, his homestead in Tennes- I I see.


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