D.C. Linsley took his defense of the Morgan breed very seriously. In response to one anonymous criticism of the breed, written by a self-described Vermonter and excellent judge of horsemen, he goes line by line through the criticism and "proves" how false it is. It's an emotional and highly charged defense during which he honestly offers no real facts; it's one man's opinion against another. Halfway through the rant, Linsley delivers the ultimate insult, which had me giggling in what was supposed to be a quiet research space:
Not a word of proof is offered, and the assertion leads one to think that the writer is neither a horseman nor a Vermonter, and that he has only borrowed the name of our little State, to have a good place to write from about Morgan horses.
OH SNAP.
(Linsley, p. 76)
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