Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-11-10

present imp owed racrs, the toundht lou Of their
own stocks or whether they will start afresh 10
go over What thu world has been some genera
ions about already, is ihiuga that each
man must decide for himself For nv own part
prefer the former mode though The matter /.
ant absolutely ciear. For IT isunbeniahle that
olaoy oil our Improved or blooded rnces, AZ We
have them, are LATHE TO great objections as,
for example. the dcllcdcy of rohsi,tutioa found
In many, besides othrr objections winch
pass over as not being strictly relevant TO the
matter in hand. think 1t certain, that no
one race can be said 10 hive been brought IL
The highest point OF Improvement; am sure
none shch has fallen under nv notice. Indeed
II rs rather surprising 10 find, thai after great
ra'ns have been taken with most OF our dotnes-
tlc animals the hfst iam,lies of them should
s'll he liable TO such great diversities among
| themselves, aud Shpnld produce SO very few Ca
pital ANIMALS. doubt nbether one thorough
bred out ola hundred IS even toleTable rac"r /,
and probably not one IN fly OF those suif sIenl-
ly esteemed 10 be trained, would be consider
ed n Superior turf horse. Ihe great scarcity
OF capital ANIMALS in every SPECIES, Is obs
S'ous, from the great value attached to those
that Ghance to be SO, and the enormous prices
they command.
II must be admitted however that the impra-
we'd rHces, MS we hive them, though liable 10
! serious oblcCuons and susceptible OF much tar
iher Improvements, are out oil all comparison
superior 10 what are called the commoa on
scrub breeds. should consider il nearly im-
possible to maze ANY OF those last named ra-
ers hrues than lucy are at present, sn long as
breeders CONTINUE To pursue the ordinary sys-
ten oil breeding them together without d,sUri.
m'nation or selection. Indeed II the best herd
o. Improved shorl horas, were turned out with
| a. q M ~ q tha r..
males ndscrrnIuaisly bred from, the males
| selected without rial, solely by the eye, and
pat - service IA the herd without reference 20
nse Ut cousan5umHy, would not re luile
many generations Tor these practices, ana 9TH
rs lhe ihe!n, ID reduce them, to Tue lowest de
gee Of wor hiessuess. II would he far better
- rptesse thru tom Hll Interference by man, &
permit them 10 Iccnr by slow degrees to STATE
ii uaiur in winch yon bud every thing, al
| ways pruduCej IA The beat possible way, thai
the circumstances o. the particular case will al
ios of We may ameiiurdlr the cmcnmst stances,
and then she prudnC b tter--or we may coun-
leiact sulnr o. her laws and then she produces
mUnstcrs--prouuc's nuihIng--oi operates with
apr,ce a pa,endy eadrss and Inc 1haustI.
bic.
~ erncrai rule il IS Ger einly true That the
~ rducr al ~, annual - more likely to pui-
sue the qnAlIlirs when Distinguished the ftml-
~ - wuich II belongs. than tncse winch arr
more particularly personal TO IFS immediate
I ancestor. IOn vii be more apt 10 get good
/ ST. ok from an animal OF pure 10 Ood wnose Ia
! mi,y are good, even II he he ,rteriui ~ quail
iits, man lrom the lnest p1 stoe animal II he
he - crane animal from low bred aud inle-
rior s ock. The latler may plndo.e lew
young hke hnnIstti. and they being carefully
selected aud tired troni. may ~ time produce a
hat 10 ct ta ,,,l
,embls his ancestors. know OF no exception
to this. where the auIlnal thus suprrto, 10 his
race. u OF cold blood. Bur there are some stu
gulAr cases o. a tue race also. thai have pro-
paEated stock Inferior 10 themselves, aud InIe.
nor also 10 Their own rtce. Potomac, one oil
the best sons OF Doomed, and one OF TIE longest
lived, nevtr perhaps begot single hoIsr rs
good as bimsell, nor Que 40 good The ave.
rage stock of his sire. 1t " vi no. do therefore
10 ir0h 10 sire, II BE- be ever SO fine, It MS
family arr base. II will not do moreover 10
rely on ihr best Of he best SIRE, til he has
proved himself ~ his clipping
II Is very remarkable, but II Is nevertheless
a fact that ~ some rate, IN animal Of pure
blood will be- more APT TO produce young hke
itself IN appearance where the opposite parent
is asctub than # II Hiso were hish bred II
NAV be that tbr pure blood OF the ore parrnt
finds nothing ~ the miAed puddle OF the others
10 eountervaii IT'S effects on The young. Ort
may depend snme otnrr cdu-P, not
easily traced. Bat Of the fact, there IS no doubt.
The ncxi cross, however, Will show he close Ell
foot : ara he VINO relies On such doub inl indi-
cations wall fad at last that ha has bestowed
his labour ia vain. Il cannot be too steadIIy
kept in ren,pn,t rance that although hig h breed
ing is mach,-and good appearance Is much,
and fine guaIilles arr much, VT 10 arrive at
=
all ncss, trih Gy o0YrtHs, and that where
hnth parents are snuIiaT IA hlnd. When al
III, Sc meet YOU have al Son ned drsIe, Huu
may proceed to select tue finest produce and
90 on With their improvement instead OF tx
lug out new crosses a. uncertain mixed breeds,
which IN Two or three generations may reward
you with n total failure.
In relation TO crosses, have iouGd alter re-
peacd TRIALS AMI much obseiv atinn, on many
species, hat il is MOI possible 10 keep up mlk.
ID breed al any Kind, without resortIng con.
Tin alJ to the original families Wi h paoi0r-
ed the mixed race you desire 10 continue. I"o
man breeds Will not produce ia tn next genfr-
a'inn a race like themselves. no mater how
nearly the parents may resemble each other. One
animal will resemble the remote ancestors on
one side, another those on the other. And IN
stead of having, Us You may have hoped, new
Iace Of yOur own, soI will have several races ,
onl, remotely resembling each other, with this
common propensity, ,hal thcy are all getting
worse each gyn'ra.ton Those mixed races 10
whateee r kind ofslock, may be easily aud Ger
fanny continued by resorilDg Constantly 10 one
uaTe blooded aud one scrub parent, or
10 two blooded parents Of different races,
according 10 the Character of stock you wish to
breed.
AZ to the degrees Of blood required in one
boh parents, mat oil course must be deter
mined by the use Tor which the produce is de
signed Rreedrrs geoeraly consider seven
erghths nearly equal 10 lull flood and a, fifteen
sixieenlhs, animals are u.unly accounted iuil
biooded. | very much doubt whether this
mode OF computation IS strict enough. Aud II
seems not Improbable. hai many OF the fail
ures attendant on what we consider thorough
breeding may have resulted from the errors
into whicu ithas led breeders. The tendency
in all such stock is backward aud they eau
he advanced only With care aud difficulty. Tne
consequence is, that requires great deal OF