Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-08-02

I'VE are no advocates Of horse racing, nor OF
raising horses for the course, but supposng that
any general rules applicable to breedug race
horses will apply also to breeding horses for hard
service Of any kind, we Ply the following arti.
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On Breeding from Young Stations.
To the Editor Of Bells Life in London
SIR: l, is 20 me matter of surprise that
breeders of horses for the Turf should per.
sist in putting the best horses to the stud
whilst they are so young as only fouryears
of age, as is very often the case with the
winners Of the Doncaster St. Leger, and
the EPSON Derby S axes. They are often
sold, soon after winning those stakes. for a
very high price. and in many instances are
put to covering mares the very next season /;
and will beg to ask any Of your readers
conversant with Turf matters, how many OF
these Leser and Derby winners produce
Leger and Derby winners I think they
will not be able TO show many instances OF
it vet, from those races combining a long.
er distance, heavier weight TO carry. and
a faster pace throughout, than most other
races for three year olds, the winners Of
them must of necessity be iunately streng-
thy and sound, and have every right to be
considered the best horses Of the day at
their age. What makes it more surprising
that they should continue to breed from
such horses so Young. is the broad fact be.
fore their ewes, that most Of these winners
are produced from old horses and old mares.
This fact is worthy Of their serious atten.
ton for the same result is found IN breed
ing greybounds, and perusal Of Mr..
Thacker's work on ceursing and breeding
will explain to them the cause OF the result /;
and that The too prevailing idea ofthe utility
of breeding from animals in their season of
youth and vigor is very fallacious. There
is time for allthings so with breeding ami
mails for labor there is time to breed, a
time to grow to maturity, and time to la
boz. The province Of nature, conceive,
during growth to be, TO give perfection TO
the animal labor in moderation during the
latter part of the growth is essential to.
wards that perfection !; bu, it seems, by the
best animals being produced from old pa
rents, that the province OF nature is Still! to
labor for time, In order 10 give the fullest
and mos. perfect development to all the
parts, to be settled and seasoned SO that the
power to labor is constitutional in them /;
then comes the province Of nature for bree.
ding and reproducing animals in the grea.
test perfection. IT, on the other hand, you
put them to breed before they are arrived at
perfection, you impose double task on ma.
ture to the prejudice Of all the three pro-
vinces off, to the prejudice ofthe growth,
the labor, and the reproduction. TIE breed
the best horses it is undoubtedly the best
way to breed from the best but those best
.hould be in the best state to breed from,
which cannot be the case before they are
themselves arrived at perfection.
A paragraph in your paper, July, 3. 1885,
respecting Fiho. Walton, Wha'ebone, Woe.
full, Par,zan, and nearly all the eminent
stations, getting better runners in their old
or declining years than when in the season
of youth, freshness, and vigor, drew my at