The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1851-06-13
From Authur's Home Gazette.
THE MUSTANG, OR WILD HORSE


Rcund hoof short iointed fetIocks shag and long,
Broad breast full eye small head and Bostril wide
High crest, ehort ears, straight legs and pasSine
strong, u
Thin name, thick taiI,broad buttock, tender hide
Lock what horse should have! Venus Gn6 adsn;s.
clock what horse should have" Will
lie OF Avon being ajutge; and ackno wi
edge, gentieman.sp .sportsmen, that the wild
rafting poacher scamp had as sharp an eye
for the parts ofthe noble animal on four
legs as he exhibited in his spiritual anat-
omy of the animal on two. Can any of
you beat that, with al yeur modern breed
ingi Can even the Napoleon Of the turf
himself suggest an addition or subtraction
to or from this mastery summary of wha:
the "Horse" should be--not the draught
horse--the race horse--the saddle horse
the hunting irorse-the troltet or PAGER
but the nonporeig uniting in himself
che nearest approach 10 the perfection Of
all these.
But, says the gentleman-"Deuce take
il, where are you going 20 find such a
horse now you've got him described? It's
like shaking a basket Of spring straw
berries under the nose Of convalescing
man, and then pleading the doctor on
him-to ia ltalize us by dilatlng upon
Shakspeare's Ideal when such an animal
has long since been CT ossed and trained
out Of being" Z"
Very true, sir! very true! "Horse''
with his exhuberance ofpower and unity
ofsplendid traits is ruled down now into
strains Of a single characteristic. Though
there is great deal gained in convenience
by this, there is more lost in the general
excellence and nobility Of the animal. -
We need 10 recur again occasionly 10 the
primeval horse 10 throw off a dash of
freedom into the hard lines of too strictly
ruled strains--to find this we shall prob
ably always 60 back to the Arab OH his
yellow sands. While admit this TO be
the true mine of the "Porcelain Earth"
for the horse manufacture, am aslonish-
ed that our, Americans have paid so little
attention TO "chip Of the same grill
refer 10 the Mustang, or Wild Horse Of
our great prairies. ,..
A very common and natural misappre-
hension exists in regard to the value of
the Mustang, from the fact that it is only
the inferio: animals OF "a drove that are
,aken--as general .hing-and again
that the hunters always keep The fnesi
themselves, and send the ,riAing ones to
trade off 10 the settlements, and it is only
such as those we ever get sight Of, un-
less We make trip to the Rocky Noun.
tains or California, in person. BUTT is a
great mistake to suppose that all Mus
tangs are like the long headed, donkey
tempered, spindle-shanked, dwar6sh crea-
lures we see occasionally in this coun-
try. 81 aj . aa.. q. sno
1t would be just as wise TO judge the
stock in our racing States by some pot
bellied, shag- haired scrub colt we might
chance to stumble upon, picking the short
grass along with the pigs in country
lane-as 10 form an opinion Of the will.
horse as he is--fetterless and proud upon
his boundless plain from these misera-
Bile spe cimens. You must recollect that
the best are not to be taken every day
tha. their liability 10 capture is exactly
prooor,ioned TO their want of speed under
the most usual method Of securing them
with the lasso. For this TO be dome
you are aware he has to be fairly run
upon by the hunter with a start ola mile
or two sometimes; and the animal over
taken with such odds mus. be immensely
inferior 10 the one in pursuit. "a
So far is the fact of this lnferiority from
being found to exist in the case of the
6nsst Of them, that have known iustan.