Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-10-04
STALLIOES.

STALLIO%S.
From the report Of the Committee o" oSG!-
lions, in tie Forthcoming P0I' Of ~ H.
AgricuNuraI Society.
It is difficult to decide at what period
of its history to commence our account OF
the Stallou-coIt. Ii we begin at its BIRTH
We are reminded Of various matters ante
cedept to thet-to him Important
eDoch. that have material influence
upon his after life To be safe let US go
back to his progenitors.
AS males communicate their organlEa-
tions with the most obvious effect, 1t Is
bv no means singular, that great stress IS
laid BY breeders Of horses and other AMI
mails upon the appearance. physical con-
formance and constitution OF the sire
This is commcndable. But farmers and
breeders generally are not so fully aware
as they should be, that various items,
other Than color. style and figure. are
transmissible from sire to son. These are
contracted feet, founder, SPAWN, ring
bone. curb. sand disease Of the eye,
and of the respiratory organs as broken
wind, roaring, wind sucking, &c. We
are as fully persuaded. that these aztec
tions and diseases. are heredltarlly trans
misSible, AS that color, acLlon OF temper
NAV be SO transmitted.
At the late National Exhibition of Hor-
ses, held ct Springfield, Mass, the wrl-
ter was the Chairman Uf the Committee
on GELD1NGs, in which class were lO9 en-
tries. Many of the finest horses suOJec-
ted to examination were found to be al
fectcd with ring-bone and other diseases
of the leg and foot ; and the reply to the
ouestions.of the Committe on this point,
invariably was" he vGS folded So"
In this view Of the case, it becomes
breeders to look we'll to it. that the seIec-
ted Stallion have no heriditary tendency
to disease, or defect capable of being
transmitted to the offspring for like
berets like" and as surely as noble
steed can mark his offering with his good
qualities, so certainly can be hand down.
also, his imperfuctiOnS OF temper Snd
formation.
If men are too often careless in tho Sc
lection Of & Stallion for purposes OF breed
ing, what shall we say Of their choice OF
a marc ? Any old decrepid, diseased,
purblind she horse, that can be procured,
or that is found 6t for no other purpose,
is considered good enough to breed from
And many such an old, good for nothing
but-the-com post heap creature, IS kept by
farmers aud others for this especially and
only purpose. Knowing this, one ceases to
wonder, that the county is stocked with
such a superabundaut supply of mIsera,
ble. early broken-down, and diseased
horses.-isomuch, that he who nova
days undertakes to buy q horse on his
own judgement, unless he goes with his
ewes peeIed, and " had his eye-teeth cut
At an early period Of his existence. will.
ordinAriIv, find himself scld remarkably
cheap.
nent English Veterinary Surgeon " who
during the last twenty or twenty-five
years, has had frequent opportunities of
visiting some of our great horse'taIrs' in
the north Of England, must be struck
with the sad falling of there is verywhere
to be remarked, in tho quality OF the one
half, and three part bred horses, exhibi-
ted for sale. The farmers when taxed
with this, complain that breeding horses,
do not sufficiently repay them and yet
we find large sums of money always gi-
ven at fairs, for any horses that are really
0ood. The truth is that farmers do not
nowadays. breed horses SO generally
good, as they used to-do and this is ow,
to the inferior quality Of the mares, which
they commonly employ in breeding"
Some of the best mares. it would ap-
pear, are now purchased by gentlemen
ior saddle horses. it being now as it was
formerly as fashionable to use mares, as
celdings, for riding purposes. A numbc
OF the finest three part bred mares, also,
are imported to the Continent.
These facts account for the deteriosa-
ton of the horses, in ordinary use in
ENGLAND, and most of them are in force
here. Many IN old broken-down creature
is purchased, or kept for breeder. be-
cause she is III for nothing else Fit fol
nothing else If fit for Il breeder, un
less injured by some accident } she is fit
for anything else.
Sire and dam being judiciously selec
ted, our next care is with the unborn colt
the fuetus. "Our next care" we say
for the young courser may be starved, ol
otherwise maltreated, as effectually be-
fore, as after birth. The mare when with
foal, should be we'll but not too plentifully
fed,-should not be overWorked, nor ye
allowed to lack exercise, and should nev
er be subjected to such rough usage, a:
it is but too common among farmland.
and stable -boys,-who are ever over-fret
with the toes Of their cowhide- boots
Discharge such at once, after hay
ing treated them to ga little of the same. ,
to see how they like it for no one taker
down with the accursed disease Of &c Cru