Demoine courier., 1855-09-27
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POINTS OF A COeD HORSE.

POINTS OF A GOOD HORSE.
Zsdok Pratt, in a lecture on the horse
gives his opinion Of what constitute good
points:
He should be about fifteen ant a half
hands high; the head light and clean
made; wide between the nos,rils, and
the nosirils themselves large. transparent
anc open; broad in the forehead; eyes
prominent; clear and sparkling; ears
small; neatly Sc. on; aeck rather short.
and well set up; large arm or shoulder,
wellihrown back, and high; withers arch.
ed and high. legs fine, fiat. thin, anG
s~mnll-boned; body round rather light,
though sufficiently large to afford sub
stance when ii is needed; full chest. af
ford.ng play for the lungs; back short,
with tho hind quarters, set on rather OBJ.
liquely. Any one possessing a horse Of
this make and apperance.. and weighing
eleven or twelve hundred pounds, may
rest assured he has a horse all work, and
a bargain well worth getting hold Of.
MIR. Pratt 10 now seventy wears Of age
and has always been an admirer Of fine
horses, and Is . compe.en, judge. There
are in Mr.. P.'s lectures many valuable
hints. W. give two or three:
Care ol Horse'.-No horse can en-
oure labor all the time. A few months
in pasture, after being high fed and work.
ed for several years, will renew his enc
gies, as stated periods OF rest and recrea-
ton will preserve the vital energies Of
man unimpaired through a long life; and
by a wise law OF Providence, which is
as beneficial to the beast as TO the man,
a horse will do more labor in the six
days.ihan il he were worked the whole
seven. s 9e
In reference 10 she peculiar excellence
Of the horses OF New York, l nigh,
say, that have driven a pair two hun
bred and forty miles in three days, or
eighty miles per day. without injury
Amongst The many hundreds. aud per
haps. thousands, Of drivers and teamsters
in my employ, ! had a slow moulded
man by the naine Of Dana Brown, who
drove for me some ten years, and always
drew the largest loads in the same time,
and with less fatigue TO his horses. than
any other driver l ever knew. HE hor
ses would look better on the same feed
than those of any other, and they al
ways appeared in good condition. while
inose in charge Of others gave unmistak-
able evidence Of improper usnge. For
~. fifty, and even sixty hundred weight,
has he drawn over the Catskill noun
tains with one pair Of horses. and | am
only doing him an act Of justice 10 say,
that he never wore ou.a lash, and hardly
. snapper ia the whole time. Whilst
other ,eams,ers had sick horses. his were
always in good condition. The whole
number Of teams l had ia one year, av-
eraged in every three working days q.
600 pounds 10 Praitsville, and 1900
pounds 10 Catskill, . distance Of thirty.
SIX miles. making about two and a half
millions Of pounds in oil. mention
these facts a. illustrating the great beae.
I'll d q good management Of horses and
Of roads.
In feeding 4 horse. IL should be re-
menbered that corn has q tendency t.
mako him slow, as may be Witnessed in
the slow moving corn fed horscs Of Ohio.
Oats are more suitable to deveIope aIlhis
qualities. and from Sen 10 sixsee1 quarts
Per day should be given.
Age Of Hosses.-Wi,h regard to the
natural longevity Of . horse, nothing can
DO said with certainty. They have
been known to live thirty OF forty. and
10 some instances even sixty years. but
in usages frequently destroys them be-
ioe> they are nine or ten. ! think tina.
unasr ordinary circumstances fourse, o
vsass would be ! fair average.
Hredking.-Too much importance
cannnGhs placed upon the jsdicious break
iss and management Of this noble animal
ihouIdsbs lie dat of q child; by no
nsabs IAN horse be reduced 10 a
hesriul ~ ready obedience. A sulleu