The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-05-16
Horses.
BY J. PRESCOTT HALL.

Tho following is extracted from an
Addrcss Of the Hon J. Prescott Hall,
Of New York City, before an Agricul.
tural Society in Rhode Island
To come down to practical results
then, you may ask, would you have far
mcrs breed anu use race.horses Ger.
tainy not tboroughbreds by which I
mean animals whose pedigree can be
traced directly to Arab originals but
would have them never employ ony.that
were not strongly em6ued with the best
properties or oriental steeds
The heavy horses Of Europe; includ-
ing those of England, France and IIol-
land, arc wholly unsuitcd to our habits
and purroe cs. being slow Of motion and
expensive to keep. For farming draft.
oxen must always lie preferred in New
England to horses or mules. for when
their career in the cart and plough is
run. they have not lost any pnrt Of their
value. but become food for man, as they
were destined finally to he
Again. the harness of the oxen en-
ploycd 10y us. is Of the cheapest and most
simple description and dcfJ any man
to contrive cooler or better mode of
coupling this animal to his plough or cart,
than ly'tle common wooden yoke which
W" rsc and which is equally well calcula-
t'd TO forward traction, or for backing
the load
The horses which you ride and drive
daily arc ali of them strongly imbucd
with the blood of the thoroughbred. and
we rsrcly see in this State a single sre-
cimcn Ct the heavy draft horse of Eu-
rope.
when Mr. Birkbeck the distinguish.
ed English Farmer. first came to this
country. moro than SO years ago. he
wrote and published an account of what
he saw AUD amongst other things lie re.
marked, and with some asionishmcnt
that the American horses were all blood
horses, or so crossed with that race as TO
cause It's predcmiuaucc to be seen wher.
ever he travelled and lie pronounced
them superior to those of Europe.
Even in Pennsylvania. their strong
wagon horses have lost their hcnvine.s
and while they are of the largest size.
they have also blood, compac. bone and
good action. An English cart horse
carries as much hair upon bis fetlocks as
be does upon his name while the legs
OF the CanestoGa, may be found as clean
as those of a Barb.
I'VE have bred in this country from
the best originals aud our trotters. in.
cluding the Morgans and Blackhawks.
owe their speed and endurance entirely
to their eastern blood. Old Messenger.
one of tho best racers that England ever
lost was introduced into this country
shortly after the Revelation He was
the sire of Mambrino a thoroughbred
trotter, who could knock off n mile in
three minutes in his twenty first year
when | saw him ; and he transmitted his
blood TO the famous Lady Suffolk who
could 60 the same distance in two min.
utes and twcnty-six seconds
lie and she had the hardy grey color
OF Old Messenger, who gave TO them
the speed and endurance of the trottcr;
while the same Patriarch impaired to
Eclipse his swifness as a racer
" Trustee, who not long ago astonish
ed all England by going over course of
twenty miles within the hour in harness,
was son of imported Trustce,-a thor
onehbrcd race horse, whose price at one
time was three thousand guineas.
Mr.. j, of London when in this coun-
try had SO strong desire to see the an.
imal that performed this feat. that
took him to his stable in Houston street,
where We saw him harnessed to the ba.
ker's cart which he daily drew through
tie streets of New York.
: He was chestnut, fifteen hands two
inches high, and exactly the kind of
horse which we should breed and raise.
Daring the Canadian rebellion, the
English sent over to those PROVINCES a
considerable body of cavalry. Many OF
these horses died on the voyage from
stress of weather, and they were com.
PEELED to mount their men BY purchases
New York, Vermont and New Hamp-
shire, all along the borders of Canada.
These animals | saw in Montreal in
exercise, They were specimens Of the
middlins sized Morgan, with striking
marks of blood and Col. Shirley, of the
Dragons, informed mo in 1912 that
they were The best cavalry horses for all
work that he had ever seen; SO good lie
said, that they were not to be sold when
the regiment went home, but to bo taken
to England for use, as one would take
Goals to Newcastle,
Believe me, gentlemen, We Of Rhode
lslprd should breed our own horses. and
breed them larger and better than we do
now 1t costs no more to rear and keep
a good horse than bad one while their
relative capacity for sor7ise cRn scarcely
be estimsted.
saw when was abroad, the horses
Of France. and found they had, amongst
others, a middliog si4ed race remarka.
ble for toughncss aud condition. which
arc easily maintained but to improve
their breeds the government makes con.
stant draught open the English thor
oughbreds
Now, we havo no need to 20 abroad
for this kind Of stock. As a general
rule our resdstcrs are much better than