New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-11-26

possible IN that defective point and il oos b re-
solved for any cause 10 bred from Q staAsa q
whose blood, or beauty, or performances he |, par
6culArk eoamored, and hat horse BE- weak in any
point on points, 10 put 10 him whAteysr marc ops
mag have in his stud most excellent where Ae V
weakest but in no case, even il il prohibit one fv0
breeding ftom thst horse at al, 10 put him 10 mare
which il faulty in the same part Toe seScsd or
dinay object Of bresding-up 10, where .sres d
some highly valued strain, possessing como degree
Of pure blood engrafted on an inferior stock, have
degenerated in size, in hight strength aud size d
bone, 10 breed them TO such horses ~ shall wiAo0
deteriorstins their bsce, improve them in sire snd
bone. This is far more difficult question in breed
Ing, md before it can be answered il will be neces-
ssry 10 know of what blood is the impure portion
constituted, and in what proportion does Il exit.
II Il be distinctly Of cold blood - Of Cleveland bay,
Suffok Rench, Conestogs, or common cart horse.
snd d the proportion Of thorough blood mixed with
Is Be uncomfortable, II may at once b pronounced
useless TO take any pains about it, a. The 70
suits will not, 1t is thousand TO one, repay the
trouble or expense. If the proportion Of pure bi'oA
be considerable but remote, and the stock have
been long in br.d-as, for example, 10 the case with
the Mergans-the only possible way to breed them
no is 70 stint the mares 10 the very best Al
most powerfully made, short coupled broad chested,
ssrong loned short legged, thorough bred stations
that can be found Of totally distinct recent strain
Of blood, if the blood Of the mares can be asces-
taned. although Il will not be the worse H. soma
tea OF more generations back, they both run into
the same line In this case the stallion, In the ar't
cross, should not be taller or larger than the marc.
except in strength, sire of bone and muscular Do
yelopmenk The FLIES in the second generation viii
be larger IN all ways than their dams-siuce I'm
provement Of strength health, symmetry and do
yelopment mphes improvement in SIZE. ThesS
6uies may be again put to horses Of exactly tho
same stamp as that Last described but just 90 much
larger than the Ally a. the Oily is larger than her
dam. This will in all probability achieve the do
sired end. This is in fact what 10 known among
breeders As breeding up, in the true sense OF the
word. II, on the other hand, the msrcs, dssene-
rated, have been crossed with pure Englsh blood,
but remotely and not recently, on Canadian or I'M
sorted Norman stock, there viii be no objection b
crossing them back once to Canadian or Norman
Gallons; since in Canadian aud Norman blood there
10 remote dormant strain Of pure bleod, probably
Andalusian Arab, which assimilates well with mod
srn thorough blood; and tho breeding back will o.
ten in that case 30 far renvigorate the race, thae
the FLIES produced by that union will often repro
auce animals of astonishing excellence BY farsber
cross with we'll chosen thorough blood Of the pres
sut day. In future psper we shall explain what
10 meant by avoiding in-breeding continually 70 the
same blood, yet breeding back TO It, AFTER laP's
of years. with beneficial effect.