Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1857-10-29

called fancy, is absolutely worth twice as
much to his owner as the other. Now, the
question for the breeder is simply this: by
The reply is, BY getting the greatest possible
amount of pure blood compatible with size
"eight and power. according to the purpose
for which he interd ds 10 raise stock, into the
animal bred. Fur not only is il Not true
that speed alone is the good thing der:vable
from blood, but something very nearly the
reverse is true. 1t is very nearly the leas,
good thing That which the blood horse
does possess is degree Of strength IN his
bones, sinews and frame at large, utterly
out OF proportion to the s ze or spParen;
stren ngtn Of that frame. The texture, the
form and The symmetry o: the bones, all. in
the same bu,k and volume, possess double,
or nearer four-fold, the elements OF resist
ance and endurance in the blood horse that
they do in the cold bloodeG cart horse. The
difference in the form and texture Of the
sinews and muscles, and in the inferior ten
dency TO form flabby, useless flesh. is still
more in favor of the blood horse. Beyond
this the internal anatomical construction of
MS respiratory organs, of his arteriai ard
venous system, Of his nervous system, in a
word, uf his constitution generally, is calcu-
l-ted to give him, what he Possessed, great
er vital power, greater recuperatpry power,
greater physical power,.in Proportion to his
bulk aud weight, than any other known
niusl-added to greater quickness of move
ment, arising from his superiority of fvrnl
and nec cha nism, to the more perfect arrange
uent OF the leverage and of the propulsve
powers OF his bones, sinews and muscles
and to greater courage greater endurance oI
labor, hardship. sufferirg-in word, great.
er, what is called vulgarly game of pluck,
than is to be found in any other OF the horse
family.
In the greater or less proportion thai
blood exists in any two animals OF other
wise equal appearance, soundness, strength
and symmetry, precisely in that degree may
will prevail and prsdominate. But it is moi
to be said or supposed that ali blood horses
will give these qualities in an equal degree,
for there is as much or mure chuce in the
blood horse than in any other OF the family
Since, as in the b ood of the thoroughbred
horse, all faults, all vices, all diseases are
directly hereditary, as well as all virtues, all
suundness, ali good qualities, it is more ne
ce.ssry to lUok in the blood horse to HE an
tecedents, his history, his performances, and
above all, his shape. temper, soundness and
constitution, than it is in any other OF the
horse iamiy. To breed from small horse
with the aupe OF getting large cot; from
long back d, leggy horse, 18th the hope
OF getting short, compact, powerful one;
from ID brpken-W inded, or blind, or fiat
footed, or spawned. or ringboned, or Nav j.
culur jn mt diseased horse, with the hope o
getting d sound one; from vicious horse, d
cowardiy hurse-what 10 techricaiy Called
dunghilI-wIth the hope of getting kind
tempered and brave one; a! or any uf these
things would be the hight Of folly. The
tlood sire--and the blood should always be
on the sire's de-shou'd ID be, Cor the farmer.
breeders purposes, OF medium hight, say Is!
hands high. shUrt-backed. we'll ribbed up
short III the saddle place, long belows He
should have high withers, broad Ioins, broad
chest, straig ht rump-the converse of what
is often seen III trotters, and known as the
goose rump-a high and muscular. but nol
be'iy crest; lean, bony, well-set-on head;
a clear, bright snaiIIsh, weli-placed eye
broad nostri and small ears. His fore legs
should be as long ard as muscular above the
knee, and his hind legs above the hook, unt
as lean, short and bony below those joint:
as possible. The bones cannu. by any
means be too fat, too clear of excrescences
or TOO large. The sinews should be clear
straigh:, firm and hard to the touch. From
such u horss, where the breeder can find
| one, and from a well chusen mare-she may
be little larger, more bony, more roomy
and IN every way coarse. than the horse Il
| the advantage Of the stock--souni, hcalt. J
and well limbed, he may be certain, acci
! dents and contingencies set aside, OF raisin!
an animal that will be creditable to him Il
scientific stock breeder, and profitable I,
| him IN a pecuniary sense. If farmer av'
fine. strong, sound, halt-bred, or three
quarter bred, or Canadian, or Norman, o
Cleveland bay mare, or a clever Morgan, lie
him breed 10 just such thorough bred hors
as is described above, and he cannot la ii t
do vel. But if he have a blind, or spawned
Ut ring bonet, OF broken. H;nded mare, b.
no ms aus let him breed from her at all
least of all 70 high bred and high price
sta allion-ior there is little or no hope tina
The product will ever repay The price of tn,
stalion's service. In the same mBnneF,
he has highly bred Of thoroughbred mare
OF small size, hgnt of bone, leegv, or in an
Way d, ticient IN fUrm, let him AVOID breed
ing her TO Coarse bred Nurse, in the hop,
of giving the progeny the bone of the sir
and preserving 10 il the blood Of the dan
The reverse will be the case. The bloc
of the dam will be deteriorate or lost, an
the bone will not be gained. The odds ar
ecide1.y that the colt will be Unsymmel
ricul IN some way, Cross and out {
proportion Symmetry and harmony
certain extent are absolutely indispensable
on both sire and dams sid TO the produc
ton Vi symmetrical and harmonious foAl'
Tn lar We have dealt only with gener;
principles o breedin; We may hereafter
iievIng the subject 10 be of great al
daily lncre sing Importance, 20 farther int
=, the subject, and descend from generaiitle
into p.rticuiars, touching On Parsicu Ia
s,ra ins OF blood which should be chosen 4
avoided, it'll the reasons way, by the inte
ligent American breeder.
AN AFFEcTIoNATE SON. elderly w
man had her pocket picked O. $50 in
rather novel manner at the depot estrrda
murning. She was anxousiy inquiring {,
the e. leypiand cars when an atfabIe vour