New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-11-26
IMPORTANT TO FARMERS.
IMPROVEMENT IN THE BREED OF HORSES
Fourth Article

(Pourth Arsaolal
In former articles We have shown, or underworld
30 show. few Of the general principles Of horx.
breeding; the advantages resulting from breeding t
pure blood on the sires aide, Whatever the quality
of the dam; the points Of symmetry and strength
most desirable and, indeed necessary 10 the ps
rents on both sides, and on which side more par
tcularly; the necessity for perfect structural snd
constitutional sourdness and health, on both sides
and for the absence OF hereditary yioe Of temper
and lastly the state Of health to be aimed at in the
dam, as well previous to her being taken 10 tAs
horse as during the period Of her CESSATION and ths
means to be tasen 10 attain aud preserve that con
dition of health, or, as it is usually termed among
torsemen, condition, emphstically. We shM now
proceed to show little more particularly what ART
The improvements 10 be obtained in different vsrie
ties and how this improvement is to be produced
for it il very certain that the same horse will moi
answer for every Kind Of mare, but that on the
contrary, for very different styles of dams vey
different style Of sires will be required to produce
equs results in the progeny New, it may be stated
generally that the ordinary objects of breed as W
are twofold One, and the most common and mos.
feasible is from an entirely cold stock, we will say
for example, the Cleveland Bay or, the nearest ap
proaches to be found to ii 10 this country, the Con
estoea cart mare, namely, or the larger Vermont
draught mare. We do not speak in this connection
of the Morgan, or the Canadian, or the Ncrman-
some mares Of which last stock have been recently
imported into this eountry-snce all Of these have
some strains more or less distant, Of thorough
bood-to raise progeny improved in spirit speed,
lfphtuess Of action, endurance Of fatigue aud cour.
are BY stntng mares of that stock to blood horses
This is the simplest of all the ends to be attained
ard can be almost certainly accomplished, BY send
ing the maretaking it for granted that she SOUND
and generally well formsd-to any thorough bres
horse. provided he also is sound, well shaped and
free from vice. Any such horse will more or lesA
improve the progeny, both in blood aud in the form
structure and strength of the bones, both in frame
and spirit, without any especial reference to the
particular strain Of thorough blood from which M
himself comes 90 that the strain be not tainted witt
hereditary disease. In the second and third, snt
vet more in later generations, when blood has bser
introduced and the dams as well as tho sIes have
some mixture Of pure lineage it is more requi
size 70 lOOh W lhiuuico, SiucO SVhiO hsasA@s s"so
riousy cross well with others, and some as noto
riousy i'll. OF course, it is better that the sire
where it is possible should be Of racing stock that
n hmOps for courage aud stoutaess, such as aoy OF
the stocks which trace remotely to Herod, Cade
Regulus, Eclipse or others Of known fame; b.!
thus far it is not essential or sine qua non, since
every blood horse even f-as Sir John Fenwich
said in the reign Of Charles H.-he be the mesnest
hack that ever came out of Bsrbary, 10 SO ind
nitely superior in courage, stoutness and quality,
both Of bone and snew, as well as blood to the best
| cold. blooded mare that ever went on shodden
hoof that be cannot fail TO improve her stock, what
ever may be his comp aratve standing among racers
ALL therefore, that the breeder has TO do in this In
stance is to satisfy himself that the horse is reay
horoughbred- that is to cay trsceab!e on both sides
of bis pedigree to English stud book race-horses-
aud that he has the virtues and has not the defects
Of form which have been previously subjects of DIE
cussion. Next to this there must be harmony in
the size, and, to some extent, in the forms OF the
snimals. The putting small mares TO gigantic
horses, or colossal mares to ponies, in order TO give
size TO the of.pring will never answer, but on the
contrary VIII tCsus Ia euC RAoaeShVu VI Iichoy
uniformed produce. The mare, as it has been said,
may be with advantage something larger, lorger
and more roomy than sse horse, but not too much
so. We should say mare of sixteen hands AMI
proporhoDate strength should never be put TO 9
stallion under fifteen hands, and from thence up h
fifteen and one inch; nor mare over sixteen hands
to one short of fifteen and q half up to fifteen
three, hands, Still less should little mares be- put
TO tall horse, or low mares TO leggy horses, in
der 10 give hight. II the brood mare be low, but
long and roomy, it is no bad fault; but the way Il
siye size 10 the progeny is TO select, not tan or
legRy horse for the stallion, but one Of singulary
perfect symmetry, not lGuch higher than the dan
though an inch or two inches will DO no harm, pro-
vided be be not long in the legs, especially from the
knee downward, short backed, close coupled, and
generally strong INDEPENDENTLY so in those
points where tae maze is the most defective. We
stated above that there is no greater bunder than
to breed an animal rickety and detective In one
point, 10 another perfect in that point or even IN
duly developed in it, with the expectation Of curing
both defects in the progeny. This rule, however,
is to be understood with Soma margin. That is to
say, il is 10 be held absolute only where the defect
in the mare or the horse ia great that it is impru
dent TO breed from either at all One often, how
ever, sees both mares and horres with some ono or
more faults in symmetry, which are positive iefect'
although only in 8 secondary degree and which are
at the came time eoun.erbalanced BY so great q
number Of positive advantages, excellences sad
beauties that he is wise to waive tho one defect
striving 10 remedy it. in view to the other good t.