Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1857-11-05
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% 10 raise COit OUT OIL. 30 Sne Will. but
what will the colt be, The breeder had
better for all purposes, especially for his
own pecuniary benefit, have shot her at
once. for the colt will not be worth the
mares grass, let alone :he price of the stall
lions services. When we say that blood
is not to be looked for. we mean not as a
primsry necessity. OF Course, it is to be
locked for, thus. that fine mare, having
the breeding points fneiy de, eloped, got b,
prime thoroughbred horse, is preferable
animal for dam To all equally fine mare
who has no thorough blood at all. But. on
the contrary, mare with all the best
bloods in The world in her veins, if she have
not good shapes, good size and good points,
is no: fit for stud mare. We do not merely
mean as to the absence of actual delormiiies,
or constitutional disease, such as SPAWN,
ringbone or Iaviculdr disease, but as t. lack
Of structural excellence and beauty. We
60 SO far as to say that farmer had far bet
ter let alone breeding from mare which
he knows. to be herself good and true one,
If she be cross-made, unsightly. and deici-
eut in points of strength or in action; for
excellence will sometimes be found, acci-
dentallv and exceptionally, in all shapes,
even the most unlikely. But it will BE-
found. in ninety-niEe cases out of hundred,
that the ill shapes will be transmitted, while
the excellence will not. Therefore, sav we,
when good old mare, however good she
may have been, if she want size, bone, mus
cular development and form. nas done her
work, i is better TO let her 60. her duties
done, than 10 seek to turn her to further
profit by breeding from her. since the profit
is extremely likely to prove loss. An un-
proved mare, of fine form and good temper.
with plenty of bone, good constitution, and
tree from unsoundness or vice, is better
animal from which to raise stock, than the
toughest bit of mares flesh that ever stoo
on iron. if she materially lack any one of
those Conditions.
'ln choosing the brood mare,' says an ex-
ceilent modern writer on the horse, though
he is speaking of thorough breds, 'four things
must be considered: First, her blood second
ly, her frame; thirdly, her state of health;
and fourthly, her temper.
'Her blood or breeding will depend main
ly upon the views OF the breeder-that is t.
say, what particular class of colts he wishes
to obtain; and according to his decision, he
will look out for mares of that particular
kind he desires TO reproduce, on the princi-
pie that like begets like but subject to
various considerations, partly to be alluded
to hereafter.
in frame, the mare should be SO formed
as to be capable of carrying and well nuur-
ishing her offspring; that is, she should be
what is called 'roolDy.' There is forma-
ton of the hips winch is particularly unfit
for breeding purposes. and yet which is
sometimes carefully selected, because it is
considered elegant; this is the level and
straight hip, in which the tail is set on very
high, and the end of the haunch bone is
nearly on level with the projec' ion of the
hip-bone. Nearly the opposite form is the
more desirable, where, on examining the
pelvis. it will be seen that the haunch bone
forms a considerable angle with the sacrum,
and that :here is, as a consequence, plenty
of room, not only for carrying the foal, but
for allowing it 20 pass into the world. Both
OF these points are important, the former
evidently SO, and the latter no less SO on
C lnsideration; because ii the foal is injured
IN the birth, eth OF necessity or from ig-
norance. it will often fail to recover its
powers, and will remain permanently in
jured The pelvis, then, should be wide and
deep, that is to say, large and roomv; and
there should also be little more than the
average length,from hip to, the shoulder so as
to give plenty of bed for the foal, as well as
a good depth of back ribs, which are ne
cessary to give the strength to support
this increased length. This gives to the
whole framework OF the trunk larger pro-
portion than is always desirable in The race
hurse, which is easily osertopped in race
horscs,' that is to say. they may easily have
more body than their legs can properly
carry; and hence many good runners have
failed as brood mares, while great number
of bad runners have been dams Of good
horses. Beyond this roomy frame, neces-
sary as the egg-shel: of the 10 ii, the mare
only requires such shape and mike as is
well adapted for the purpose she is int tended
for that is to say, for producing colts Of The
sly lie and form she is i..tended to produce
We will add, that she must have four good
legs under her, and those legs standing as
foundation on four good, well-shaped, large
feet, open-heeled and by no means fiat-soled
Th.t she should have good, lean, bony
head, small cased, broad from ed, well set on,
upon Ligh, well carved neck, thin at its
junction with the head; high withers, thin
shoulders, and, above all, long. sloping
shoulders. A straight sh, u der is an Bbomi-
nation; it renders speed impo -sible, and
gives rigid, irflexible motion, often prudu-
c:ng the bad fault of stumbling. She should
be wide chest.d and deep in the heart ace
Her quarters should be strong, well let down.
long and sick. e-shaped above the hooks. 1t
is better that she go with hei hooks some.
what too wide apart than too near together
the former point indicating power, the la.
ter weakness, of bad kind. /. has been
shown that brood mare may, nay. should be
considerably longer in the back than one
would choose working horse to be; but if
she be particularly so, it is desirable to put
her TO particularly so, it is desirable to
put her to particularly short-bncked and
close coupled horse. Or her temper and
health we shall speak in future paper.
From the N. Y. Evening Post, Oc. 20tn.l
The Republican Triumph in Ohio.
The reelection of Gov. Chase, of Ohio,
We believe is no longer doubtful. His major
ity is likely to exceed thousand In Hamil-
ton county his vote exceeds that given Tor