New-York daily tribune., 1857-10-21

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TfotdDs matches viii not DO it, for they sAo
nothing Of the qualities Of the thorough bred kossA
Who 10 y rarely trotter-,housh they DO sAeu,
most indispusaely, the value Of blood in s,cssins
horses. For, although il 10 generally dlheals 10
prove the blood Of trotteu to any remote distance
wherever we find one with . very hiSh strain Of
Scod We are certain to fnd one with very great
powers Of endurance, both for staging Ais.sacs
sad coming again.
We now come 10 another, and BY no mssus sse-
Ondary part Of the business; that 10 tS say 10 tho
shsice Of the mares. And here We ssy tia. The
art thing 10 be looked for is, not blood nor per-
iormances, but sre add symmetsy, accompanied,
- 0 matter of course, by constiaSisnd and ssrae-
surxl soundoess. Blood from the sire. bess.y from
the dam, is the golden rule Of the breeder. We
know it 10 commonly raid by farmers Of ssme
wrescbed under. sized, ewe-necked, cs.AAmneA
wreck Of a mare, broken. winded, nns s-bcasd s,d
spawned "Ob, abe will do to raise colt out Of!
So she will But what viii the colt b The
breeder had better for all purposes, especially fsr
his swn pecunisry benefit, ksve shos hes 1t once,
for the colt will not be wsrth the mares grass, iee
alone the price Of the stalon's services. When
We say that blood is not ~ be looked for We mean
not as aprpay necessity. OF course, it IL to ee
looked for, thus: that a 6ne mare, having
TIE breeding points finely developed, got BY
Q prime thoroughbred horsc, 10 pro
erabe animal for q dam 10 An equally
6ne mare who has no thorough blo,d st
ali. But, on the contrary mare with oil tho best
boods in the world in her veins, II she hsve NOT
good shapes, good size and good points, 10 not it
for stud mare. We do not merely mean ~ b
the absence Of actual deformites or constitutional
disease, such rs SPAWN, riDsbone or naviealar die
ease, but a. to lack Of structural excellence and
beauty. We 10 90 far a. to cay that iarmes lad
far better let alone breeding from marc which ho
knows to be herself good and true one. II she b
cross made unsiehty, aud deficient in points Of
strength or in action; for excellence will soms
times be found, accidentally aud exceptionally, in
al shspes, even the most unlikely. But u viii ee
found NINETY. nine cases out Of hundred, AastAe
IN shapes will be transmitted, while the s,ceilenco
will not Therefore, say We when good Old marc
however good she may have been, il she want afe
bone muscular development and form, has done
her work. it is better 10 let her %, her duties done,
than 10 seek to turn her 10 further prot ey breed
ing from her, since the profit is extremely bhsly
70 prove loss. An improved mare, Of Eue form
and good temper, with plenty Of boos, good con-
stitutiou, and free from unsoundncss or vice. u
better animal from which 10 raise STOCK, than the
toughest bit of mares Hesh that ever stood 90 iros,
II she materially lack any one Of those conditions.
"In choosing the brood mare" says an excellent
modern writer on the horse, though he 10 speaking
Of thorough breds, four things must be eoasid-
ered First, her blood; secondly, her franz;
thirdly, her state of health; and fourthly, her
temper.
"Her blood or breeding will depend mainly upon
the views of the breeder-that is 10 soy, what par
tcular class Of colts he wishes 10 obtain; and &C.
eording 10 bis decision he will look out for mares
Of that particular kind he desires to reproduce. on
the principle that like begets like but subject 10
various considerations partly alluded to before, and
partly to be alluded to hereafter.
"In frame, the mare should be 30 formed - 10
BE- capable Of carrying and well nourishiDg Aes o.
spripg; thats, she should be what ID called roomy.'
There is formation Of the hips which IL parieu.
Iarly unfit for breeding purposes and yet which 10
sometimes carefully selected. because it Il eonG1-
cred elegant; thn il the level and straight hip, In
which tho tail Is set on very high and the end Of
the haunch bone il nearly on level with the pro-
lection of the hip bone. Nearly the opposite form
n the more desirable, whore, on examining tAe
peivs, il will be seen that the haunch bone forms
Q considerable angle with tho sacrum, aad that
there is, a. consequence, plenty Of room, rot
only for carrying the foal, bat for allowing Il 70
pass into the world. Both Of these points ase In
portant the former evidently 50, and tho hitter 10
lees 90 On consideration, because tho fosl is In
jured In the birth, either Of necessity or from y.
norance, it will often fail 10 recover its powers,
and will remain permanently injured. Tho pslvis,
then shsuld be wide and deep, that II 10 ssy, largo
And roomy; and there should also be little ~ers
than the average length, from hip 10 tho shssIdsr
10 ~ to give plenty Of bed for tho foL,
~ well a. . good depth Of back ribs, which
arc necessary 10 give the strength 10 support this
increased length. This gives 10 the whole frame
work Of the trunk q larger proportion thsn 10
always desirable in the race horse, which 10 easy
overtopped in race horses" thsth to ssy, they nay
sasily have more body than their legs csa properly
carry; "and hence many good runners have fasieo
a brood mares, while . great number Of bad
runaers have been dams Of good horses Be-
yopd this roomy frame, necessary /" the sss'
shell of the foal, the mare only requires ssee
shape and make as is we'll adapted for the par-
pose she is intended for" that is 10 say, for pro-
ducing colts Of the style and form she is inteodsdto
produce. We will add, that she must have fssr
GOOD legs under her, and those legs standing ~
foundation 90 four good, well shaped, large seee