New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-12-02
IMPORTANT TO FARMERa

IMPROVEMENT OF TIE BREED OF Uoprv.
1Ssveash Adios.I
There 10 one brosc or stock Of horsss 10 vAi,k a.
far, We have bat casually alluded that !, 4.
only 80 far a. it exists in q nodded ss.s. -.
mixed with other varieties and QUALIFYING n. -
eral horse stock Of America We mesa. AZ 80
the CsDsdaa. 1t deserves, probssly, nor, :.
tended notice, as beng in itself, in Ne Ar, ,,..
perfectly distinct fsmily where pure: ,,a
second, as beng very widely exssodes. b.a !. :.
mixed and ubmixed form, in ths Northern ana b..
ern States and, moreover, ss being i,..x =.
exceedingly valuable AMI nal, as workio, No..
and q prosenItOr or progeoitriI. Tas C.,.A;.,
horse, where be is Jet 10 be found IN liz % = .,.,.
lat lie to cay, increased with ether sss p..r-r
thoroughbred or the EOghsh high.brsd s,xSs. -
tho hunter caste, is originally beyoud aoust =.
French Norman horse and, even vhrr. n.
crosses mentioned st,n exist the French Norma,
blood vastly prepoDders,es. Ths prsssas cAsuc.
terstics Of the Canadian are a head nsAe, h,,.
than otherwise, but lean, bSoy and wei iosmsl
with an unusually broad forehead, with tie sas a,
apart, carried lOitily. small clear eye, and co,,
sgscus aspect; Il bold, outstanding, bat thick srs.
broad full chest and strong shoulder, hssis ~
to be too straight, a. wei - to BE- low and hesvy n
the witbers; . stout strongly. framed barrel ~
Characteristic fault Of which is 70 be somewhat ast
sided, and, not unfrequently, too long; excellent
loins; round, he.hy Group; muscular hisss Aal
above al, the soundest most undeniAbIe, ia. bossa
legs that are to be found in any Of horses net
thoroughbred; and the toughest, hardest aad most
lronhke feet that are TO be found in any scs what,
.oever. In fact immunity from disesss Of tie lsss
and feet under the most unf,sorsbls eircsussaa.
ces when III sroomed, l-shod. and subject 10 eve.
~ trial and hardship, appears TO be the distnCiA
ing marks Of the French Canadan Horse. Inn
is no horse, probably, 10 the known world, to whiA
all ordinary diseases of the foot and especially lAx
which is known IS foot founder, are 90 nearly a.
knswn; and it has been well stated BY an in.sa
gent writer well yersed in the peculiarites Of tie
particular race, that there are numbers Of Acna
in Canada, that under mas Of shaggy hair, never
trimmed, and rarely cleaned or dried, pOssessdy
.inewy legs, on which the severess service never
rsises wipd-san In addition 10 these cAarse.
teristics, the Canadians are generally distinguish
bic by their colors, of which the prevailing oas is
black; and, probably the second, IRISH darh brown.
often dsppled with lighter brewn on the shoulders
and quarters. After these colors, come chcssaus
Of different shades, but generally running b tho
sorres 81 dans with Names tails and less d lighter
color than the body; and lastly, dsrk uon-grys
with black legs. The last however, which, In Nor.
mandy, u.s. at the present day, with the single sr.
ception Of black, the commonsst Color 10, in Cana
ds and ,he United States, the least common. Tss
true CANADIANS are remarkable Tor the great vd.
umes of their names and tails, which are also d.
tinsuished by The peculiar wavy and alrncst cusy
texture Of the hairs composing them, and for 10
shaggy coating Of their back sinews nearly 10 ~
knee, and Of their fetlOcks. In hight the Csasdha
rarely exceeds fifteen hands, and in kos seldom d
taiBs 10 that standard; from fourteen 10 hanen
hands and hslf beipg their usual siss. Thsy as
not generally speedy, even at ordinary road spssa
still less often are they feet or what would DO
called fast though there are exceptions, s for In
stance the celebrated trottng stallion Sc Lswresce,
~ho has gone fast among fast horses, aud hes boea
so long on the trottipg turf 90 TO show that be pos
sesses 10 high degree the hasdy endarsnce II As
race. Their best rate Of going, for fair ordinary
Travellers not select specimens does not, perhaps,
exceed six or seven miles tho hour; but at shst
ever rate they can 60 al all, ut that rae they can
60 before or under heavy load and for cas. eoa-
inuous distance. Many Canadians viii do ffy
miles day for successive days; and not isW can
BIO found which will accomplish sixty, seventy.
eighty, and even ninety for one day; aud the lssss
rates for q proportionate length Of time Gssst
endurance Of toll, great courage, snsHAnplA
sOundness of wind, limb and eye, and the capsbli-
ty Of subsi.tDg on scansy fare and with less thaa
scanfy grooming are the excellent points Of the
native Canadian, as be now exists.
II seems remarkable that such shouM DO the
case, bat We are strongly disposed b behevs that
even in these days OF horse improvement, horse
fairs and agricultural progress, no systematics at
teDpts have ever been made to improve ths Cana
dams themselves in their pure fjrm although may
have been made, with great success, 10 create in
proved crosses by the iHiermixsure Of them viii
other races. No race probably Is more suscepti-
bio Of direct improvement than this; sad, - heis
excellence il universally acknowledged both o. the
small poor farmers working and drsughs horse. for
which they are adapted above al American breeds,
and IS brood mares, from which 10 raise highly
improved and useful general working roadster b.
breeding them 10 shOroughbrcds according 10 The
rules heretofore laid down. il is evident that this 10
AZ end most devoutly 10 DO wished.
1t would seem that, after the 6rss imPortstia Of
The Norman horse by the early French settlers,
there were few inportatiOps Of fresh strsins Of
Norman blood from the mother country, In which
continual Systematic improvements have been mads
,ad that, certainly from the date Of the Esg,ish