Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1857-11-19

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they seem to be SO, even if they be not so
| in reality, the mares will be constantly Try
ing to leap them or force their way through
them, and bad. perhaps fatal, accidents will
be occurring. 1t is far better plan TO have
the fences made, at least at the upper part,
OF open work. so that the animals in two ad-
Jacent l0ts may De uble TO see one another
and communicate without beicg able to get
al each other (as when SO situated they will
De CONSTANTLY gently trotting to and fro in
order to end methol of getting together,
which Will keep them in proper exercise),
lhan TO confne two or more mares in the
same lot or inclosure. as in that case they
Will be apt, in pldy and rivalry, to extend
themselves too much 20 their speed. ard
over eVert themselves. An acre is ample
space for such an nclosure, and it should be
provided with a good comfortable hut or
porch, for shade in Summer and warmth in
Winter, the doorway of which ought not TO
be less than five feet in width and eiuht in
night. with the angles of the door-posts and
Intel rounded off, in order to prevent the
hips from being injured as the animal passes
rap diy and impetuorsly in and out. or from
the poll being injured by throwing up the
head suddenly and striking the sharp edge
OF the Intel. The food of the brood mare
during her CESSATION should be liberal. gen.
erous and nutritious, without being heating;
for 1t is 10 be remembered that during this
time the female has 10 generate blood for
the nourlshment of her fe US as well as [ :
herself. Green succulent grasses and roots
are excellfns at this time, as clover, lucerne
green corn, sowed broadcast and cut younU
ior The purpose; ruta baga turnips and, best
oi all carrots. Large quantities of oats or
OF corn should not be given-ifthe latter / e
used at all, it should be old and thoroughly
drled-thuugh it is not advisa Bile to cut them
on entirely; from four to eight quarts of
oats may be given daily with advan,ane, and
bran mashes, with the oats added TO them
steamed or moistened with hot water. Will
De found the best method of administering
them. There is no more certain method of
lnsurlng the production of poor, under
sized, s'arSeling and weak. k.constitutioned
toa ''thdn TO slarve the mother, or 10 feed her
on III suited or improper food during her
CESSATION, or TO keep her cold or wet, or ex
posed TO violent changes of temperature.
Equal care should be taken OF both mother
ana leal, alter the birth OF the young animal;
and 1t will be found well to repay the extra
expense, If both are furnished with little
oats and with nutritious food of the descrip-
tionS named above so long as the young
animal is sucking the dam.
Lastly, the temper says the same
authority, on whom we have already drawn
50 largely, sis of the greatest importance,
oy which must be understood, not that gen.
tien' SIS at grass, which may lead the breed
CTS family to pet the mare, but such a TEN
per as will serve for The purposes of the
rider,and will answer to the stmulous of the
voice, whip or spur. A craven or rogue is
not to be thought of as the mother of fam
l!y; and 1t mare belong to breed which is
remarkable for refusing to answer to the
call OF the rider, she should be consigned to
any task rather than the stud farm. Neither
should "a mare be used for this purpose
which had been too irritable to train, un less
she happened to be an exceptional case: but
II OF an irritable family, she uld be worse
than even roarcr or blinl one Taese
are defects which are apparent in the colt
or hily; but the irritabiiiy which uterferes
| with training. whether for the racing or the
rottIng course, often lie Is 10 the expendi-
ture OF large sums on the faith of private
! trials, which are lost fro the failure in pub
| tic, owing to this defect of the nervous sys-
tem." This same species o. irritabili3y not
only prevents horse from exerting hms elf
to the utmost in public, whether on the
road or on the course, bu. will frequentlv
even cause the animal. when he suspects,
from indications of unusual preparation or
activity in the stable, which horses are ex-
traordinary quick to observe, that he is shout
10 be put 20 extra work on the morrow, to
refuse his iood entirely, owing to mere i'm
patience, on the previous night 1t is not
unusual iur horses, used in the hunting field,
which become extraordinarily fond of the
sport, and to long eagerly for it, to know
oeiorehar the day. when, in the ordinary
routine, their turn Of duty would come cf,
and, IN their irritable eagerness, TO refuse
to feed for a whole day previous-so as to
render 1t necessary to resort to subtle con-
trlvances in order to deceive them into traI-
guilty. Other horses of this irritable tem-
per VIII refuse their food while halting on
the intervals of a journey, 10 such a degree
as seriously to impair their powers of soced
and endurance on the road 1t is need ess,
therefore, to say that thiA irritable, nervous
temperament is one of the very worst
faults to which hurse can be liable, and
as ii is. indispntably, constitutional all.
ment in the highest degree transmisslbe,
there is none which should be more care
fully avoided in either of the parents.
Su!klness and savagene<s, and even the
liability TO start and shy violently, are, like
wise, to some degree hereditary; but as
these are capable OF being mod fled and af-
tected in the highest degree, if not abso-
lutely cured, by judcious and humane treat
ment in the young animals, unless they are
developed to the highest extent in either of
the parent animals, they are not so essen
tial to BE- guarded against
hufihg thus uIleuy slOW0 W1at are the
good qualities to b. most particularly sought.
both on the sire's and on the dams side .and
what tine defects or vices most sedulously to
be avoided, we shall proceed hereafter to
show how such qualifications may be blend
ed, with view. to maintaining the better
and eradicating the worse qualities of either
parent IN the future progeny, and shall, per-
haps, take occasion 10 consider in what par
ticular strains of blood existing in this coun-
try, and advertised for the use of breeders,
these or other defects or advantages more
particularly reside.
Hoi.owas'S Ointment aud PiHs-IVhat
are their Cre9entiais?-They are approved
by the most enlightened governments, sane
toned by the highest medical authority u
Let no victim OF scroiula, salt rheum, or any
u.cerous or eruptive maIady, fancy a cure