New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-11-28
IMPORTANT TO FARMERS.
IMPROVEMENT OF TIE BREED OF HORSES.
tV,nh Article

IEthh Article
In = late paper We touched 'hgof'y on the elect
produced by the iptermingling or crOssicg aud 70
syss,ips Of various distncs or ecgaats straios OF
Mod. ,pd the result on the character Il the stock.
when er.ss Of this sert 10 eminently successful IN
any particular line, for sDnber Of years and IN .
usjcrty Of iBstsnces, ne are accustomed TO say
that .ueb or such blood bas "bh" or "nicked'
with another, and thisenest is not dependent solely
o. the intrinsic excellence Of either blood, Dot on
sepe unhno~n and Mysterious influence produced,
= one or more generations, By the cross. For IN
stsnee. Prism the son Of Emilus, sou u Grille
eui Of Emily, aod Cressida daughter Of Whisky
eut Of Soresrer's dam by Diomed was not only
one of the moss socce .sfa runners II not the most
suee<s.fsl Of his day; bat in Eogland Desrly as
successful stallion, haviog besot previous to his
erportstiOp, an unusual number of winners, was
vsrchssed and brought TO this country, whsfe the
most ssDeuire expectations we're formed Of tae
great advantage which would accrue from the In
hsion Of bic 1Dgularly rich and noble blood he
was horne Of remarkable beauty, and has been
vfyled the most beautiful Of all ho ses although we
confess 10 having thought him too leggy; and from
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through bin to King Herod there was every reason
10 expect ss it was expected, that be wonld cross
peculiarly well with the Sir Archy stock Of Virginia
md the United States in general, which ruos TO
Ne same source. The result however, was dla-
netricslly opposite to that which was expected.
Scarcely horse Of any repute has been begotten
Sy this stallion in the United States, although his
high reputation for blood, beauty and perform
snoes procured for him more than his proportion
Of the best blooded and otherwise best mares in
ne country. Many persons-sone Of them excel
hat judges--entertsin the opinion that the Pram
cross has done permanent mischief TO tho horse
STOCK Of America, az it 10 alleged that nearly ALL if
not al his get, although they have large, fat bony
knees are Aed in, as il il technically termed, in
Dediateiy below the knee, ct the origin Of the
spknt bone. This malOrmaton 10 one of the most
serious that can exist 10 race or family of horses,
~ it renders them liable, and in fact almost cer-
1Ainly 90, 70 break down, when put to any severe
stress Of work. AT all events. il is indisputable
Nat the blood of Priam has not bit" or "nicked"
with the best racing blood Of America. To take
another instance, Glencoe, another distinguished
English runner, of equally distinguished blood,
though Of distinct strain, being the son Of Sultan
son Of Selim, aud Of Trampohne daughter Of
Tramp out Of Web by Waxy. was imported into
tAis country few years later than Priam, with
equally high expectations Of success, which
have in his instance been fully real
realized, il not exceeded; for his stock are Of the
very best now running in the country. Therefore
10 say emphatcaly that the Glencoe stock has
% hit' most eninentIy with the old blood Of Amer
ia, which, it must always, however, be remem.
bsred in no respect, 90 far as it is pure blood,
American or of American origin, but only descended
from the earlier importations Of the old Englsh
Mood Of the days of Janus Eclipse, Highfyer and
NE sons of Childers, and the Godophin. Now,
Why one blood should "hit' and another " mist"
VIXEN esch strain 10 equally rich and pure, and
when each has produced an equal number of distin-
suished performers, no one can say positively; no
distinct reasons have ever been assigned, nor, theo-
yeticaIl5, can any principle be laid down on the
subject. The blood Of Prism, ss it has been shown
absve "hit' with the fashionable blood Of Eoelsnd,
and signaly "mssed' with that Of America. On
the contrary, the bloed of Glencoe "bit' with the
most fashionable blood Of both cOuntries and, A.
though be has set more fine stock in America
owing to his having served here during much
DOaser period, and Of course covered more 6ne
mares, 10 scarcely less famous as stock setter in
kAis than in the mother country. In like manner,
Lsviathsn, Sovereign and SarpedOn have all
shit" more or less decidedly, with the older En-
sksh blood Of America; and Trustee must not
be forgotten, both as the sire Of the incompatible
Fs.bion, and o. horse who has been exaraordi-
nar fortunate in getting rosdsters Of high quality,
ost Of common mares. Now, although there is no
possibility Of predicting absolutely what boOds
win and will not hit there are at least some facts
established which will enable us to veature con-
lecture on the subject. II is well known to be the
habit Of gregarious and polyssmOus animals, such
- bsrses, oxen, and some Others, which are not
lsSg-lived, but of which the largest and most pow
erful males eDjey the company Of the females Of
Aeir own troop or band, Of which they are the
Bords and sultans, and from which they beat of
sad baDsh the younger and inferior snimas Of their
swn sex, to populate for at least two or three gen.
entions with their own female descendants, while
In state Of nature. As they decline 10 strength
vgor ard courage with the increase Of years, they
are in their turn beaten of, aud compelled to give
WY 70 some more powerful rival in the pride and
maturity Of equine manhood, perhaps from q DIFF
Ssrent horde Of animals, and almost certainly from
distinct strain Of blood. Hence we come to the
conclusion that horses IN wild state are accus-
toned to breed into the same family and blood;
tAst is TO say, with their own daughters
and grand daughters, for about two genera
honf-ihis is what 10 known to horsemen a.
i.-breeding-snd then for many afser generations to