Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-04-16
coMMU NIcATEDJ
The Norman Horse,

There is an increasing demand among our
farmers for horses of greater strength and
power than those generally used among u.s.
Deep blowing and thorough tiliage have be-
I come the order of the day with all good far
mers: we therefore want horses of suca
weight and energy that q span can take
plow through stiff sol to the depth of or @
inches at such speed as to do a fair day
work without exhausting the team. We
want SPIRIT action and doclity, combined with
weight and power.
In my judgment the Norman horses com
bine all these desirable qualities in highe
degree of perfection than those of any breed
whatever. As we have not mares possess
ing the desired qualities, our improvement
must be commenced by breeding to a good
Stallion. He must not only be good in himself
but must be of good nncestry-thorough-b bred
for if there be any thing perfectly settled by
the universal expert ence of breeders, it is
the fact, that unless you have pure blood at
least on one side there can never be any GER
tainty as to what the progeny will be. In
this particular the Norman hurse is not ex-
celled bv any other breed; he is of an an
cient, pure and we'll established breed, and
as consequence always impresses upon his
progeny the peculiar characteristics of the
race with surprising uniformity.
One Of these horses was imported from
France into one of the Southern counties OF
this State some five or six years ago, large
number of whose colts | have seen. They
are all without exception, honest workers.
vigorous in constitution, kind and docile,
were easy to break, and are good travellers.
In form. they all very strikingly resemble
their sire.
A writer in the British Quarterly journal!
of Agriculture, some years since, wrote a
capital article upon the Norman horses, from
which make short extract:-"The horses
of Normandy are capital race for hard Ia
Dor and scdnty fare. have never seen such
horses at the collar They are enduring and
energetic beyond description; with their
necks cut to the bone they finch not-they
keep their condition when other horses would
die OF neglect and hard treatment.
Edward Harris Esq, of New Jersey. one
of the best horsemen i'm the United States
and who has imported and bred these horses.
in answer to inquiries as to the produce OF
the Norman horse bred to common mares,
! says: -"As to shape. you may depend upon
| the predominance oil the form of the horse
| in nine cases out of tenj indeed have only
seen of his Ga stallion imported by Mr.. Har-
/ ris) colts that could not inst antly recognize
/ from the form. The reason tDiH occur to you
| from what / haze said Of the extreme purity
of the breed; such as they are they have
been for centuries. His colts have higher
action than their dams, and ge nerally keep
their feet better under them; in other words
they pick them up quicker, not suffering
them to rest so long upon the ground" In
regard to the progeny of this horse Mr.. ii.
says urther:-''They universally docile
| and kind, at the same time spirited and live
ly. They breaf-in without any difficulty" "
And he concludes by saying:--"i am there
fore decidedly of the opinion that we cannot
do better, it we wish in any reasonable time
to produce an invaluable race of horses fol
the farm and the road, than to breed from the
full sized Norman horse
Feeling deep interest in all efforts TO i'm
prove our stock of domestic animals, an
gratitied to learn that thorough bred, i'm
ported Norman horse has been brought intS
this county. have no interest whatever II
this animal, do not even knew his owners
but | recommend him to the patronage o
our farmers because kno0 ho will greatly
improve their stock. There Is no doubt bu