Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1859-02-19
Points Of a Good Horse

Za|ock Pratt, in late lecture on the
bor,e, gives his opinion of what consti-
tute5 good points in the animal:
/ lis should be fifteen and half hands
!igh, The head light and clean made;
wide between the nustrits, and the nos
tr'Is themselves large, transparent aud
open broad IN the forehead, eyes prom
n"nt, clear aud sparkling ears small,
neatly set on neck rather short, and
well set up large arm Oh shoulder we'll
! thrown lack and high wi,hers asched
and high; legs fine, cat, thin and small!
honel body round and rather light.
thong h sufficiently |age to afford sub
stance when it is needed fnl! chest, al
tord'ng play tor tus lungs: back short,
+! with tbs hind quarters set on rather OBJ
Iique'y.
Any one possessing a horse Of this
make and appearance, and weighing
, eleven Or twelve hundred pounds, NAV
rest assured he has a horse all work, and
bargain we'll worth getting hold Of.
Mr.. Tfatt Is no" seventy years OF age,
and has always been an admirer of fins
horses, and is u competent Judge. There
are IL Mr.. p's. lecture many vaIuab
hints. We give two or three:
Care Of Horses No ho.se can en-
dure labor all the time. 4 few months
IN pasture, after being high fed and
worked for several years. will renew his
energies, AS stated periods of rest aud re-
creation will preserve the vital energies
Of man unimpaired through long life;
and by a wise law Of Providence, which
is as beneficial to the beast as to the
man, Il horse will do more labor in the
six days than if they were worked tho
whole seven.
In reference to the peculiar excellence
Of the horses in New York, might say,
that have driven pair two hundred
and forty miles in three days, or eighty
miles per day without injury. Amongst
the many hundreds, and perhaps thou
sands OF drivers and teams,ers in my
employ, | had q slow moulded man by
the name of Dana Brown, who drove for
me some ten years, and always drew The
largest loads i'll the same time and with
less fatigue to his horses, than any other
driver | ever knew. His horses would
look better on the same feed than those
of any other, and they always appeared
in good condition, while those in charge
of others gave nutnistakeabIe evidence of;
improper usage. Forty, fifty, and even
sixty hundred weight, has he drawn over
the Catskll mountains with one pair of
horses; and am only doing him an act
of justice to say that he never wore out
a lash, and hardly a snapper in the whole
time. Whilst other tsamsters had sick
horses, bis were always in good condi-
ton. Tie whole number of tsatns Ihad
'n one year, averaged in three working
days two thousand six hundred pounds
to Pra'tsvi|e, and three thousand pounds
to Catskill, q distance of thiuy~six miles,
making about two and half million
pounds in all. mention these facts az
illustrating the great benefit Of Il good
Of horses and of roads.
In feeding q horse, it should be re-
nembered that corn bias Il tendency to
mike him slow, lis may be witnessed in
the soN-lnovlny corn-fed horse of Ohio.
Oats are more suitable to develop all his
qualities, and from ten to sixteen quarts
Der dav should be piven.