, 1860-02-06


one OF tie most acceptable papers tead be-
fore the United States Agricultural Society; at
Its eighth annual session in this city Was on
"cattle Breeding" by DR.. G. D. Loring. Of
Essex county, Massachusetts. An outline sketch
OF its character wEs gire. in our report OF the
daily proceedings Of the society, but the fol-
lowing remarks on the improved horse Of tho
United States We think worthy Of being givcu
in full. The attentive reader will remember,
however. that Dr.. 1oripg's ricws as 10 The non
importation Of foreign stock horses were ally
contsoverted, and particularly by Benz amin o;
Taylor, Esq, Of Washington:
,E1ract from t1s Piper Of join B,.Lorino--
The American trotting horse is an animal after
bis own kind; and venture 10 say unequaled
BY any horse on the face Of the earth in all tbut
makes snch N animal truly valuable for all
kinds Of work. It takes true equine genius to
make trottiug horse His mechanism must be
a. well balanced and as symetricsl a. lucornp-
tire, Propelled as lie Is by. one quarter at a
time, bis progress is the result Of nerve, aud
strength, nnd decision, unknown and utterly
ignored in that lespiug and bounding motion,
where one end follows the other, NJ is the case
must be solid In luis foot, strong iu bis limb, firm
IN his buck, free and easy in his stride. aad above
all things, calm uud collected amidst all tloee
trials OF the track and The road which tend to
throw him of his balance and reduce him to the
level Of the bear, und the fox, and the grey
hound and tue English race,horse, running he'll
tes.ekeltcr in natural mauner, without tie ex-
esc'se Of any faculties except tdose With which
nature cndows the coward when he flies from
dagger or conflict Tho American trotter re-
quires bones, and muscles, and brains. And
whcn hc stands lish III thu list he has them all.
For compactncss of form and ease of motion,
tor strength, endurance. and sa:sacisy, be is un-
c.uaied.
Now we hare this animal as the natural pro.
duct ii our faFns. know not how it has come
to pass, hut it is q fact that tie farmers horse
IN New England il peculiar 10 himself, and is
peculiarly an American Institution. He may b
deseended from the thoroughbred, for anything
that can lie said 10 the contrary; but the farther
he is removed from that rather equivocal class
Of animals the more truly does be become
troiter. look upoa him ~ one result Of that
social and civil equality which in our own couu-
Try makes one mans time as valuable as onoth-
er's, un1 which authorizes the farmers boy to
take tue road from the squire, or the parson, or
tic doctor, whenever his colt can do It. Every
flaa io this country who can keep horse wants
a good one, and when lle has got him, he wants
TO avail himself Of his shosse's powers to make
the dis:auce between tue mill or the meeting
house and his own home as short a. possible.
We all drvle ou tue road: md This, combined
t'ufo bsediy With certain fortunate aptitudcs Of
climate aud soil. has gfycp New Enrtanti her
valuable race Of trotters.
1t is because We have already what we want
ia the way Of horses that am opposed to the
introduction Of foreign blood uluong theu1 Our
customs aud modes Of life, together with per-
haps 10 tunate outset and certain pnturnl ad-
Ta,tages, have produced far ua better horses
thun we can import. If this were the case in
reward ru{tte 7 ahntIi n;t tho