The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1862-07-04
nfecfinf Horses.

Iievs that stations Of The racire
breed, or so'cslled thorough beds
are the oply ones which sheuId be
used for the propagation Of al kfnds
OF horses, except, perhaps those for
hsa7y drsft. Most persons who sd
vocafe this course. refer to English
practice as q SUPPOSED basis Of their
We've: Tbasthe modern to some ex.
tent fsvorcd the idea alluded 10
must W sdmitted; but this does no,
settle the question of its utility. no,
dess 1t prove that tts sys,em, even
10 that country. Is universally allow,
ed to be the best. II Is a subject on
which there has been much discuss
.3n in the English agricultural an
sporting Journals, and it would b,
well II some OF the advisers on horse.
breeding in our country would make
themselves more thoroughly &C
qnainted with tho srguments and
;he results which have been devel.
OpctI across tnU water.
We have lately met with some
remarks on this subject by a cor.
respondent Of Bells Life in London
which we deem particularly appro.
pirate, and well worthy the atten
ton Of such Of our readers % are in
terested in matters OF this kind. The
writer Of the article to which we
have alluded, is we'll known through
several Of the English papers under
the nom de plume OF "NorIh Coun
tryman." issubjrct is"The Horse
Glasses at Agricultural Shows" and
under this head he proceeds 10 speak
Of the prize offered by the Royal Az
ricultural Society, for tho best thor
ough- bred stallion for getting hunt.
ters, &C." On this point he eays:
Now, | would leave ont tho word
thorough bred, and put it "the beet
stallion calculated for getting hunt.
ters," and for this reason-that /
have seen very bad, weakly horses
gain prizes, and fine, bony horses
refused because Of a stain in their
ped:grees He admits the value
OF the thorough bred, "il he possess.
es the power and action" bot this
he says, lis 20 often wanting" that
be would encourage a class quite
independent OF the race horae Ue
continues:
VI am quite ablo to prove that
many CT our best strong hunters are
got By hnli-brod horses. In Lincoln.
shire, many horses, sold at high
prices, have been ct by hslfbred
sons Of old Mundig; rnd anc'htr
class OF horses, snch as Gobbo, Wild
Hero, &C., are excluded by a stain
from taking prizes, though more
worthy than hall the cat.legged B.y
Middletons which fill the llsis. We
know the old addsge, that Like be
gets likes" wo Gee its truth daily be
ore our eyes, yet we 20 on forever
expe, ting to get pleasant riding
horses from a race which are taught
from infancy to 60 on their shoul
ders; tor nine out Of ten OF our stall.
lions cannot carry themselves prop
cry with their hird lcgs under them
uence arises the everlasting com
plant that a good shouldered horse
is all but impossible TO find"
Tho detective shoulders of the
modern race horse, as a class--bo,b
in this country and England-has
ofteh attracted the attention OF good
Judges in reference to the points re.
qulred in the hackney, roadster or
ttro'ter. The writer from whom we
have quoted. remarks further, that
Io sum up, we can't bo far wrong.
il, putting aside the race horse sole.
y as a race.horse, !. g., as a DERBY
Or st. Ledger winner, and conse. |
lncntly untitled to our purpose eth.
= from his high value TOR the turf ON
he one hand, or his want of value
or our present purpose, from want
'i shape, power, &c on the other,
We give valuable prizes for getting
lrnte,s:" dc. He contends that il
Known reputation, though bis pedi-
gree may be etained. to "most OF the
'acing stations in England. "ss it is
reasonable to suppose that the pro
.sny OF such a horse would be bet
Ter than 'stock bred from q horse
v hich, as before remarked, have
|or generations been taught to 60 OIL
their shoulders. and have, therefore,
lost that elasticity which makes the
horse a safe conveyance, either on
tho road or scross the country"
He ssys: IL lcould, il | had space,
aualyze the crack stallions in Eng.
land, and show how many among
them are, from make and shape, to-,
tally untitled to insure success to the
breeder for general purposes; and
doing 80, could point out more
than ona Derby winner Of the most
faulty shape, which proves that
many a horse, most brilliant on the
turf, msy be positive poison to the
utility Of the race in future genera
tiors, and az an instance, should
say that Bay Middleton, the mosl
brilliant rsce-horse OF any period,
has poisoned our blood for all useIu
purposes, and owing to his own