Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1862-03-21

tell (" Flora. Lady Suffolk. George 81.
Patchcn. Trustee, Lady Palmer, and that
,la,hins Kentucky seldins John Morgan.
With many other. of our fret class iro'tsr.'
are largely indebted for their speed and last
ing qualiue. TO the infusion IN their veins
Of thoroughbred blood. When the term
thoroughbred 10 used. In reference 10 the
pedigree OF bore. 10 means that iu purity
Of blood can be dc,iucod without uncertain
~ and the horse must he lincal descend
an, from the Barb, Turk or Arabian.
The pedigree Of our celebrated racers be-
inc a matter OF record 10 the Stud book. II
!. always sufficient TO trace any here To IN
ancestor OF acknowledged breed. such as
Eclipse. lexington. Glsueo, or Childer.. and
n thi. can Be done. on the eide Of both the
sire and the dam. no further pedigree 10
necessary. Such q hor-s 10 imported, Bal
rO~nis Of Massachusetts,. or Bonnie Scot.
land Of Kentucky. and u the breeder, gold.
en- rule OF blood from the sire, and beauty
FROM the dam" is followed As 10 should BE-,
th.se .irss will mako . wonderful improve
men, on our Mors.ns and Messengers.
The advantage. for raising . good hOrss
are greater nov than ever before. The in.
creased demand Tor good borses has incrcas-
cl the prices, - much that u will pay TO
rais. them. Mr. waltermirc. Of Nes York.
paid twenty Eve thousand dollar, Tor Geo.
VI. PAtshen. and though that price mus,
have paid the man who raised him, still.
Mr.. waltermire 10 an cqual gamer by the
purchase. Aod also are those one hundred
gentlemen who have each paid one hundred
dollar. Tor the season Of ls0i. This ,s 40
extreme cas-. | admit. but n IL ). true that
like bcse,. like. sueh horses are worthy II
patronage, and there are many ,alasble
.ircs throughout the country at the prc-,ni
tima b,.,des Pstchen, % choose from.
Saeh establishments .. tho-c Of /. :. tArg
aud of GeOrge Robinson, on the KennehSc.
will accomplish much good. These gentle
men arc deserving Of much credit Tor intro
daeiug young. sound and valuable siIo-. and
placing them within the reach Of al by OF.
isrins the meet literal terms to their pat
ron. Lang. Telegraph has LETT some beau
,itGl colt. 10 bis vicinity, and l recently
.aw some very promising tso-ysar olds on
the farm Of Mr. Robinson, by Hector. |
also saw Mr.. Robin.on'. recsn, purchase.
McCiellan. formerly the Pea.e colt Of Ban
gJr. lie !. . rafting bay stallion. and
cowe- from = very popular aud meritorioo'
breed Of horses. the Drew.. Mr.. Il. paid
81. 500 for bis hOrss. and go, bis moneys
worth. | :hIuk It paid TO raise hIm. and
shall b@ much mistaken II 10 does not equal.
~ pay the farmers OF Maine 10 pi,rooiIe
him the coming season. Breeders are bring.
ing their hOr.es 10 earlier maturity than
formerly. and with proper feeding and hand
ling. It !. more profitable.
n WY I'Ht1sHN wv yNss-S's wv N""-
ed in Ciarcnon,, y H., recently t.o,,sd a,
the Boston IIorss Fair. mile IN three min
utss and quarter second in harness. and
hi- o~nsr refused price Tor him that would
have paid 10 have RAISED a barn yard fall of
Ordinary colts. Ethan Allen, the 0elcbrat-
Ell irotting stallion. Who last year recorded
. 1873 in double harness. tro,ted race
when three year aud ten month. old, IA
= l2-22g aud 81. which Is probably the
flste-, tine on record iora horse oG that
ase. lie Was trained early, aud like many
other Of our bc., horses. has continued to
train on 10 his speed. as i, n~sll known
bOr.s. Do a. they advance IN years. until
their frame. have actually begun to decline
In another article propose TO take hold
VI the colts and zee how We can feed and
break them To make IL pay. q. II ID.
Portland. FEB. IL. lsG2.