Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1864-01-11
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need cuumerat on. For tho former ".
love him, call hin noble. fsnh'"l. gener.
ou., Willing, aud kind, while his
. r~ngtli, endurance, and speed. make
him = mos, valuable ssrvant; sni 1t r.
oniy in tho abuse Of his gifts that any
" my but good comes /, man. Me"-
al Y the horss has t-w equal. am" Z
the b,uses. a. among hcssrs. the 'l.os-
ouvh bsei ex.,b 10 tie hixtst INTEL,
sencs s.d quict n. - Ut prrc. p'i "-se-
comm. dat ny h'm.elf meat readily I"
the exigcuce. u III m","."t. ~hstevr
they ".ay b. T; avoiding difficulties, aid
extricai ne himself fr"~ 'h~m whe"
u. svo,dmtl, cnco,ntc.c cd. Inc ability
To- be vii n,, wb. ttcr b'ongh, iato exer-
ci.c or no., my be elias ID am ng the
mornl qua iti.s { u no sc, =, dsiin-
"a sbeL from The intellectual - sl'o
what ia cal I'd honesty and ms cpoo. it,
tse4cbe,y, rcstiveoe,s and patience. with
many Others. The thoroughbred no 81
10 sl.o d,.tir gn,shed in these 'espects,
and - ether the good or evil traits b.
developed, d. pends almost who ly upon
the men with whom he a>scciates. In
III. physical nature the thor ongh bred
is universally recognized - the best 81
.hi. greatly vary ing species. In TACT, it
may he asserted that in every. respct, in
every part Of the word. Except perhaps
within tie srtc circle,) tor every pnr-
., s. (alIowance being made for weight
he hs- no equal among horses. lis bone
il firnest AID finest III tex ure, his mus
Gle ,s te stst and msst elastic, h,s sin
c~s hardest and mort e mly attached,
fame oss knit ard compact, his
nerves high strung but under his con-
trol, h brain il large, his chest cspa-
ciocs, aud his form the pelfe .tion Of
equine symmetry. A sent ment which
horsc men the world over VII endorse,
is come 200 yeas ago. It il the: "Ev.
Try thorough bred, .r 'blood-h. rse even
If he he me neanest hack that ever
came ont Ct Barba,y, is SO infinitely 81.
p.rior in courage, stou'nes', aud qua,'iy,
b tn OF b ne aud s,Dew, as we'll A. O ID,
10 the best cold bio ID. d mare that even
went on y shoddcn hoo', III he canuot
all 10 improve her stock, whs,ever he
b" comparative standing among ra-
ce.s."
A thorough bred or blood horse. lie it
remen. b~'ed, is one descend q, through
Inc OF Eng l'sh race q, f,.m the blood
Of the Desert including the pure Ara
ban, aud also the Bub, Tux, PERSIAN,
aud Syrian, "h CHI al poss 50 tie same
general claracie,istics. and trace their
origin Ia Arab bl"od or TO crosse with
u. N helsc II le o.niz. rs thorough
bed which d ~ not bca' u c1Igree goo
iny lack w,ltont flaw to this OH, Dtsl
source. The pr. s.ncc OF any ".oI !
ho d. as tia Of all her horses j.
,a! CO, even though there tc no more
,han l 32nt ,r C4h, v'la'cs he
purity o! tie h'not ctsny animal, asd
he W til his prog ny lrc, all tile to This
proud d,sig"s, on. The ,ho,ou. h l. eJ.
while we claim tor hun .ymme ry and
beauty OF form, abs;racty Gems desej,
'loeA not p s c.s the lie, elegance, sud
% 'jty. ~ z i ~ carriage hor>c nor
,ha, pr,clic, Il bus,.ss 10 K, cen .,ilns
~ spt ca ance Of strength ard speed,
shicn Ne dewa j iua roadster; L.
l.cks alec lhs massive strength which
weight gives, and which We vA.nc in H..
hMsc Vt ali work, 10 less wien he is
used IN the dray. than bet"Ic the pl"~.-
os.c.s-s, but The 81, eck othed with
lhnnie'' teiotgs re pceu' arly to
some OF tn heavier breeds. There is,
ben, ~ e'ga &c ot s't.ng b and s'ye,
Certain p,iee OF action aud beauty OF
fitnc,s T. / ce,ia kinds Of labor, viii h
give great value to other bn eds, pat c.
u,arly ~hcn ther Oiood 10 blended WITH
dat OF the ,horoa ,h-b'ed. The fine en-
gazing which We prt sent, shows very
trik,ugly these points Ut beauty and CT
cgn &C alluded to. combined with some
OF those tue qualities which indicate
"bIood, and sffnds us an oppo,tunty to
e"'orcc the lesson that blood on the part
Of the sire serves to develop and refine
The good qualities Of the dam as ,mpa,:-
Ell to their ,fsp,ing. TIE points 10 he
sought in q breeding mare are: size,
beauty ofform, together With capacity
OF barrel ana peI.i-. freed m from con-
st tulio al or hereditary defecte, a. we'll
as from a perveIte irrita ilitv Of dispo
sItion. In the horse, let rs r. member
,hat the mere blood VIC have, the b. tier.
md that thorough bred is of course
better than the best coId-blood,d or 90
lO0ths blooded horse We can breed rom
lnc eo.d p im's OF Mor.sns and Black
Hawks, which are so much used uo~-a-
'sys az stock-gcite.., are chiefly due 10
FLOOD, and were we to return to the M.
Ut thorough beds s, mucl, ~ los lille.
&c should ut once zee commen. ur.te
IMPROVE ment IN our stock The ne Of
thoroughbred stall ons ought to he 80
'ersls'tn.y encouraged ty our agricul
uras societies, that all who will secure
heir scrvices- american ror;cvifur,si
Another " itIi"M DUilu. >w,ndle.
orfs4. oldei ce Of the kosiou tost
NKw YokK, Jan. 2.
Anot' er Of these million dollar sw,r-
lies pe'pe.ra ell pe,io i,caliy IT the ex
,'nse vi the dear people, Is IN proc IS If
uuraith NJ. and promises fine picslnus