The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-01-12

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Drs MoIHEs, Jan. 10.
We made our vsy Last night % the Court
Hous,. which, fpr ths tina being. .as ocen-
ssasiS Ns SHE NJ ttdlsu1a DoeislJsi
There seemed TO b very large quantity ssd
. very great variety Of 6ns apples on sxhibi>
ton, indicating both srea. attention 80
great spccsaa in The ~caltiSasion ref flis in
tn Sscsla u u $40 Aal We hslisve
ND u pDri W he siHs ttsrs %
: many extensive orchards and 20 large vsri-
ETY. Of fruit is cultivated ~ in the vicinity Of
the Capital.
But We had very little Leisure to examine
the fruiaA for,Afies taking : gsssyel observs-
ton, and making nots Of the fact thst
Judge Wright occupied the chair, and Hon.
j. b. Grinnel WAS acting ~ Secretary, and
that many Of our old friends of Agricultural
Soeieties Sled font seats, J. H. Wallace,
Esq, was called on for speech. Tho gen.
tlsman responded, and gave NJ . "big talk. !"
And vhsp - assure our readers that hs
talked horse" two hours TO : very attsn-
tive and much interested audience, they viii
have to coneede that il must have been .
very COED tslks II was, indeed, the bast and
most instructive talk about horses that No
ever heard, and impaired more information,
both curious and useful, than one could pos
sibly gather up in months Of reading. We
would like to give our readers an idea of the
charaetsr-of The lecture, bat 10 impossible
TO give anything bat . Eery condensed sketch
Of Mr.. Wallace's remsrks.
There has been but one of the various
kinds Of horses kept pure, and that is the
thoroughbred. And there is.a very indeG-
mite idea in the popular mind Of what thor.
onghbred horse is. Indeed, in ninety-pine
casesout Of the hundred, this indefniteness
amounts to absolute ignorance.
The earliest authentic records We have 90
back to the tame If Cromwell. And Hrsed-
ingsnd riniag he horse, With ! visv ID test
his spesd snd sedarasce, did ast rseeive
much attention in England till the time Of
Charles H., Who sent his master of the horse
to the Levans, to procure some fine mares,
from which to improve the then existing
breed, or to fonnd new breed
The mares thus brought to England from
TIE East with some 81 their Immediate des-
pendants, were called Royal Mares, and Z
horse tracing to one of those mares, without
any impure crosses, is pure thoroughbred.
Other horses that cannot trace to these mares,
but still possess many pure ard no impure
crosses, but whose origin is lost in the mists
OF time, have come TO be recognized, both IN
England this country, IS thoroughbred.
How many of these pure crosses are neces-
sary to constitute Thoroughbred hss never
been definitely fixed, but the best usage in
both countries hss been six crosses, which ia
s'xty-four parts OF blood leaves but one part
impure.
Mr.. Wallace, in bis American Stud Book,
has established the rule of six crosses for
horses and fve for mares, discriminating in
favor of the latter for the reason that mares
with defective pedigrees often produce wins
ners, while horses IN the came class seldom
or never get them.
The bone Of the thoroughbred is Of 6ner
texture, less porous, and consequently beay-
Ter than that of the cold blooded horse. The
blood, whsn decomposed, is said By chemists
TO be less serous or wAtsry than that Of the
common breeds; the muscles harder and
more wiry, the coat finer, and every feature
Of the horse better adapted to the use and
pleasure Of man.
The true theory Of brssding, then, vas to
obtain all of the blood thst could be obtained
~,---.:,, purpUses Tor winch tie
horse Was bred.
The many instances Of failure and dete
rioration ia the thoroughbred horse, arises
from neglect or ignorancs in selsctiur the
right individuals to cross from. An in
ordinate disposition to run after and
breed from winners. regardless Of unfit
ness or hereditary imperfections and tender
ness has resulted in disappointment. and loss
IN thousands of instances. When men learn
70 consider sen the cause which should GOV.
srn 10 breeding domestic aninals, tbe,e fail,
ures will cease.
Experience has shown there wa. M oh.
lection to breeding to horse merely because
he was old. Sir Archy was got by Diomed
when ne was twenty-seven, and his equal he
lore or since has never been bred in Amerie.
oa shs tart and in the stud ne stood nre-sn-
inent, and there was no great horse Of hi.
DAY With ~ a merican pedigree of any value.
but had more or less Of liz blood. III Va.
sixteen hands and one incn high, and OF great
substance, just the kind Of horse We ,hould
seek to>dsy.
Attempts atinprovement by importation Of
Arablans had proved unsuccessful for mo,e
shan halfa century. A. Kene Richard. -
KY, had expended large suns Of money Il
secure from the Arab tribes pure .n.c;men.
OF the highest caste, but in his caae :. il IN
others, 20 benefit but great injury had .r;sep
from the attempt to now engraft the p.ren,
stock back upoa the blood horses of to,d.,
Showing conclusively tina. the horse of n.
desert has either dsteriors.ed or ~. -.
shoroughbreds have improved. tn. mi,
Arabian ever brought to this country ~,
vas ofany positive advantage, was know 4
Conneeticut IS Arabisn Ranger, and =
Maryland IS Lindsey's Arabian, Hav..;m.
ported before the revolution, and Mr.. W
gave most interesting history Of the horse
aad expressed the opinion that Of ali tbs
theories flor afser all they were never IL.
ores) the most reasonable one 10 ri. mini
was that be was the proasui.or Of Tia, :,
markabls family known = The MORGAN,
The commonly received history of,h.
igin OF the Morgan horse was liable 10 80
insurmountable objections, and indesd 49,
tanned within it impossibiiities. But 49,.
ever the true origin may have bean ~.
nmily possessed remarkable msri, md mo-.
ssrihinssy family char.cserissics inaesa !.
many Particulars 1t appeared TO have !, ;,..,,
~ 'ae characteristics Of aired and di.,;nc
ofess. As nice, stylish family ho,... -.
~ never besn asrpAassd. /. -. .'.,
Question asto the relation which 8. = !
HAWKS auafafnnd - AZ. 0tASA