The Portland daily press., 1869-08-13
Terms $500 per. a,snanp, In adrence.
whose sire was the celebrated "Touchstone"
the sire of "Mntlavn - - I'D

whose slre was the celebrated "Toucnst0ne"
the sire of "Motley" at ias l5a9
Among the stations for getting hackneys
the American would find himself much In
terested. The show this year is large and
good. Again fancied the second prize
more than the first. He is real roam. about
fifteen and half hands high, sound in the
barrel, high in The withers, deep in the chest,
a neck arched and powerful as a lion; splen-
did hips and free easy action, as with al
most every class l see here. ask why do
we not have such horse as this in America?
Riding horses we have none fit TO mount, ex- =
cept few in the South Atlantic States; our
best horses are raw-boned, gaunt, and i'm
mense eaters; and the genuine hackney Is
unknown. We have, it is true, cultivated 4
splendid trotter out, of crop between the
Messenger blood and the native Cob; but it Is
my firm opinion that every year there are dis
carded from thoroughbred studs and racing
studs in England, more good trotters than
we have, oil told.. rrotting Is not genteel
here, and trotters are not wanted but they
are plenty among the thoroughbred class.
Says recent writer: "If it be good to have
national sports which tend to improve the
class of gallopers, why not add to or divide
the present interest taken in these matters
between galoping and trotting? Derby win
ners, as rule, would not be worth handful
Of pence on the road; while many a horse
with a high plate, long lever-llke arms, and
true "one-two-three-fou movements, is tIied
a H.
platter and Handicapped or a broken-down
screw for Hanson cab or speculative sire
letter. 1t is just this falling horse which
would become great attraction, II his nat
ural powers for trotting were developed"
The English thoroughbred Is OF pure Ara.
bian origin, improved in q most wonderful
manner during the last two hundred years
by selection and training. 1t would take an
other five thousand years OF care and selec-
tion to create breed equally good. 1t is
| from this blood that the great trorters oil the
future are to be derived; and the sooner the
American cultiyaror oil trotters looks TO this
quarter tor animals, and gets the absurd ma
mia OF crossing out OF his head, the sooner we
shall have the horse that cannot be beat
Another kind OF horse that is bred in Eng
land to great perfection is the "Cleyelabd
bay" for the coach. The quality shown this
year was also unusually fine, and the number
large. They are deep bay with black legs;
and have every point that is good In coach
horse. except that, in order to get them tall
and snowy looking, they are little too long
in the leg. Reduce the length OF the leg and 1
do not see how they can be improved. This
defect is not seen however, when the trap
pings are on the horse. Last OF all come the
ponies. Those shown-and there were a
good many-were good, but not so fine as
people not used to see the best of this kind of
animal seem to think, There are hundred
better ponies running in milkcarts in, Man
chester than were seen at the show. There
has been small breed of horses in the Welsh
mountains from time immemorial; the un-
doubted descendants Of the original British
horse that leader so much Wanted. They
get improved Ia form although they were al
ways well shaped-by thorough bred horse
named Merlin; and now you often see little
fellow not over eleven hands high as per-
feet in form, with a regular Arabian head,
as can be found. Manchester is full Of them;
and the amount of work that is got out of
them is astonishing. Those that are shown
have lost much of the pony form in having
been bred on good pasturage, and thereby in-
creased in size. Especially is this the case
with "Tom Sayers" who takes the first prize.
He is "Honest Tom" in miniature. This is not
what we we want; andthe Welsh pony must
continue to be bred where sheep would
hardly live, if he is to continue a true pony.
They would thrive on the top of Mt. Wash
ington or Kearsarge,and would pay their own
er well to sell to New York Snobdom. So
much for the horses. a. a.II fd aaesns