Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-04-29
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Horse Breeding.


n breds, each of which has its superio
o ty over the others. Our present bree
s of horses, are undoubtedly less healtl
4 than those Of our ancestors, and th
!. tendency Of unsoundness is not mark,
in any particular department of the a
imal economy, but the defect shows
self wherever the strain is greatest, frol
the nature of the work which the an
NAL has to perform.
/, The breed that com bines the most va
liable properties for domestic use, an
unites the most qualitiesadapted to prac
teal purposes, is the most useful in tn
stud. 1t is not enough to procure wei
bred stallion; the mares must be suite,
to the horse, and adapted to the purpos
required. There are some stations tina
have gained high reputation for get
ting good stock out Of all kinds of mares
but these are exceptions to the general
rule. The colts will generally inherit
the good and bad qualities of both sire
and dam. 1t is poor policy to breed
from horse with contracted feet, spawn
ringbone, sprung knees, string-halt,
heaves or weak eyes. What is bred in
the bone may come out in the flesh. In
choosing stallion to breed from, for
speed, the first thing to consider is his
pedigree. Many breeders will differ
from this opinion, but it is not hastily
expressed. The longer the lines of trot-
ting descent in his pedigree and the
more numerous they are the greater will
be the probability that his colts will in
herit the desired quality. Next to ped
igree should be considered the speed,
bottom, health, size, style, color, &c. If
the pedigree is good, and the horse sound
he will beget fast colts, though he may
not himself be fast, but if he has the
speed too, so much the better.
In breeding for speed, it should be re-
membered that size is important if the
colt turns out fast, and still more if he
does not If he is large enough for TAX
ing carriage with two persons over
common road at lively gait, the breed
ing was not failure, though he may
not be very fast.
The style and color are matters of
taste about which each breeder will
make his own choice. Let every man
breed what he likes, but | would not
have him force the produce on the pub
lie as sound, when he knows they are al
most sure to go amiss as soon as they
are worked.
| have been a breeder of horses for
torty-two years, and have learned from
experience that " like begets like. -
Each class of horses should be bred by
itself.
sold Clifford Morgan" in his day,
was one of the best stock horses Cor gen
eral use ever in New England. One of
his colts, known as "Green Mountain
Morgan" or "Silas Hale horse" left a
numerous family of handsome, lively
trotters, nearly all of which became
lame in their fore feet, and some even to
the fifth generation. His advent to this
vicinity was loss of many thousand
dollars to breeders. The name of "Green
Mountain Morgan or Hale horse" in
this vicinity, is about synonymous with
and will long remain in dis
repute though this particular son inheri-
ted his constitutional tendency to lame
ness from his dam, as the Clifford Nor.
gans elsewhere, are not charged with the
same defect
Messengers or Hambletonians, at this
lay are the great fountain head of trot-
'ers. Old Hambletonian was dark
BAY, 10 hands inch, beautifully mould.
d and without a single weak point. He /
vas the size of The Remington or Har-
is horse, who was the sire of more fast I
rottersthan any horse in Vermont OF New {
hampshire. Many of the wellbred Mes l
engers or Hambletonians have LARGE t
leads-so has Robert Bonner-the owr. t
r of Dexter, but he gets there first. 8
No trotter attains his greatest speed I
efore maturity, and the best of them g
ontinue to improve up to fifteen and
ighteen years of age. To do this, a a
lorse must have good constitution one $
nat WIZ carry him to great age with ;
ut disease, and will stand the hard work Q
ecessary to develop his powers. Breed. t
ng from such horse, will therefore i'm.
rove the stock of the country not only n
speed but also in stamina. 6
The best thoroughbreds in New Emo. a
and are descendants from Glencoe Bos- a
on and Lexington, some persons claim IL
nat the true way to produce trotter. ia v
0 breed to thoroughbred. This has h
'een experimental here for fify-three n
ears or more, and has proved a failure G
The racer and the trotter are necessarily /;
made differently, and at flying gait "
VINE the trotter goes a quarter at n