Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-01-13

ticle written by Charles WHY'S APP
pears, giving visit recently paid
by him to three of the great farmers
and stock-raisers of Orange county,
New York. 1t is just such an arti-
Gle as one would expect from man
attempting to write upon a subject
he does not understand. 1t is too
long to copy at any length in the
paper.
We would advise any one of our
readers who take great interest in
this subject to procure the magazine
and read it. AS specimen, we
quote the following paragraphs:
"England has produced or perfected
the racc-horse, America the road
horse. England, by great care,
great skill and vast expenditure of
money, has perfected the race-horse,
very fine and altogether useless.
America, by great care, great skill
and a considerable expenditure of
money, has produced the trotter;
altogether raluabhe-that Is the dit-
ference" Just three paragraphs
above this assertion, speaking of
Rysdyk's Hambletonian, he says:
''He is not a thoroughbred, but is
near it; and is a direct descendant
of Messenger, both by his sire and
dam" What Messenger does he
allude to? Why, Imp. Messenger,
the racer, to whom all the owners
of trotting stations in the country
haste to trace their horses. SO it
seems America is indebted to the
stallion "altogether useless," Mr..
Elliott asserts for this kind of trot-
ting sires.
We firmly believe that the fast
trot, say the 2:2o gait, has been, in
a sense, created by Americans, and
is an artificial gait acquired by long
and patient training, and in proof
of this we have only to state that
the trotter does not arrive at any
thing like perfection until late in
life. We also firmly believe that
any thoroughbred racer, with good
action, viii breed just rs fast and as
good, if not better, trotters than
Rvsdyk's Hambletonian. Messen-
ger did, then why will not any other
thoroughbred stallion? If we ex-
anime their pedigree, we will find
the same blood and crosses that 60
to tolm the pedigree of Messenger
and IIambleton.
We grant the fact that particular
families, as the Messengers, for in
stance, have exceIlcd in the get of
trotters; but can any Of our readers
inform us why horses similar bred
Of as pure blood, will not give SIM
liar results?
We have heard that Planet trot-
ted in three minutes while in train
ing as a racer. Now, from Il
stallion possessing his natural trot-
ting action, combined with the extra
blood of Imp. Trustee and st.
Charles, through his sire Revenue,
and the Boston and Lottery blood,
through his dam Nina, race of
trotters should spring that would
surpass anything upon the turf
Why, even Lexington is the sire Of
a trotter that could trot in 2:40,
horse possessing no more trotting
action than Durham steer. Where
did his colt acquire that speed?
Education developed the speed,
L xington gave the wind and stay
ing qualities.
If breeders wish to accomplish
any thing and make progress in
breeding either racers or trotters,
recourse must be had to the thor
oughbred race-horscs that have ac-
ton and wind, horses that have
proven their worth by their deeds,
horses of sound health and constitu-
ton, and if such sires are chosen
they must succeed. The balance
will be developed by handling and
training.