Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1871-07-15
VOL. 1, No. 32.
Terms, S1.OO per Annuin.

cheerful, courageous female to the coarse
boned, larger sized heavy trotting horse:
the produce taking their bottom, their nerve,
and their indomtable courage from the dam,
and hersquare trOtting, long low, sweeping
stride from the sire.
Such has been the result in Kentucky from
crossing that coarse old horse, Mambrino
Chief with their fine boned thoroughbreds.
and Lady Thorn, Mambrno Pilot, Bay Chief.
Bold Chief Ericsson, Woodbnrn Pilot. Clay
brino 1.-TWO of our Stock Farm horses,) and
many others well known to horsemen are
the products. Mambrino BERTHE just purchas-
ed by Mr.. Bonner, that prince of horse buy
ers, trotted last year, II two-year-old in = 400.
Such has often been the result, in Orange
County, n. Y, only more so, crossing Rys-
dyk's Hambletonian. that double son of old
Messenger. and who doubts but he is II
coarse horse, if any, let them look ut this
his faithful likeness, showing print and note
his big head, long ears, high hip and tail, and
heavy boned, crooked and almost curby
.jointed leg, and be convinced
This horse, crossed with American Star
mares, that fine old descendant of the four
miller Henry, has produced as many, perhaps
more exceedingly fast, staying horses than
any other. Hiram Woodruff says, 1.-the
Messenger cross gives the Stars size.
strength, and bone, and counteracts their
hereditary tendency to contraction OF the
produce n Dexter, George Wilkes. MAJOR
Winfield, Aberdeen, Staitle, Socrates, and
so on to almost unlimited numbers, was II
good one: but when we consider that these
crosses not only give us large II per cent. of
fast trotters as any other, but also to the ev-
. cry day breeder II sure thing in SIZE style and
good, slashing. open gait, so that led out ut
four years old to the halter by any farmers lad
that could run fast enough they would easily
bring highly remunerative prices to the breed
er. not only for the five in II hundred, but for
the 95 withal We have reached the point
long aimed mt, Il class of horses in which each
and every one will be worth all he costs.
class of fast horses suitable for the road in
light or heavy hitch, for the wagon or the
plow. Who does not know that for every
sixteen hand bay colt, of good form and gait
ut four or five years of age, there will be
|, plenty of purchasers ut from $500 to $500
each? And has not the experience of gentle
men that have bred thoroughbrcds to Abdal-
; lah and Mambrino Chief in Kentucky, Amer
lean Stars to Abdallah and his renowned son
Rysdyks lIambletonian in Orange County,
n. Y :, demonstrated the fact that the greatest
, and best results may be expected from thus
( breeding the light, fine, cheerful, staying,
: Black Hawk Morgan or Ethan Allen mare,
} to the larger, coarser Messenger or l}ashaw
(Which is almost Identical as the dam of
| Young Bashaw the progenitor ,of all the race
, of Bashaw trotters was II Messenger mare)
I stallion, or indeed to any coarser trotting
, stallion of good blood and action, us is shown
: by many later performance? Even this spring
, have in mind two prominent examples.
J Thomas jefferson, by the larger. coarser, trot-
| ing horse Toronto Chief, dam Gipsey Queen II
! fine thoroughbred Glencoe and Wagner mare
/ is thought to be the most promising young
t stallion in America, winning every race he
: started for last season, and but few days
: since mt Fleetwood in 81 294 and 20, and at
t the same meeting Il six year old mare Heath
v erbloom, by Duke of Wellington, II large,
D coarse Messenger horse, out of n small thor
e oughbred mare called IIeathbloom owned
f by Mr.. Griffin of Mddletown, Ct q have
n often seen her and many of her colts ut his
e flrm.) This mare at her first appearance in
y the three minute class wins in 33 and was
Il sold for $4,000.
I These examples have presented to show
y that we IN Vermont, with our sturdy, little
= mares can hope to produce by breeding to