Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1872-05-14

could cite many other cases within
my knowledge of farmers who within
the past lew years have sold hOlses in this
and other states for from one to ten thou
sand dollars. Could these prices have
been obtained for these colts unless they
had shown themselves actually or pros
pectiyely fast? Why there is not one in
the lot that could have commanded over
three hundred dollars, which is about
the price of such horse rs our farmers
are advised to raise, aiming at Sou'adncSS.
strength and Spirit, but never chiefly At
speed | will mention one ether promi-
nent horse that occurs to me. the stallion
Blackwood, raised in Kentucky. The
farmer who raised him gave one-halt OF
him 10 u trainer il he would develop his
speed. and break and handle The colt
then two years Old. Is three year old
the trainer entered the col. in race and
trotted him in the fastest time on record
Tor that age. > 81, and the farmer gave
twelve thousand five hundred dollars to
Get back the part he had given away. Ho
has since sold him for about fifty thousand
dollars think il was VIM. X. Johns on,
known rs the Napoleon OF the Turf, who
when asked what he considered the U.s.
sentiGl requisite Of first class race
horse, answered, Speed" What is
of the next Importance ?" 'More speed, y
he replied. And next ?" More speed
yet" Now my advice is, il you wish to
breed for profit Us well as pleasure, breed
for speed. You will he disappointed of.
ten enough at that. but if you breed from
sound and well bred mares, not crippleS,
and FROM sound. and fast well bred stall
lions, not dlRg-hiliS. you cannot tail to
make il pay. There are plenty of stall
lions worth patronizing in Maine, rs the
Howes horse of New Sharon. | think
he will prove 10 be one oil the best OF
knox's get, when he has a chance to
show it. Brown Harry OF Dexter have
never thought was half appreciated.
Dirigo of Corinna, the sire of Little Fred,
is trotter himself. and a getter of trot.
trotters. Gideon Of Bangor is well
bred horse. deep in the Messenger blood,
and l have always thought well of him.
Mr.. Lylord's Hampton, of Lewiston, |
know Is good one, and his very promis
ing son, King William, won the race for
all five year old colts in Maine last fall,
and can do so some more. Sherman
Knox OF Highland Farm has got some
very likely colts and can trot q Bit him
sell-I'll show how he does it another
fall. Tom Patchen is very speedy rep
resentative OF the Patchen family, and
PenObscot Boy has placed several trot-
tiers to his account; and then in the
Thoroughbred division We have AnnGeld.
Scythiau, Cashier, and Mr.. Shaw OF Ban
gor, has Cadmus, another good one. So
we have no lack of sires, and as for blood
mares we have many descendants of
Winthrop Messenger in this State that
are practically thoroughbred, that would
be Invaluable for breeding purposes if
PIT in order. They are the get of
Witherell, Huntoou, Quimby, and others
of Drew, Eaton and Knox stock, that are
good enough for anybody. There is no
wiieherait in breeding. like will beget
like or the like of some ancestor, there.
fore breed only from such horses as are
not only sound themselves but have de-
seended from sound ancestors. Judge
Jones of Ohio, very able authority, says