The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-10-18
Shall Farmers Raise Trottins
Horses.

Horses.
The question is often asked by the
farmers Of the West. will it pay tc
raise trottipg horses 2 Our opinion
upon this question is, that usually il
will not in exceptional cases it will
The farmer who has only the mopgrel
common mares OF the country, cannot
pay the prices demanded for the service:
OF frst-clsss trotting stallion and II
he shoull decide to incur this expense
in ninety.nine cases out OF hundred he
will be disappointed in the result
Should he pstronize any OF the cheap
quick-stepping, mongrel little stations
with which the country now aboundsr
in the hope of raising trotter, he is
almost certain to be disappointed, and
the progeny will be comparatively
worthless. True, there is now aud
then an exceptional case, when q horse
of unknown lineage has proven valu-
able trotter; but the chances for sue
cess in this style OF breeding are about
equal to those of drawing the capital
prize in the Royal Havana Lottery,
by investing in tickets in that institu-
ton.
Bat if mares OF unmistakable and de-
cided trotting action, showing points Of
good breeding and strong individuality,
can be obtained, and stallion known
to be deeply bred in trotting strains,
and showing. decided trotting action
himself, is within reach, then the
chances are that it will psy to attempt
to breed trotters. And il, IN addition
to the foregoing, the mares are known
to possess a good share OF the blood OF
some OF the we'll established trotting
lamilies-the Messengers, Bsshaws,
Morgans, Clsys, Pilots or Mambrinos--
then the judcious selection OF stallion
is pretty certain to produce satisfactory
results. 1t need not be expected that
every foal thus produced will prove q
world beater," becanse only the fastest
among the fast are winners; but good
trotters and road horses will usually be
the result, and you are in the leglti-
mate succession OF winner. But 1t
will not do for the farmer er his boys 10
spend much time or money in training
the ioals thus produced. 1t will be
found more profitable to sell these well
bred youngsters at fair, remuneratlVe
rates, and leave the training to the
professionals, who have the requisite
skill to prepare them for the track. 1t
has been remarked that "the American
trotter is the creation Of the American
trainer" 1t requires skill, judgment
and perseverance, to develop the highest
rate of speed in the trotting horse.
Training trotting horses has become a
profession, and we would not recon-
mend farmers TO spend their time in
competition with those who make this
their sole business.
Under the circumstances above de-
scrbsd, with well bred mares and O
good stallion, and selling Of the foals
when young, the farmer can scarcely
engage in more profitable business
than breeding horses. But the great
mass of farmers, owning only the mon
grel, clumsy mares ofthe country, will
find more certain profit in breeding
large horses, patroDizing the Norman
or Clydesdae stations, or large, well
formed thoroughbred if within reach,
producing good draft and coarse h orses
that always find a ready ssle at relnu.
neratiye prices Stock Exchange.