The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-11-17

and barely mastered strength TO stagger
to tho trough, where, as matter Of
course, no made hog Of himself.
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Rg- WnAr sA TuoRouOnBRRD.-
Since the exhibition of ThOroughbrCds
at our last Fair, We have been several
times asked "What is a Thorough.
bred" We have examined tho Tlrf,
Field aud Farm upon this, and will
try to answer tho question. What We
call tue thoroughbred horses was ere.
atCd in England by tho importation Of
mares and stations FROM Arabia n1d
Barbary, and by tho judicious com.
mingling of the foreign with the ma.
tive blood. Through contests on tho
turf. and the right kind Of crossing,
tue horse was gradually improved or
elevated 10 a high standard Of excel.
lenco; and these improved horses
were then recognized as tho progoni.
tors Of tho thoroughbred race, Equine
heraldry has been made science, and
tho birth and pedigree Of each horse
Of high breeding has been preserved in
the Stud Book, Usage has dccreed
that an animal which can show an un-
contaminated pedigree for Eve genera
lions shall be elasSed as thoroughbred /;
that Is, no drop OF cold or course blood
must appear in the veins tho origin Of
which cannot be found behind five
successive periods of reproduction.
Five removes from a common parent.
age relines the blood aud makes 1t
Thoroughbred. It has long been the
custom in England to exclude horses
so bred from tho cocktail stakes, which
arc stakes for halt.braeds Many,
however, claim that tho true thorough.
bredis ono which traces without any
contamination to Barb or Arabian;
and that it is impossible to get thor.
oughbred from known cold blOodrd
m arc: that even after tho sixth cross
there would still DO 1.64th part of cold
blood. 10 illustrate: Tho get of u
thoroughbred horse and cold blooded
mare is hali-breed. The get Of this.
half.brcrd and thoroughbred would
be thrce.quarlers bred. Tho three
quarter brad and thoroughbred would
produce an animal sevon.eights bred
This to q thoroughbred would leave
the issue with Cnc.sixteentl pnI oil
cold blood. Tho next cross, which is
the fifth, would leave onc.tllirty.scconl
part af cold blood in the issue and
still another, or the sixth cross, would
leave ono.sixty.forth part Of cold blood
in the produce. However, according
to the American standard, five uncOn-
tuminatcd crosses on the dams eide,
aud the sire being thoroughbred, con-
slitutes thoroughbred.
Breeders have long since demon.
strhtCd the value Of pCdigrocs. When
| it is known that the union Of certain
qualities produce certain results, the
problem Of breeding becomes loss diff
cult to solve. That We have certain
qualities firmly stamped upon animals,
wo eau only know by preserving
history of their breeds by pedigrees,
aud pedigrees are useless unless strict.
ly correct; for it eau bo readily seen
bow worthless must DO that calculation
which is based upon M error.
We have only to glance over the re-
ports Of prices paid for high bred ami
mails to sec that raising them pays and
pays we'll. Our sister State Of Ken
lucky is fast becoming one great stock
farm, and her high bred horses and
cattle command almost fabulous prices.
They arc shipped daily to all parts Of
tho Union, and even TO England.
With equal advantages withKcnlucky,
with a soil and climate and grass pc.
culiarly adapted TO grazing and stock
raising, tits our own fault that We do
not rival her in tic purity Of blood and
quality Of our stock. That our far
lners do not share with hers tho rich
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