Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1873-06-25
THoRouaHBREDuoRsEsT STOCK

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s.Moncy makes the mare go' IL ycncra.
bio proyerb often quoted, aud probably we'll
understood by tho farmers .of Lafayette
county, but they haven't yet fully realized
the yalae Of tho marc as a money making
agent. IL Is worthy OF remark that a
people SO intelligent US ours. living In a
country 10 well adapted to horse breeding
should so iony havo neglected, or only par.
TALLY attend to, a branch OF bustacss which
/. at once immensely profitable. aud pro.
iuctlvc OF the greatest pleasure and sattsfae.
tion, II requires no laborcd argument 10
| prove that u costs no more to rear y thor.
oushbred horse, worth r ON tive hundred TO
as many thousand dollars. than Il docs to rear
hack or plow horse, worth from sixty 10 u
| hundred, aud yet men who ordinarily ex-
| htbit acutencs, in their business transactions
persist year after year in breeding scrub
horses. The far famed blue glass region OF
Kentucky, by close attention TO the
| business OF horse breeding, has achieved
a Reputation coextensive with the United
States, justly the pride OF its citizens, ,and Is
prolific source Of revenue. Why may not
| our county ina few years successfully rival
this great centre ofhorsc lcshy The climate
and other conditions arc equally favorable
aud tho way Is already opened. A number
Of our best citizens, who appreciate the '.no-
| lest Of quadrupcds," have introduced into
tho county some or the best stock on tho
continent, and are now making every effort
to popular!ze tho business. Among those
deserving citizens arc tho owners of "Ori-
cntal,' blue bloodcd horse whose progeny
is tho especial pride OF their respective
owners. Also. thc.owncrs of"Suudown,'' a
horse whose pedigree Is avoucled By his
offspring, rs well as by the testimony of tho
most eminent horse authorities
The master OF Neltlewood Is especially
deserving Of commentator and encourage
ment. Mcmbrino and Nai,nctte are names
familiar Oh every farm III the county, and
We sincerely hope tho day is not far distant
when their beautiful forms will be as familiar
to the eye as their names are now to the ear.
The following, from the t''rurf, Field and
Farm" Of New York, Is we'll merlted. AMI
the good wishes ofthe charitable editor, we
hope, Will DO realized within the next
decade:
'D.COD STOCK FOR NISSOCRI.-Ihe late
purchases made in Kentucky + thorough
bred and trottins stock, Tor Capt. Ryland
Todhunter's stock farm. known as "Ncttlc-
WOOD" have all arrived in fine condition.
A. the head is U!v rstUn, by Lexington, DIM
Utill:i. by imported Marsrave. This horse
Will prove great acquisition TO the bree ders
in Missouri The neat is Annette. gray
iilly. years old dun sister 10 Nanuettc. by
ldo!. dam Mamie, by Old Gray Eagle bay
lilly, years Old. by Gi!roy tson OF Lexington
and Magnolia. by imported G!encoe); chest
nut ily. years OLD. hy Gilroy, dam by Star
Davis, I'd dam by Brown Pilot, I'D dam by
Old Abdaliah and hay iily, one year Old, by
Thorn's Hamlet. dam by Star D'Hi>. With
this nucleus, composed ofthe best thorough
bred and trotting blood in the country. the
breeding farm ut Ncitiewood will, III a few
short years, acquire name and fame Tor a
character OF horse stock il has always lacked.
An honorable exception. however. should
be noted Col. n. j. Coleman. ofSt. Louis.
who. single-handcd, has for series of Years
fought hard to improve the live stock of
Missouri. We trust Others viii follow Capt.
fodhuntcr in establishing breeding farms
TIN ouShou: the State, for the speedy i'm
provement of the scrub horses, 'Caa sheep.
alligator hogs a,id >craggy mixers that
otcrrun PORTIONS Of the tiuest couAtry i'll the
Union.