Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-11-03
2fsricnlf,aral Department
I. D. r. COLLINS, Editor.
.aaz SHALL FARMERS RAISE
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The question is often asked by the
farmers of the West, evil it pay to raise
trotting horses ?" Our opinion upon this
question is, that usually it will not; in
exceptional cases, it will. The farmer
who has only the mongrel, common mares
of the country, cannot afford to pay the
prices demanded for the services of a
frstclass trotting stallion; and if he
should decide to incur this expense, in
ninety-nine cases out of hundred he
will be disappointed in the result. Should
he patronize any of the cheap, quick
stepping, mongrel little stations with
which the country now abounds, in the
hope of raising trotter, he is almost
certain to be disappointed. and the prog
eny will be comparatively worthless.
True, there is now and then an excep-
tional case, when horse of unknown
lineage has proven valuable trotter:
| but the chances for success In this style
Of breeding are about equal to those of
drawing the capital prize in the Royal
Havana Lottery by investing in tick
cts in that institution.
But if mares of unmistakable and
decided trotting action, showing points
of good breeding and strong individual
ity, 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 pay to attempt
to breed trotters. And if, in addition
to the foregoing. the mares age known
to possess good share of the blood of
some of the well-established trotting
families-thc Messengers, Bashaws,
Morgans. Clays, Pilots or Mambrinos-
then the judicious selection Of stallion
is pretty certain to produce satisfactory
results. 1t need not be expected that
every foal thus produced will prove a
world beater," because only the fastest
among the fast arc the winners but
good trotters and road horses will usu.
ally be the result, and you are in the
legitimate succession for winner. Bu
1t will not do for the farmer or his boys
to spend much time or money in training
the foals thus produced. 1t will b,
, found more profitable to sell these we'll
bred youngsters at fair, remunerativ,
t rates, and leave the training to the pro
| fessionals who have the requisite skill
to prepare them for the track. 1t ha
been remarked that 1.-The American trot
5 ter is the creation of the American train
: er." 1t requires skill, judgment AM
perseverance, to develop the highest rat
r of speed in the trotting horse Trainin
a trotting horses has become profession
n and we would not recommend farmer
s to spend their time in competition wit
: those who make this their sole business
t Under the circumstances abave de
e scribed, with well-bred mares and goo
t. stallion. and selling off the foals whe
e young, the farmer can scarcely engag
Il in more profitable business than i
y breeding horses. But the great mass
J" farmers, owning only the mongrel, clums
n mares of the country, will find MOI
is certain profit in breeding large horse
patronizing the Norman or Clydesda
se stations, or large, we'll formed tho
If oughbred if within reach, producer
o. good draft and coarse horses that alwa
SC find ready sale at remunerative price
er Stock Erchange.