The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1874-10-12

not Wild enthusiasts, but long headed men,
With full knowledge Of the Value Of money,
and they bought some thing they knew was
a good bargain. What was i2
| They secured breed OF cattle Capable
of indefinite increase in numbers) which
gave them, in two years time, matured
COW for milk, aud at three steer full grown
for market. Each with fullneSs OF flesh
| all over the BODY, with choice flesh where
| common cattle have none, or else mere OLA
All animal, in short, whose head, tail anu
| feet being severed was left square piece ct
,solId beef with no waste, comparatively.
They not only thus save two years in bring
ing their stock to an early and profitable
| maturity, and obtain an animal vastly SUI
perlor IN size, weight and quality OF meat,
but they also claim that these cattle are less
feeders for their weight than common
stock.
mus IT IS seen ehat n quick an generous
return is made TO the breeder for Tho cost in
care aud money OF the outlay.
And fine as are the English short horns.
we know that in this country they are close
ly rlvalled by the milk and beef giving
quantities OF the liolstcin breed--a most i'm.
portant and valuable contribution to orr
Dairy farms.
NOW Tor all these cattle mild climate and
level and gently undula,ing country, such
we have IN this Peninsula, oilers the best
home for successful breedine-a rough and
bleak country Will not answer.
cannot hut believe that capital and care
would he wisely yentured in this direction
by many whose faces see before me.
HORSES.
Ana what has not careful selection and
breeding accomplished with the horseY Let
us consider this, because the success of your
ASSOCIATION will depend much upon its at
hdctfrcRc5S. and what Is SO attractive rs an
array of really fire hoae?
The effect upon the character of com
muniiy in possessing n really fine stock of
horses,,s OF great monrcnt, not as "A question
only OF niilIty and pccuniary value, but Of
sentiment
Look AT tie money value Of time alone,
ana see low II Is saved by n swift horse
Inc aggregate OF minutes which swell to
hours, and those rolled up at the end of a
year make 50 largo fraction of the whole
man lives five miles from his Bank or
post-oifice, aud drives a sleepy drudge that
distance ia one hour, while his neighbour
slips 10y III lively gait in half the time, or
less, and this IMP Is made three times q
week, unlll IN year, lJG hours have bsen
saved by clever roadster, being really
equal 10 the business hours of more then
three entire weeks.
The contemplation Of the beauty and high
spirit OF horse is pleasure OF b,eh order.
| not merely innocent but elevaling aud Add.
| eli. kader, The Arab ChieltaiD wrote Of what
he knew when, in his letter to General
| Daamas, he described "the high moral
qualities oil a horse. We are creatures oi
| imitation and may improve even by contem-
| LOT iY,rrt I..x
1 have seen described:
As patient as he Is courageous.
| enduring as he Is fleet,
| As useful as he is ornamental
| strong at the plough,
| lntiIIng on the road,
| Nlgorou'. hardy, ana cheerful
An honor to his race,
And a credit to his uWnor
Does it not seem impossible that n man
could harbor mean, unworthy thoughts
whilst IN such complny2
We eau have just such horses by proper
degree OF development and improvement in
breeding and 10 secure steady improve
ment, Intelligence and constant care are
requisite. In some countries the Slate AS.
sumos this duty, but under our system, i,
fortunately is left to individual enterprise
| The finest horse in the world, to-day, Is the
English thoroughbred, aud short reference
to The history OF his progress TO his present
excellence may be useful and interesting
| When the Invasion OF England was threat
! cned by the Spanish armada, in the reign
al Queen Elizabeth, there were only three
thousand horses in tho kingdom, which
couii he collected Tor cavalry, and this use
Of It,, ~ p auced the most serious interrup.
ton n The internal traffic of the country.
| Fortunately, on board tho Spanish ships
wcre numbeis of Andalusan Horses in
tended for cavalry by the invader, which,
however, being captured by the victorious
Admirals Drake and Howard, furnished an
cXcellcnt and much needed infusion, bywhich
the English stock OF horses was greatly i'm.
proved. There were also importations OF
horses i'll the reign OF Charles %. and racing
was practlced, but the fountain head of the
English Thoroughbred TACO horse was the
"Daily Arabian" whose blood will be found
| in some degree in almost every horse Of the
| present day distinguished OH the turf. lie
| was imported into England about the year
1900, and was obtained by what was almost
an accident. For, as rule, the Arab will
not part with their finest horses, and the
ban" was exacted by and English pliysi-
clan as The Ice Tor saving the life OF a Sheik,
who was dangerously Ill.
| Whether this account be precisely tue
cannot say, but cannot help wishing some
DeneNoieht Arab of our day would do us The
honor to tall sick and let some Delaware
Doctor cure him at the SAINT price.
| The superiority Of the Arabian Horse is
due to the most rigid selection and careful
breeding continued Tor centuries.