Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1875-09-23
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Are their superior qualities the result @
inheritance og the work of cultivation
Thoroughbred j. a conventional term. sir-
nifyins pure breed that can be traced
back through five or six generations to the
mo>t famous prosenitors of superior horses.
II i beyond dispute that all the excellence
of ErglSh and American thoroughbred
horses Is derived from Oriental blood OF the
desert, in Arabia, Syria, Persia, Turki>tan.
the Barbary States. Nuba. and Abysslnia.
til" races Of which greatly resemble each
other.
livery effect must have a cause: the horse
has been greatly improved during modern
times; the question arises whether this i'm
provement j, the effect of constitutional
excellence, wholly or in part. OF whether
il Is solely the. effect Of cultivation: HereJ-
d!tary law lays the foundation upon which
the supe.,tructure i reared. We must
draw our conclusions from the history OF
good horses, and from q review Of their
genealogy. or the sources from which they
spring. 1t is claimed by those familiar
with the history of the horse through it,
various stages of improvement ia England.
that there Is a larger proportion of Barb.
Imam pure Arabian blood and that. there
fore, such horses as can trace their descent
10 this breed are the most likely to possess
in the highest degree, the desirable char
aeteristics of speed and bottom.
livery careful aud exact breeder should
constantly keep before the mind these two
fundamental laws which govern descent:
First. the law ofhercdity, or that by which
like begets like. The offspring are like the
parents.
Second. the law of variation, that is.
Willie the offspring are. in All essential
characteristics, like their immediate pro-
geni.ors, they. nevertheless. vary more or
l-ss. within narrow limits. from their par
cnt> and from each other. Some OF these
variations are Indifferent. some deteriora-
t.ons. some improvements; that i. they
are such as enable the animal 10 exercise
it, functions to a greater advantage.
Men can produce very marked varieties
is exemplfied in the production of differ
eut breeds Of horses, cattle. sheep, dogs
ard especially in the case Of pigeons. OF
these the diversity OF breeds Is astonishing.
some have long feet. some small: some
long necAs; others long wings and tails
while others have si1gularly short tails :
some have thirty and even forty tail feath-
erS. instead OF the normal number oftwelve
or fourteen. They fdiller a much in in
>tinct as they DO in form. some are car
riers. some pointers. some tumblers. some
trumpeters; and yet all arr the descend
ants Of the rock pigeon. which is still eX-
taat.
Artificial selection must be adopted a.
antithetical 10 natural selections The
progeny must be purified by wedding out
all the worthless stock that would entail
defects. leaving nothing but good constitu-
ton uuadulterated with disease to inherit
The pure and indebted are united for zen
erations to purify the fountain head SO that.
their successors in blood Will have pure
Inheritance to transmit - their descend
ants. Il is sometimes difficult to sort out
the tare> from the wheat; To rank the true
aristocracy of their clas> Many mistake-
have been made in this line which ,u5.e-
quently demonstrated the imperiection OF
human judgment and indicate the neces
sity Of a more thorough examination OF
each and every specimen before it is final
~ rejected as unworthy Of 4 place among
the most valued competitors.
Dexter was parted with tor a very small
sum at his first sale ON account OF his White
legs and blazed face subjeeting him to the
sneers and ridicule of deluded public
but when those white legs could pass. with.
out great effort every horse this day, and
that white nose appeared first on the home
stretch. he sold for the fabulous price Of
S33, 900. Flora Temple is said to have beer
sold when colt for sl3 she was at least
adminutiye pony, but gradually rose in
the market to sl75 at five years old. She
afterward sold for s., 600 on account OF
her superior action, and would hav,
brought twice that sum at fourteen year:
old. when she made ? 1884 az Kalamazoo
Rysdykis Hambletonan, the king OF trot
ting sires, never started in a race. III,
carved out his owners fortune as the sir,
OF such trotters as Dexter. Nettie. and 9th
ers of great fame. He commenced his ser
vices in the stud at S25 mare. He is end
ing his career at $500 to insure colt.
Hereditary law lays the foundation upor
which the superstructure Is reared. VIVA
constituted the success of old Messenger
or his grandson Abdallah. but that irol
constitution and indomita able will to perpet
uate their great abilities unimpaired (,
their colts? 1t appears to DE certain ant
fixed rule of breeding. that in order to i'm
prove any race, the higher and purer BLOOD
the dam; and that he must be the superior
animal. 1t is said to be an indisputable anC
undeniabie fact that the English thorough
bred horse is in all respects, but especially
in size. bone. power. aud beauty. super
ior animal to any of the Oriental races. and
consequently that his blood cannot be i'm
proved by any further admixture of that
strain.-[I. V. Mapes, in Ohio Farmer.
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