Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-09-13
The Carriage mns Coach Horse.

We should liko TO sec number OF our farm
cra AID breeders r2tu:o tC the rearing an!
b:vcdug OF carriage and coach horses. 1t Is
wonder, from iho loarlh and scarcity OF line
coach teanls ald the prices they c0mmand, that
more people DO DOT turn attention to the SUB
iacs. Breeding c9ac;i, Carriage and handsome
coupe horses must pay handsomely Tor years to
come, &; the demand is far ia cXces: 0! the
supp!Y. Daring the past ten or fifteen years
the high prices tr0ttcr5 have commandod have
turned most cf our farmers trottlug mad, to the
'tcglcct OF the old style OF coach horses.
Since the close o.. the wIr the number ol
persons il The El,tGrn and Northern
States who aro rich enough 10 keep
horses has Increased 10 such an cX:cnt
that thy demand Tor coach, clr'lagc anl
coupe horses ha3 far out-or;pped The supply.
This Z 20 be seen by Il visit 10 any OF our large
cities. The Amercau people have loGa or
foodncss for tioc horse, aud as soon as they &c
ouirc iillc wealth they want carriage ami
horse. The demand lor fac coach aad carriage
horses for wears 70 come will &c so great that 1t
will nav handsomely to breed and rear them.
Besides EnglaDd is orenng up a. market lor
fine horses, aad VIC would not be- surprised to
sec the European demand for lino horses take
great in portancc like the trado Tor beet and
cattle. ~ ,r
man Perchcron into this section OF the country
would rot help but rather lnlurc our breed OF
coach horses. They arc too large, Their bones
too spongy and soft to stand hard macadam:z2h
roads. TO gain style. lln'sh and ;,amey cnacH
teams it is necessary to have strong ln'u-l'n
of Thoroughbred b'ood Many trotting slrea
Scattered through the State OF Kentucky possess
all thc requisites to breed the tino coach and
counc horse: but wc cannot nauIc them for
f.ar of piying offence TO some extremely Sc nstive
nconlc. But what is wanted in 4 sire OF coach
horses ia pleDty of substance we'll placed. deep
and Wall nroportioncd body, strong and clean
bone under tho open knee. sound and tougn ieet
With fine knoe action, lifting their leet hign, ana
md a Ealf handt. it will not be out OF pace 10
asv That Alexsnder's Edwin Forrest and his de-
scendants furnish tho best specimens o. th!a
| cla7s of horse that Wo have had 1or years. ms
strain mingled with mares possessl'R a strong
inCIsion of thoroughbred blood would mako u
most q pital cross and produce an eic8ahI ah't
| stylish coach and harness horse.
Trha great difficulty in matching horses or Hnu
;no nsir CT good matchtd horses is well known
| TO deslers. Single horses of somo stylo ana M
| ish can be found, ,<but the grta. ditlcul.y IS III
| matching then. This is owing to the nlscelan"-
| ons vav in which Eorses have boon bred fo: tie
lat twonty years A matched team. aixteen
hands high, VOL made with sty and iinlsh'
ara hard to find and command fancy price
| whereas five and twenty years ago any numhcr
| Of such teams could DO picked up in kentucky.
| Another cause of this lack CT cosche7s ia owing
to the mania for breeding trotters which hsYo
been bred far beyond their demand. If farmers
| will turn their attention to breeding iiao cohcn
horses they will fnd rssdy market, ssyn s tks
expense they annually incur in devoiGping sno ses
and the Sts.o great profit -Ksut'Hrhy Ls'e H'''"'
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