, 1877-02-25

| broodmares there, CONSISTING jarre1v ~ ia ~.
o1 those notable horses. Nai1brii'o Chief. A|rr
! ander's Abdaliah, Pilot, ana Alcxanf1er,s Nor
man, bred to such sfres rs A]nout. Honost A
| len, George Wilkes, Nnmhrino 1s1tchcn S+raI
| er's c. II. Clay, Jr., and others. thcv fav
! been enabled tn fI,rt,v t,nnn FIN mn-I.o+ 49,
] ing the last few years Icst Of hors,.
Ipao4e ol trottfng mile in three minutes Q,
oeiter, while such brilliant track performers a
| aine West7 Lady Turpin, Lula, Nav Queen
5lackwood, Jr., Woodford Chief, Manlbrfnt
hate, and May Bird, show that the kcntuckian
Atc making bard fight with the Northern
uieeuels On the latter's speciality, the pru{fuc
t1on OF the trottins horse.
VI course tlis Increase in the breeding inter
ests OF the country has led to vast amount o,
discussion as to tile best method Of securing tht
result so afuenty sought, viz: the discovery q,
t4e laws Of animal reproduction, in order that
who invests his capital III stock-farm NAV b.
guided In its management By rules as wcH de
tined p those to which ordinary commercial
pursuits are subject, aud By following which be
may ut least avoid the disastrous end that ha.
oFertakcn so many sanguiue persons who en-
gagged III the business o. breeding trotting stock
WIN vague and misty ideas as tU how it was all
to be done. As natural result of this discus.
SION, great deal of nonsense has been paraded
anu a vast amount Of time and labor EMPLOYED III
giving to the public ideas that had better have
remained in their original seclusio,1 but, on The
other hanu, the subject has also been considered
hy practical breeders, who are also lnen Of I'd
ncat:on. and, Us natural result, the problem oi
= How to breed tho trotting- horse # is niuct,
nearcr solution than inust people imagine. The
vast amount of Heterogeneous Information On
the subject has been boiled down to two theo-
RES
One OF these is, to say the least, untuue. It
is. in brief, that Il certain physical Conformation
will enable horse Il, show 7rt>at trnttinp sneci
Thus, according to this theory. if n man Ias n
horse that measures tl,e sor,i. vt iii i,unor1anf
points as Bodiue or rhornIa, he Is bou,,l t., he
i trotter. This theory il au a}lurinr nnc since
it euabes any one 10 avn a tr,,tfer.-in his
mi1lt,-but titus IA, it has fai1ei tt, nan out !,
although, supported by one OF the most jntelIi
gent turf-Writers in thn ,ouutry. ANY strr.t-
raIiroad couapa,,y III {.hi,ayo ,.sn dont}ess t,rn
duct. one ar rnnr;. horses mcas,,r,ng III. sae At
all essential points Us some oi til. rnnst rc,.
l,rate1 trnftcrs in fh ro,,ntrr oni var ;f n,oc",
iu traintnv tbey wonII H. tniaI f,fiMrcs
Indeed. the cxurrnent Ina hce1
tried IN New York CIV WITH tha% rcS,11t TIN
notnrions tart That ali sorts mr., 1r srrint;ors nf
horses h.,on,,. trnttcrs ri Ynrrft ca.rns ~ h. j.;
Itself comnlctr refnt:tinn of The measurement
fi,cnrv f;r.1t E,st..~n ;s ~ WIFI. i:,s,n;t;,
Mind rs ni,.i,t Is milk. 3ev hnt t1,er ora hath
tirst-.lass frottvrs. viii, r,..1r,1s heinx s..s,
Tha orhrr fhenrv 10 etntrn.ad H. ti,, .ord.
"trotting instinct I, The ,rivinatnr cJnims tint
Size nud shape have no effect whatever iI the
production, OF trottcrs. ALTHOUGH, admitt;no. of
course that they may iu,tugnce The rafe IF
speeu s aiiu lne aott1as aetson onI asse5ts anat
~ 49,, ~ - " oe aounu IL ~
~ .e p'so enese ~ eusse1slsc 9,'
VI a'leesto's, most u "holh nase
au .he a. one t1oe ~, 10 Sseas
~ r,, o ~. 4h,,t a41 Ht.uc.
- ~, 90. sA, ~ - 10 W.
,,at;an, and et;f;.,I ha,,1I n e az" .t,'
tIis 1h..., - ~ focts , e ara,.
;,ata ns,o;.d ~, ~ hns.",,a nn1
,.er,7c ti,o+ +rrisieH tho .rn,11 Ia trot+;,e
~, -;1a 49, a. ~ ~ ta.,s - ~ 9..a
:, I'LL % atn" 4ho 1a,t ~ h.If ,,;,, =, baIf -
scrsn.i 1aes +s,n +ha t,-e+ .a,1 4r,tt;,,Sr 49, ~ 80
IA nuar+nr u, ,is,rtr1fo,, sn..os - .. na;+
Is live ;1,,etr,t;'o,, @ ~ 4'. & t->tt;,6, 6,a, ~
81 int !, thaorr sa'l;e Rcl1 Thc u,er" ut
wow tha r.ro11 r,cn orsr i'm. ,;.,d 81 tha
p..adass, Waa.;rt, -. pEia,ss1nh;a Ia ioer .,n,nar
- .uoti,.r hnrs. tI,at sa',ns ~ snn1ars +,,;s-
theory. Her owner. rhen asked rcrprtlinr tho
.rrout,, If h.- enca;3 rI>i;.3 9int ,ras ,;.rar
Eers1.,ne. TIN. sh. 'oniii trnt as fast tho first
s;,e sne w,s h;tcLc, ~ = enlty rs sh" ev.r
,ouId i,or rr,i,;nr sar,ng ou1v n acc,,sto,n her
~ 1a,nnsnv and e,;v,. ,,eT tr;'.l-srnsr Then
ays,u tncre ar. 1bnrses If f1e hast troft;nfr
Ismi;as -nnfoh1r fha Vo1urtecrs that reo,,;re
1ann an1 ,,a1;.nt han. ;1inv haore ahnu,,nr 4ha;4
enaa,s hnt ,.l,an +hcv IN 3.o,na +hev ,13,nc to
etsS "N' ' '
1s.,,: ...u o.u,,oo.,o., .,o.. ,oaa;.,..
iAhlns lo eonslea.al .nese leaaing iacas
y 1Ac AAt11Its VI licH HlA Aot