Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-05-04
Horse Notes.

Horse Notes.
As there is so much interest felt in the
breeding and character of horse stock, and
so many in the business Of breeding, that
we have rather concluded to give our read
ers show of ''horse talk" in the future.
We are particularly favored in this by
friend, who is horse fancier, and his taste
leads him to contribute an occasional arti-
Gle for giving variety to our columns. The
following article from ''The Spirit of the
Times" is contribution to that paper from
the Office of the British Empire, London
stock journal, and is authority on the sub
ject. 1t gives the English idea of the quail
tiles priced in equine stock for the various
purposes needed. The letter reads as fol-
lows:
Referring to your editorial on this
scheme, may mention that several batch
es of Canadian horses have been landed at
Liverpool; some good, many inferior; your
breeders, like their brethren Of the Domin
ion, must not run away with the idea
that anything on four legs viii suit the
English market. They must remember
that if we except trotters, here are the
finest horses in the world. The first ex-
porters from Canada were told that we
wanted 'EchumpY" horses, and according
" sent over coarse fed animals, devoid of
character and action, and with heads as
large, plain and sour as that of Margrave.
A few, such as Mr.. Patterson, who had
served their apprenticeship in the ''old
foef
ments. sent over horses we were glad to
have come, and they sold at highly remu-
nerative prices; several of these importa-
tions found their way during that season
to the cover side, and have been seen on
their first flight.
Capt. Thompson, the present master of
the Fife Hounds, and who has hunted such
crack packs as the Atherstone and the
Pytchly, than whom there is no better
Judge of hunter living, says; There is
no fence too big for them, no day too long.
All who saw Preakness at Goodwood were
much pleased with that grand specimen Of
the thoroughbred, though the less said
about his condition, and the system of
training and feeding adopted in his own
er's stables the better; yet he is evidently
sprung from race eminently calculated
to provide our chief want. Against Perch
erons and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS great objee-
tions are raised here.
We infinitely. and rightly, too, prefer
the Clydesdale. A stallion of this breed
the Prince of Wales-has got several choice
specimens that have readily sold in our
own markets for 5000.
Some years ago the French government
carried out exhaustive experiments with
view to ascertain which of the two was the
better worker under all conditions, and
the Clydesdale carried the day.
The produce, therefore, of the one thou
sand Perche. stations imported into the
United States will not find favor with us.
Perche mares, however, put to powerful
thoroughbreds with good knee action,
should breed useful harness horses. But
for US, breed true Clydesdale, and We will
take them in any number.
Grand-topped, outstanding, whole color
ed carriage horses, with lofty action and
substance, devoid Of eoarseness, are eager.
ly sought after.
Blood cobs, in our acceptation of the
word, you have not but from our Norfolk
mares and stations; they can surely be
bred with your Morgan horse. Breed these
in numbers, and here is given ready mar
ket.
Neat, well-bred, park, hack and light
ph8ton pairs we can buy of you provided
they are all quality, can bend the knee and
have manners. Oar farmers want good,
rOomy, three-quarters thoroughbred mares
-ones likely, when mated with powerful
blood horses, to beget high-elass hunters;
of these you have plenty to spare.
the French and ourselves want cavalry
re-mounts They will take 14-3 and up
wards, but we must have something rang
ing between 1873 and l6 hands, Our ar
tillery and cavalry meYe with great rapidi
ty and must be mounted on horses possess
ing good strain Of galloping blood-in-
decd provided they can carry the neoessa-
/ ry weight, the nearer they are to the thor
oughbred the better.
Wehnd that in the hunting field, or in
the battle field, that "blood will tell"
| You have good strains of blood, but
/ there are others, both here and in France,
which would make what you have perfect.
| America has bred from Dromed, Messen-
ger, Priam, Glencoe, MargrsYe. Trauby,
| Trustee, bennington and others, all boast
ing the line Of ''blue blood" we now prize
here But, considering your numbers, you
| have been refreshing the strain with COM
paratively few importations Of lines of any
note; you must have been inbreeding too
much. An interchange of blood is there
fore desirable, and we propose introducing
to both the new world and the old trans-
Atlantic equine cousins, bred and reared
under different conditions,
Thanking you sincerely for the kind and
powerful aid you have so disinterestedly
given to the association of which ! have
the honor to be founder and managing di-
rector, I am, &C., W. A. KERR.
Well built houses, tastefully laid out
grounds, clean streets and fine business
blocks are TO visitors, evidences of thrift
and enterprise, but when in addition to
these are TO be seen fine horses and beauti-
ful squipages,, then indeed, is the place
having these, renowned, and forever after
the stranger reverts with pleasure to his
visit, that had SO many attractions for the
eye.
II is pardonsble pride that induces the
citizen to expend his surplus on the horse
and his adornment. In this matter our
own citizens have generally been remiss
but very perceptible improvement is no
ticable, and should be commended. Not
designingsto be too invidious, mention oi
few will not be amiss.
Mr.. A. G.. Snyder has recently purchased
s stylish pair of dark sorrels that are cred