The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-06-14
WHAT CONSTITUTES A THOR.

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Strictly speaking, none Of our do.
mestic animals are .thoroughbreds
but, practically, when a breed has
been formed 80 that there is great
degree Of uniformity in all of its indi.
viduals, which uniformity is repro
duced from generation to generation
with certainty, the race is said to be
thoroughbred and when thorough
bred race has thus been formed, whcth
er by selection, breeding 10 .and.in, OF
by all Of these means combined, any
animal descended from this race, with.
out any admixture whatever of alien
blood, will bc regarded as thorough
bred.
But when We come to apply the
term to the various classes Of breeds
of domestic animals. it is used in a
modified sense. When applied to
horses it is used to designate the race.
horse only. If common mare be
bred to a strictly thoroughbred horse,
the produce is q half:blood. If this
produce be again bred to a thorough.
bred, the. result is . three quarter
blood. By continuing this process,
each time breeding the produce to a
thoroughbred, until you reach five
crosses, under the American rule, the
produce would be entitled to registry
as thoroughbred, and would be en-.
titled to compete for premiums offered
for thoroughbred horses. But in Eng
land horse is not regarded as thor
oughbred: and is MOI accorded place
in the stud book, unless his lineage
can be traced in unbroken succession,
and without admixture, to Oriental
blood.
With cattle in the Uuited States
the usage is not uniform. No amount
Of crossing with pure blood will entit :
le an animal to entry In the Jersey
Herd Register. 1t must be purely
bred animal, imported direct from the
Isle of Jersey, under certain restric-
tions, or descended, on both sides,
from imported and recorded sire and
dam, without any admixture what.
ever of alien or unrccorded blood, or
it is not recognized as thoroughbred
jersey. With Short. horns the regu-
lations are somewhat different in the
two herd books. The American Herd
Book is conducted under the rule
adopted by the Americans Association
Of Short horn Breeders, at Indianapo-
lis, several years ago, which is as fol.
lows:
RESOLVED, That the ancestry Of
the animals should be traced en- both
s;sles to imported animals (Short.horns)
or to those heretofore recorded in the
American Herd Book, with pedigrees
not false or spurious, before they can
be entitled to registry.
This rule was amended, last winter,
by, the same association. by the adop
lion of vague and obscurely worded
which, being interpreted.
means, if it means anything, about as
ollows: If animals that we're not elig
bic under the above rule. have, by
lccilent or oversight, been once re.
corded in the American Herd Book,
10 matter how far short they may have
come Of filing the required standard
he descendants of animals so wrong
'ully recorded may be admitted, pro
7ided FIVE crosses of recorded or recor.
liable blood can be shown, in case of
cmales, aud six Of such crosses for
,ulls. Subsequently, however, this
Association rescinded all of its rules,
eaving the whole matter in the hands
# the publishers of the herd hoods
md the publishers Of the American
Herd Book have announced that they
will be governed in the future by the
ule as amended above. .r
The rule adopted by the American
Short horn Record is still more rigor-
'us. Nothing is admitted to this rec
'rd that cannot trace, in unbroken
without adm,xture, to i'm
'01fsSs fSe IE!ng'isS I! fR Short horn Herd Book,
which is controlled by an association Of
Short, horn breeders, is conducted up
m different basis Cows shown.
our crosses of approved Short horn
,lood. and bulls with Eve such crosses,
ire admitted to, registry and are class.
d as thoroughbred Short horns. The
Canadian Short horn Herd Book is
,opducted under the same rule as the
English. .4 saC
It will be seen that the simple fact
hat an animal is registered does not
make it a thoroughbred but it is
perhaps safe to assume that, if an ami.
nal is entered in given register, the
,ditor has Investigated the alleged
pedigree, and that it is eligible, under
he rule adopted for his government
md. in proportion as the editor of the
book is know to be careful, accurate
ind strict in tho enforcement of this
'ule. is the recorded pedigree to be
'elied upon as coming up to the re
,uired standard. But it should be
borne in mind that the stud books and
herd books are used only as convenient
places for recording pedig.ees, aud the
breeder must look to the pedigree it..
'eif, aud trace it through al Of its col.
ateral lines before he can decide as to
It's value -CNational Live Stock Jour.
nal. Fl.
A Russian peasant was travelling in
/ sleigh along the bank of the Pruth
not long ago, and his wife and four
were with hin. Suddenly