Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-03-21
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THEORY OF


rent in the blood, and goes down TO the sue
.cessors in the course of reproduction. All
great virtues or leading instincts are heredi-
.farr, and flow down in the blood, as natural
as water flows TO the ocean. Ii is the vital
principle in p~ropagating the animal species
the source of improvement of the equine
race. The breeder is the pilot to direct gen.
.eration through the pure stream, that the
inheritance may produce the likeness of the
parents; to fill the places that they once
filed. The tenure of the animal creation Is
perpetual. The breeds Eve on trough their
descendants to perpetuate the race. The
law of animal existence p~re-sapposes that
like will continue TO produce like, 10 pre-
serve the race from total extinction.
The breeder who has a large district to
select the best subjects to breed from,
would not be likely to fail to improve the
breed, provided he understands the.art of
coupling, to preserve the force and eEarac-
ter of the subjects I'M their colts. It requires
skill to select progenitors that possess the
power to perpetuaie their W inheritance
ITO successors In blood. There are generally
prominent marks that show evidence OF
strong vitality-the leading power in prop
5agation. Should there be any doubts. il iS
an easy matter to examine the history OF
the dam and sire, and sec If the propensity
was. a leading characteristic OF the family.
The ~tenacity OF the breed to impart to their
issue. their own form and action. is the
foundation of success in the stud. This
power of procrea,ion is the cause of high
prices paid for the get of celebrated sires.
When the breed has attained Il world
wide reputation. there Is a feysr in the pub
lie mind to get possession Of the promising
colts of that blood regardless Of the first
cost. Lexington. the great son OF Boston.
after his four-mile triumph at New Orleans,
sold for $4,000. for breeding purposes.
Norfolk. son OF Lexington, was also sold
for $l5,G0a, on The fame of his sire. The
fame of soase breeds proves a capital for the
breeder. Etcauses the sale of their stock at
such prices as to aKord a large profit on the
cost of production
The skill ct the breeder forms a part of
the capital stock In the stud. This consists
of the knowledge Of the p~ropensities and i'm
stincts OF the aniUsals, with the ability to
cross them, so as to reproduce the genuine
type and instincts of the most celebrated in
.diyiduals of the race.
1t is an easy task TO examine the history
of a brood mare that has produced a colt
that has exchanged for 5000. and learnshe
pedigree of the stallion that has hit, to pro-
duce such superior stock. After aaalyzing
the blood and the pos'er to transmit it. the
breeder can use the same connection, which
ssill produce colts of equal merit.
IL is said that the oat bin has lone more
than the breed TO fix the price OF horses ;
that is a mistake. The dunghIll has ate as
suany oats as The thoroughbred, while he
would not sell for the price of the food con-
sufned.
Lady Lighfoot, by Sir Archie. out of
Black Maria, by imp. shark. was a celehrat-
ed race and brood mare, that iourished
some fifty years ago. She ran between 20
and 50 races. a majority of them four mile
heats. and WAS never beaten but once, and
that by American Eclipse. Her brilliant
career on the turf was tar surpassed by her
qualities III the stud. In 1926 she bred
Eclipse Liglrfoot. by Eclipse. that sold ut
four years old tor $3.50 TO 4 company in
New jersey. The following year she bred
Black Maria that sold for $4,000. I'm 1873
she bred chestnut iilly Screaner. by Henry:
sold Ut l. months old to W. Livingston.
Esq. Tor 500. Tho following year she
bred the brown colt Terror. by Eclipse;