The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-10-30

in the first cross. Selection should
therefore be constantly made of the fe.
male grade to be bred from, and grade
sires, when IL can be avoided, should not
be used for the superior influence on tho
progeny of the male IS beyond dispute.
A persistence in this course for genera.
tions with all the characteristics desired,
and then the members may and should
be inter.bred to refrain these qualities.
1t follows too from these facts that nu-
merous crosses should be avoided. Make
the one cross that is desired, and then
breed back TO the original type you pre-
fer. Indiscriminate crosses will result in
q stock of animals whose progeny will be
| as varied rs there are crosses in the blood
and it will be impossible Beforehand even
to surmise which ancestor is 10 be per-
petuated. This tendency 10 breed back,
while the foundation upon which the
breeder relies for keeping W the excel
ience of his stock, is also at times the
greatest difficulty in his way for The bad
qualities and peculiarities Of the ances-
tor are as apt to be required to as the good
Madam TOuson, celebrated thorough
bred brood mare, is said TO have been q
bay with star in forehead, and this sin.
gular perculiarity: her ears when at rest
were in position like other horses, but
when thrown forward fell horizontally,
and the points nearly touched. My ia.
thcr bred d filiy eighth in descent from
this mare, in which the peculiarly Of
the ears for the first time recurred. The
filly, too, was bay with star in the fore
head, though her four immediate pro.
genitors were chestnuts, and that color
Eo6 lott oI, c.1~ - oc 4
family. In the last century Diomed dis.
tinguished himself upon the turf and in
the stud in England. Some of his colts
proving obstinate and restiye, he went
out OF fashion as stallion, and was sold
to America, where he was bred to imported
Castianira, who was then blind. The
produce was the renowned Sir Arch. In
Sir Archy, and us far as l am informed,
in his best son, Timolson, there was no
trouble with temper or eyes, though the
| Archy stock when inbred are said almost
| always to have shown in their eyes the laS-
ent taint. With Boston, the best son Of
Timolson, both tho bad eyes and bad
temper reappeared. Lexington, Boston's
! best son, was blind at five years old; and
Of LexiDgtoD's get, bad eyes and bad
temper, the one or the other, or both,
seen to mark those which have excelled
most eit'Ier on the turf or in the stnd.
Thus, in the best strain of race-horses in
America, the merits and demerits of its
ancestry are alike perpetuated.
The prohibition of tho moral law
| against incestuous intercourse in the
human family has led to prejudice
| against it with animals. Among all
gEegarions animals, however, the strong
est and mOst courageous male retains
possession Of his herd for two or three
generations; his daughters and grand.
daughters have assumed the duties of
| maternity before younger and more
vigorous rival has displaced him. 1t is
generally thought by the best breeders
that, provided we do not carry in-and-in-
breeding beyond the limit thus indicated
by nature, il is not injurious, but on the
contrary may be sometimes advantage
GUS in intensifying the qualities of the
strain. A neigbbor of mine bred his
farm horses in this way. He had
horse who was sire and grand sire of his
mate in the same team. With the two
animals before me, could see no depre-
citation; and their general similarity in
appearance was remarkable. ! bred q
fine black and tan smooth-haired terrier
bitch to 7ery superior tan dog Of the
same variety, and reserved o tan bitch
whelp that proved small, timid and with.
out character. The latter bitch was then
bred back to her sire, and two dog whclps
reserved, which, when grown exhibited
the size, courage and all the fine qualities
of the original dog. They were 80 much
alike in appearance, that although they
were pets and my daily companions for
length of time, if unexpectedly called
upon I could not quickly tell Billy from
William (for so they were called,) nor
William from Billy.
A directly incestuous cross is found in
the pedigrees Of some ot the most noted
horses on the turf; while others have
been the produce of brother and sister
The latter cross produced Henry, the
competitor of Eclipse in the four mile
contest, which is still regarded as one of
the greatest performances on the Ameri-
can turf His sire and dam were both by
Diomed. Henry, with overweight for
his actual age, won the first heat; and
L. johnson and other turfmen, could
have won either of the succeeding heats
had te been diff rentiy jockeyed.
think ip.and-in. breeding unlikely to
do damage when both animals are good :;
and far better than an out. cross from an
inferior animal. Twice, however, is q
limit beyond which no breeder has
ventured recommendation to go. Twice
IL and once out Il the accepted rule.
One of the most singular of the recog-
niZed principles of breeding is the inAn-
ence of imagination in the dam, and of
strong temporary nervous influence in
either parent. The influence Of the i'm
agination seems to Lave been known for
a long time, as instanced in the incident
of jacobs sharp practice upon his father.
in-!aT, and many, curious instances in
modern times have been recorded, when
1t has affected colo.,. One exhibition of
the effect of imagination very annoying.
to the breeder Is Tho becoming epidemic
in herds of abortion. With mares it is
unsafe to permit one to fcal in presaace
of another who has not reached her full
time.
a singular instance of the effect of O
nervous shock upon the dam occurred
with imported Marigold, the property of
DIR. p. G. Stonsy cf this Stete. When
pergnant with he second foal she received
. severe cut in the eye from en- eyster
shell thrown by little negro. The eye
was not put out, but permanent scar
remained. The foal she was then bear
ing was dropped at its full time with but
ono eye. Her two succeeding foals, one
of which was the celebrated racer jeff
Davis, also each came with one eye.
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