Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-10-02


the market and price from the causes now
operating against them. This will indeed be
brighter day for the wheat-growers of Cali
fornia. The price of freight from San Fran
cisco to Liverpool should never be more tkan
e per ton-this would pay well and
would be eagerly sought by ship-owners.
The present price Of freight to Europe-dlf-
ferent ports-is about e3 los. 3D., or 81 62
more than it should be per ton. We will
probably ship this year 100000 tons. The
excess on this amount foots up S6,096,00O as
the loss on one crop of wheat. We have
heretofore shown that handling wheat in
bulk, as it will be handled by the Southern
Pacific route, would save the farmers 81, 25G,-
GOO on the present seasons shipment. Let
us have the brighter day promised.
The American Horse.
An interesting address was delivered by
DR.. George B. Loring in connection with the
recent commencement exercises of the Col
umbia Veterinary College at Chickering Hall,
New York. The Prairie Farmer says of it:
1t deals more especially with the trotting and
roadster class of horses. showing how these
horses have been given, by climate, locality,
selection in breeding and good management.
the desirable qualities for which they are
! remarkable. These have converted the suited
| gait of the thoroughbred into the swinging
| stride and powerful knee-action of the trot-
! ter; these, and the habit of driving have
| changed "the narrow-confined shoulder OF
the thoroughbred, with its short hunerus
attached, and the necessarily advanced
position of the fore leg-so near the point of
Che shoulder that line falling thence touches
the toe-to the loose shoulder-blade and long
humerus, long from the elbow to the point
of the shoulder, so that line falling
from this point touches the ground far in
front of the foot, and to that massive, mus
cular base which characterizes the trotter.
DIR. Loring goes on to say that the above and
other causes have cut down the sharp thin
withers of the thoroughbred and filled the
space above the top Of the shoulder blades
with mass of strong muscles, strengthened
the lower Jaw so that the horse and driver
may be made one through bit and rein, drop.
ped the points of the hips below the level OF
! the rump where they usually stand on the
thoroughbred, encased the untiriug channels
of true blood in a new frame, cooled the
ardor and increased the patience and en-
larged the sagacity of the thoroughbred.
American wants and American institutions
demand horses Of a different sort from any
that are the result of English or European
breeding. But our purpose in referring to
! DIR. Loring's address is to reproduce two or
three paragraphs which any farmer who has
a colt to raise viii do well to pursue. He
says:
cially if his lot is cast in pleasant places, and
he has goodly heritage-the foremost dan
ger is that he viii be spoiled in early life. 1t
really seems as if all owners Of horses endeav-
ored to ascertain how in the most expeditions
manner to ruin them. The natural tendency
of a horse, young or old, is to preserve him
self in sound and healthy condition. The
wear and tear of hard work, and the injuri-
Gus effects of life of luxury aud ease, are
about equally destructive to him and the
price he is obliged to pay for bis intimacy
with man, and the care and attention he re-
ceives at his hands, is the loss, in larger or
smaller degree, of the robust health, and the
elastic animal spirits, end the Astounding and
joyous and painless power of motion with
which nature endows hin. A colt is happy
thing in the beginning-happier than a child.
A horse is intended to be happy thing
through hfe-happier than man. But the
folly and misfortune which sadden and
weaken the master bear heavily, also,
on his dumb and patient servant. The
two travel a hard road together, and
both are obliged to pay the penalty which
should IN justice faI upon one. Ii THIS Is enc
OF the inevitable consequences OF the decree
whlcn gives man dominion over Ghe olrds Oh
tine air ana heasts oil the neid, suppose man
and animal must submit spd opey' but IL
may not be so. If, for the qualification OF
ambition or pride, or for high service to his
race. or for immortal renown, man is willing
to subordinate and sacrifice all his physical
powers, and Is determined that his body shall
obey the commands OF his lmperlous spirit,
inspired and consumed in the great flame, so
must it be but let him spare his servant who
obeys him, his dumb beast who has trusted Ia
him. 1t Is good thing to remember that
horse has certain natural faculties, without
which he would not be horse, and which it
is important to preserve. Man is so wise as
well as tyrannical that he finds it difficult to
believe that he is not to remodel and recon-
siruct everything which is provided for his
use and comfort before it is fit for his i'm
perial use and service and so he NEEDLES
with everybody and everything. It is much
easier for him to comprehend his own handi-
work than the Lords.
e. ut to return t. the colts. They should
neither be petted to death, nor conquered and
snhdued to death. They should be familiar
ized with the harness when SO young that
thew imagine the straps part of themselves
eneseed Ia business they hardly know how
and thew should be gradually introduced to
their work with an unrufied temper, and an
acouiescent but unsubdued spirit. When
you actually conquer horse, you can never
tell where the conquest is going to end. Let
the lesson begin at two years old and few
weeks viii complete it, without danger from
violence, and it will never be forgotten. 1t
need not be renewed until the animal has
become mature and strong enough to bear
the burdens OF life. Asa colt may be sprained
| by oyer-loading, so ne may be ruined by
Overlooking. i have known many a colt
ruined by excessive feeding the hrst winter
OF bis life. 1t Is pleasant to see his glossy
coat and lively head and mature. neck and
well-developed form, under good supply OF
oats. But all the pleasure viii vanish IT you
1 look carefully at his limbs, winch tremole
little after exercise; and 1t Will stu more
entirely vanish II you will examine him after
his summers run at grass, and wonder that
he looks no better, and has not grown more.
Z &araa4 how aud a few oats with q little