The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-07-27
M 0gzfa m Horses.
rSalt Lake Tribune.

Utah has been settled longer than Montana
and has 8 softer climate, q more productive
soil. 1t, too. is on the great highway be-
tween the East and the West. And yet Mon
tana is excelling Utah in very many things.
It is safe to say that there is no Territory or
State in the Union that has SO many scrub
horses IN proportion to the whole number as
Utah. IN the other hand, Montana, before
five years, is going to have some of the finest
stock in the Union. To give an idea Of what
is being done there, we give below a few
notes Of one Montana stock farm, that Of the
Larabie brothers, at Deer Lodge. The writ
er of this took an hours run around the
farm and stables, recently, and made a few
notes. It is q po1ygamous institution, and
the four elders il the harem are uerod,
Mambrino Princeton, BashaW, and a brother
Of old Lexington.
Herod is the grandson Of old Sherman
Black Hawk is the finest Black Hawk on
the coast; is as black as midnight, with a
face as wise as an apostles and q disposition
as gentle as q shepherds puppy. He knows
more than some men. He was raised in
Iowa, was Changed around for a long time,
until, his wonderful speed attracting atten-
ton, be was put upon the turf, and, though
not broken to harness until he was six years
old, he made a record Of 2:26II. He is 49,
hands high, and weighs 100 pounds. The
man who takes care Of him has been with
him since he was a colt, and he says the first
time Herod saw q train of cars he was led
into one of the cars, q bed was made for
him, and he laid down and went to sleep just
IS though he had bought and paid for a whole
section.
Mambrino Princeton is a bay thoroughbred
16a hands high, and weighs 1900. He is q
son Of Messenger Chief by Mambrino Chief.
dam Gray Albion by Gray Eagle. a great
big magnificent fellow is Mambrino Prince
ton, full of nerve. but entirely gentle.
BashaW is another thoroughbred, very
beautiful, color between a chestnut and a
brown, splendidly formed, and with an eye
like q Roman emperor.
The brother of Lexington is the best horse,
in some respects, Of the four A tall, splen-
did bay, with not q speck of waste material
about him, and carrying that u~nconquerable
look which is peculiar to the s'Boston' stock
Of horses.
Out in the field were the mares and young
CU1tS, tuU UlAC1 OOAI0 DElAR AWAY OA II AdIES.
Among those in the field were mares with
records as low as 2:20, and which a little
while ago were held away up in the sthous-
sands, and with them were their babies, some
Of which are going to make very honorable
names one Of these days. We have not
space to give their names Or lineage, but it
did seem queer to see away up ID the hills Of
Montana a mare that Vanderbilt once gave
$t5, 900 for. There was one baby Golddust
colt, with q coat like Tuscan gold and a form
which, if nothing happens to him, will mean
q horse worth SIS per pound in three years.
There were plenty Of others quite as finely
formed.
This is only one Montana stock farm. We
were informed that there are several others
quite as fine. We refer to it because, as
things are going now, if a man here wants a
fine horse be will have to send away for It,
when, with . little expense and trouble, Utah
might just as well be exporting fine horses as
importing them. There certainly would be
more comfort in keeping good horses better
service could be obtained from them, more
reliance could be placed in them, and one
span Of blood colts carefully bred and broke
will bring more money than Q whole corral
full Of the NANCY brutes that make up the
majority of horses in Utah.
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