The Baltimore County union., 1881-10-15
HORSE TALK.

--iFoquois has won In stakes this season s53,
400.
The California stallion, ''Nuiwood," has been
soid TO parties In LouisvilIc. Ky., for $4,000.
lie 10 half brother 20 Maud s.
-"Trinket"i 10 the new trOtiing wonder. Al
Fleetwood Park, New York. she trotted mile In
2;is. since the opening Of the season she has
appeared In twenty races, winning IL. She has
won this season, about $4,000.
Frank Works horses edward and Dick
Suiyeiier' trotted . mile In double harness In
2sist . few weeks ago. For Edward" Mr.. Work
= said 10 have paid 81 900, and for "Swiveller
$4,000. This team has now made the fastest
time on record.
On Friday, !;h Inst, a. the Rlkton agrieul-
turai fair Matte Hunter, the famous PAGER, was
brought out By span, and AFTER scoring her TO the
wire three times, vas given the word for q half
mile speed. She performed splenddy making
the half without break In l:Osi.
in the race at the Gentlemen's Driving
Park, New York, this Saturday, Oct. 18th, between
So. Julien and Trinket, fast time is expected. ST.
Field aHd Farm says II Trinket can split the
heats on him she will worry him greatly, and II
the day 10 good the winner will trot In 2:i3 or
better.
Tho story Is told by Chicago exchange Of
an attempt TO wsan . sueklng colt. by his owner.
ID. O. Miller. Of Gervais, Oregon. The youngster
was turned into pasture where three. .year.old
oily, which never had been bred, was grazing In
few days II was discovered that the fiiy was
nursing the colt and upon investigation Il was
found that the oily was giving quite as much
milk ~ the mother Of the colt.-Ta.f, Field and
Rarm.
AT the Cecil county fair on Friday Of last
week, In the ais class for purse Of $1,000, but
two horses started-Edwin Thorn and Wedge
wood. Two Of Americas most celebrated drivers
handled the rens, John Turner on the former and
an3 John Splan on the latter horse. Thorn was
.senway gta.siing the pole, warmly pressed by
wedgewood In this position they turned into
the homestreteh on the last half, when Wedge.
wood began crowding TO the front, and passed
under the wire winner Of the heat by scant half
neck. The second and third heats were taken by
wedgewood. Time. 2:26I. 2:2il, 2:25i.
As ordinarily applied by breeders, the word
Thoroughbred" simply implies purely bred, or Of
unmixed lineage: and In this strict sense none of
our domsstisated animals can justly be called
Thoroughbred, because they all have more or less
y composite ancestry. When, however. a certain
strain race has been bred within itself. without
outcrosscs TO other or different strains, for many
gencrations. until marked and peculiar type l.
uniformly reproduced. that race. or strain, or
breed, 10 said to be thoroughbred, purely bred.
The term thoroughbred was fret applied only to
horses In Great Britain bred especially for racing
purposes, and was adopted as the name of the
breeds, and Is still usel for that distinctive pur
Psse. Consequently when one speaks Of n thor
oughbred horse, all intelligent horsemen under
stand that the horse IL meant. No horses
are recognized as thoroug hbrcis in this country
that do not show an unbroken line of ancestry, on
both sides, 20 animals recorded In the English
Stud book. No intelligent hoEseman will speak
Of q thoroughbred Morgan, e thoroughbred trot-
ter or thoroughbred draft. horse. because, ~ be-
fore stated. the term. when applied to horses. be-
long. only To one particular breed, called thor
oukhbrsds.