Ellsworth American., 1881-03-24
frest I. Eorss Raising.

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breeding horses for speed. They point with
holy horror at the gangs Of eut-throats that
follow horse racing as profession, aud that
settles it" with them.
That breeding horses for speed has added
greatly to our agricultural wealth no intelli-
gent and candid man will deny The breed
ins OF any class of domestic animals NAV be
made respectable or otherwise a. the breeder
may choose 10 make 1t.
To make a financial success Of breeding
fast horses. either iroiters or runners. one
need, TO be particularly adapted to it and
have circumstances favorable. Occasionally
a farmer happening to own a good mare, hy
chance, fortunate nick, produces a colt
thai proves a winning tro;teF: bu, it usually
pa>~e, through the hands oi one or more
professionals before Il gain, any prominence.
and even than prove. as much Of mis-
fortune a, the drawing Of a lotter, prize for
il frrqucuil, turns the heads OF man, Others.
AMI the, Sc; about raising tr1,ter." and
al;h uEh they spend large sum. of money
and much Valuable time. 90 per cent. Of
ih,u fail
One great obstacle in the way Of ordinary
farmer, raising iroIier> j., ,ep few have the
time or ability to develop them and hence
they mus, be pa, into the hands Of profe>-
sional who often either ruins them or keeps
them back ;ill the owner. disgusted and dis
couraged by the expense, sells them for a
song.
If the time and mouey tha, has been was
ted during the past tWen;, five year, in at
+ tempting TO raise tro;ters by farmers and
other, entirely unfit for the business. had
b''cn used IN developing some other cla>, Of
horse, thesr efforts might have been eminent
!, successful
There j. nov, and al~ay. will be- a pay
ing demand for large .,,li,h coach and gen
cral purpose horses, weighing from .2o0 TO
l.jno pounds, standing sixteen to sixteen
and half bands high, symmetrical in their
proportions. es., aud graceful in their mo-
uous fu.i 90! nerve and ambition. but pleas
au' disposition such horse, will not onl,
b, valuable AZ home and On the farm. but
vii a.Sa,, command ready sale at remun-
eratIye prices. They command from 5000
10 5000 per pair in large cities according
Ia their size. si,io and action The latter
Qualification, depend much upon the tram
ing and hitting
MANY farmer, are capable Of handling
proh;ably TIN, class Of horses either by
breeding or bu,iug up and fitting for mark
#. and At the same time doing all ord.uar,
Vurh ou the farm
Ano'her class of horse, alua,, profitable
and requiring les care and time in fitting
for market j, the heavy draft. The, ma, be
allowed to run wi.d til. within q lew weeks
of sale. or they may he taken up a, three
year, and worked m"lcrseIy for tao years.
and more than earn their Keeping while
maturing INTO hard horses. and then bc sold
a. prcr> rlnssn, from 500 20 s6pl per pair
af home.
The general r,,.,4. of business ha, IN
creased the demand for draft horse, with a
advance of from - 20 ~ per cent; IN prioe.
va.,a pfom.,c- 10 increase .th tn, opening
of ta,iur>, .n 'hc ,p1lns
j. B, 20 b, hoped tia: farmer, Wi.l look q
their interest. and mo-, allow bu,cr. 10 c,,s,
s~ty tr,' cl4,s brood mare b, offering a
-T-e rnec. nor induced 20 purchase or u,e
al inferior stallion b, .llh ;on.ueJ .barr
. dealer.
Lin, produce, like The strong point,
O.: p4ry bred ..re are sure to be- transmit.
ted TO h., offspring b. the, good OF bad
Breeder, ma,, learn that much Of success.
depend, upon the mare. and ,ha, the ue,.h,
Of the .tall.on is ou!, one essential IN ~,
production Of fr,;-clas, draft horse. II,
must have weight and also Dr,,,,rtior. in
keeping.
r The claim tha, big horse uill ..ll + h,
j, homely" Is a delu.ion and , .,s-, ,
handsome dEaft-horse viii often ou;>ell
homelS one by hundred per cent.
. Ihe science of horse breeding ha> beer
; carried 20 greater perfection in England thar
e III any other country, and one nigh, A. vel
= iEH TO buy one Of hi children Of an EngIi,t
1 breeder a. his brood mares unles, he hap
; pened to have surplus; and in the selection
, Of q stallion English breeder, are very cri;
{ zeal; he must have the requisite weigh,
p possess al! the indications Of strength ant
b endurance, massive shoulder, well .upporte,
: With muscle. deep chest RIB and flank. shor
vide back, and strong loin. long quarters an,
heavy >tife. the muscles running well dowr
! TO the hoch, the bone heavy, the leg short
fiat vide and clean. Joints strong bu, no
rough. feet round. moderately large but no
Tb. ,,,.4.,.,;,,, -. -:
matter of fashion and ,,r;.. v;,h ,ha -
, cr.. f,,rv IN diesre,, oo,,.,;.. h,, H..
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