Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-03-23
breeding BrOncho Mares to Large
Horses.

Seeing several letters published in
the IOnrHdt relative To breeding small
mares 10 large horses is my excuse for
asking for "a little space In your vnlua-
BILE publication. Born In this state
California;, and having grown up In
the business of improving the native
cattle and horses OF the country, my
experience and observations may In
tcrcst some of your many readers,
My first rccollections were in the
year lS56 when my father located on
ranch, and with the increase of about
& cows that, in the years 1877 and 1873
crossed the little stretch of country
from Illinois 10 California, under the
yoke, began improving band of wild
cattle. He soon after got horses, and
has continued In the business up 10
the present day.
Tho name brOpcho now has wide
range, and includes nearly all the
| scruby mongrcls that are wild aud vi
! cious. In early days we had good
/ bronchos, horses of Iron, that could go
| 10 miles between sun and sun ~
| hours, not ON a prepared track, but
over hills and valleys, and sandy des-
erts without roads. Those were bron-
chos that required hui little improve
ment, unless 10 lit them for other pur-
/ poses. The old Calltornians had, how
/ ever, a custom of their own for inn
/ proving their stock of horses IL might
seem extrhvagant, or even barbarous,
at this date, still IL was eilectual.
The country was alive with horses;
large fecogidos were annually made,
and the culls regardless of ownership,
separated md driven from ranch Il
t.l.a1 IL, ,t..l. I,
bands were formed, which were driv
On 80 the coast, and rushed AT ful
speed over "a mighty precipice into til,
roaring waters below. THUS the an
> Client Californian improved his bron
chos, and tho ilnny tribes of tn,
, Pacific were annually ienstcd on horse
flesh.
The old bronchos weighed, rs n rule
from 500 lbs, 10 1000 lbs. whci
reared on good feed, and when bred t,
horses weighing 800 lbs. or more, tn,
result wns anything but satisfactory.
since the Americans became owners
Of ranches, and began improving tn,
hroncho, they have been starved, an,
crossed and re-crosscd with grades up
on grades almost nd iDHititdHi. To-da,
we have breed OF mougrels, some q
[ which have considerable merit but n
, u breed, quite inferior 90 the old na
r dive stock, The characteristics OF Ia,
[ genuine hronclto arc stubborn, and hi
I blood ~ strong.
Breed mares under 900 lhs. ia well
/, bred horse OF good form and alsposi
I ton, and solid color. weighing frou
, ! l,l60 10 100 lbs, then all the fiilie
{ that take 90 the horse can be bred Ia
large horse similar in blood and form
4 and those that take to the dams shOul,
be bred baok Go the saipe sire, or Ia
. horse similar in blood aud form: thel
= proceed ~ before, and the result vii
I, bc equal Ia the most sanguiue cxpecta
:. tions, Dams can be selected iron
:. tnongrei han,is that show or carr,
, some good blood, hence, occasionally
: some breeders report favorable result
from breeding 10 large horses
! In grading up the small longhorn
= native cattle. called Spanish cattle
= | lind lt more desirable Ia use a grad
/ Shorthorn bull 60 make the first cr,ss
2 rather than u thoroughbred short
horn, prefer, however. to usen thor
oughhrcd Devon hull oa spanish COWS
TO break up the strong characteristic
9 of the latter. and che hali-hreod Devpl
p hciiVrs 60 thoroughbred Shurthnr,
I bull, I til,d this latter method bette
. than Using two crosses os thorough
\ bred Shosthorn Gro, NJ tRlNk.
{ ~- NGtiuHgi Licc Mock Joneaai.