New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-12
YEwYoRK FARMERS Ear DINNER.
TINY DISCUSS HORSE, ovrE THEIR cofrfr-wHtr
KiNDs ARK riE BE-t FOR luE tAst

KINDS ARK tIE BE-I FOR tIE tAst.
At the Hotel Brunswick last evening the
V YORK Farmers" dircd together for The rr.t ''we
this season John jay presided. and among tho rnr 80
and member. present we're = r0wft'h. OF framing
ts,r W1.s r Nelson Horl1ri 10 Nre- outnn james
invrcncc. iicnrt Bithcr, - Grini e. rirnan ilrHtv
= rrurf tiies u'is adnrri s1ar Ddrpi trrlr'on
ti-ir- igr4r : tlr,rr' Hdfrtn. thttirs iarirr
a. trs.ir uiiseHt'h inhr q Nre iftlrf- Rf1H
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itl iHNH iiH't rf'h t'H'i e'Nt tF.4H'. i.frsf'f
laa.l4f tDa4l.. i-.4Ha o,ir4- srl ti-4-il % ttha
a. s4a4. fIHfe rai VseN sef.Hl 49, iAt t""H'" N'
"a iUc ayeaai alue.i i, hiIenal4v il.e bIHl"- b"
tnp Ea.ielp otAiei.' ~pi iuiiWuNrl b0hh'Nh '"N
sai that u his ludrurpl ihe horse Hhl.h Nls HH''t'
Was pgt w IA'a',lf ul,r ~ ''t'II' N, NV r n In mo-
tt ihe norse 1hoaid be Que Which Gould DO worked Al
N,Lt fnuu WORK from two lcats OLD uuu ho WAS 40 ur
market Two Years later. and which wOul Ia tha way
Iok enough 10 be- ultimately nt for the city market
such horse, ho believed, Mas TIE lcr'nelol some lug
spcoimcus of which he hdd noticed WITHIN lbe IA,
two or three days IN carriage, IN the streets VI
mi. civ The Porohcrou hal the necessary stylc anu
had the peculiar power oi uWrs"iug ~ stamp upon az
sorts of mares raising even from small bronthO OF uuR
600 200 pounds colt mat would IN some case N'
OOo at one year od ann ben p'llr', pI"pot "'
WAS an animal Of great endurance aud came 10 matul
vrry early In the district Of Pcrcho these horses were
worked by the farmers In -oi ~ four and three snn w.
scrnrllnR to their age from the time they were twenty
two To twenty four months old. Mr. BOwdtch ndvoca'n
tho halter breaking OF np' INN. I',oy -, o.eod
and "A steady and constant familiarity from that peHou
Will All
Mr. Lawrence spoke In high praise of the good qualities
The norfolk roadster. which he said ~ far from being
c,cnsyey au English horse. could bc found IA Ken
tnckv Of very high grade. One ~ tbs best specieus
cyrry seen In England had indeed been taken there from
Mr. Rivea while admitting that the Pcrcheron was an
excellent type OF animal and admirably adapted 70 GER
80 .ncrtn purposes thought that 10 should bo said also
I'M. The French themselves never used ~ cherd ne
hoe For such uses they selected the race d'snngWe
Itch they found the British Channel Or inc
Mediterranean seaA Tho Emperor Napoleon, who dd
,noro than any else for the aneioration OF the
svrv horses France, did II through the medium oi
The thoroughbred OF England-ths sang pur
In Europe tho Improvement OF the horses used Dy
tbs cavalry matter Of great concern 10 the Govern
ments and Prussia, France. Italy and oven Spain I'M
,or,e1 the English thoroughbred for this purpose
Englsh horses Of three grades the thoroughbrs
tha coaching animal and the nag or roadster. Ia nj
njor the second was probably the best adopted
Sar .nch purposes A. were required here, but the IN
nuenoe of the thoroughbred could scarcely DO o'ee'"
mated an A means OF general Improvement
lie Grnnd b. Cannon, Henry H. Pellew Dr Boriand
and several other gentlemen then discussed the fer
subject and the >" Farmers" adjourned NJ near MIA
night