Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-01-03

enceS. Then, 100, local pfeJuulces III
different states were encouraged to
bitter reflections through the course
pursued.
As | have said, the practical, ex-
perienced buyers of New York, Bos-
ton or Philadelphia, accustomed to
buying, handling and selling horses
bred in all sections of the country
could and would be fit and proper
Judges, and the question of petty Jeal-
ousy between states be avoided. Even
had the Exhibition been restricted to
families, the practical, experienced
buyers and dealers were the ones for
Judges. As mingled in the crowd
for four days, my open ears heard
great deal. New England men would
remark, ''it was a Kentucky show of
Kentucky horses. with a one-ldea
Kentucky man as judge New York
State men remarked similarly. West
ern men said they understood it to
te a National Horse show; but 1t
seemed to be a Kentucky show with
a Kentucky Judge"
A large lumberman from Michigan
said, when he wanted horses to
last he went to Canada or Northern
or Western New York for them, and
so the talk continued, spreading dis
appointment into the rural district
through gossip and local county pa
pers In my opinion DR.. Herr de-
serves great credit in many ways.
He did as well as he could. 1t re
CURED courage to accept the position,
and DR.. Herr proved that he had it.
I speak freelyin print, as mediator
il possible.
Another point was roundly con-
demned, which was our present pedi-
gree system. 1t is a farce and must
soon see its day. Families of horses
are what we want and must have.
When the Norman Percheron, ely
desdale, Arab aud Shetland pony
were brought into the show rRg,
every man, women and child knew
what they were and even the Eng
| lish mougrel coach horse, he too was
known as a coach horse; but when
the National Trotting Horse was
shown, half of the tire they were IN,
the ring was occupied by the visitors
in hunting through his catalogue to
find what kind Of horse he might
be- and when at last a name and
breeding were found, they knew no
more than they did before they had
| looked, except that it said something
on paper about what name his
mother, or father, or cousin, or ia
Gle, or aunt" may have had, and what
some great, great, half cousin may
| have done.
Arabia has three families of horses,
England five proper Russia two,
/ France two, but America has ire
| hURdred, according to paper pedi-
| grees. Families of horses are what
1 America wants and must have, in
| blood and breeding We have no
| families, and cannot until close breed
! ing proves in purity sufficiently
strong in positive adaptable values,
sustained by its own blood, to be
recognized. as is the Percheron from
France. the Clyde from Scotland,
and the race horse from England. Ii
is true we have in America the rem
nants of two families, which the mon
grelized trotting horse cannot dc
without They are the Morgan and
Clay; both, however, descending
from the one man original Arabian
horse. These two types should be-
concentrated upon themselves as posi-
tive values, for improvement.
With families of horses judges
would have little trouble, and the
general public would be easily salts
fed. Crosses and out crosses. assung
by newspaper writers who have uC
idea of animal life, are the curse tC
attempted breeders IN our country The
pedigree system of to-day encourage
deception and lying; strife and bad
feeling. without the life of progress
which is healthy competition. 1t is
true paper pe9igrees encourage indus
tries outside of breeding, but they are
a curse to the breeder all the same,
in moro ways than one. / have nC
reference to breeders catalogues
which latter are valuable, and soor
determine the practical breeder from
the theoretical and pastime breeder
or the prciudiced name fancier; pro
perly speaking, fashionable mon
greh2er,
| Here let me quote the remark.
made to me last summer by wealthy
fashionable breeder: Il have Ham
bietonians, Mambrinos, thorough
breds, M2mbrino Patchens, Almonts
/ Belmonts. Harolds, Alexander's Alb
dallahs, Wilkes, Black Hawks, Mes
/ senger Durocs, Aberdeens Happy
Mediums, and everything but the
dunghill Clays and Morgans; so
can sell man stock from any family
that is called for. The man is Z
wealthy, intelligent gentlemen, a flint
hearted man; but | confess to an in
ward contempt for his arrogant, self
I satisfied ignorance; and yet, thi!
wealthy gentleman, with wealthy
influential acquaintance, can sell a.
( he says, any name called for; and tht
buyer partaking of the fashionable
ignorant prejudice, puts up with wha
he pays for IN name, reiterating thu
story Of tamIB Can anything posi-
bly, he mode ridiculous3
Mongrelzation, with climatic diff
ferences in our vast territory, ha
given American fire hundred familie
gr /, c,eoe ooo.5,3i ,gr ~ p1tp name