McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-02-12
Horse Notes.


The stock of COW ponies available
for such purposes is thought likely to
run short within the next year or two.
This in itself will furnish a frontier
breeding industry after awhile. Teras
Farm, and Ranch.
Ex-Gov. Stanford, of California,
lately imported fifteen fine young
thoroughbred mares. bred TO some of
the best horses in England. Only
three larger importations of thorough
breds have ever been made to this
country.
''Take good care of your colts. no
matter how insignificant they NAV ap-
pear" says the Ralrat World. Maud
Messenger was sold as 4 yearling for
only $3.50. She now has Il record OF
PIG 1-2, and is worth several thousand
dollars. They may Ill be worth tn.
more for having good care and plenty
TO eat.''
Great care should be taken at this
season of the year, to keep horses from
taking cold, which is liable to occur if
they are lett standing in storm or cold
drafts after being driven. The better
the horse the greater the care, with
many people. but humanity dictates
that the dumb beast should be taken
care OF, whether good or poor.
Every horse should have exercise
as regularly as person, and needs it
just as much. 1t won't do to leave
Jour horses stand in their stable one
week and take them out and over
drive them or over work them, and
call that regular exercise. But give
them honest work and honest groom
ing every day, or leave them out in
the lot every day, and they will be all
the healthier and better for it.
In raising mules for profit, says an
exchange, the great aim should be to
raise that kind that will sell readily
and to the best advantage. Size and
good build seem to be the principal
requisites sought for by the best buy
ers. 1t pays to try to meet the de-
mand. To do this, the selection of the
jacks is of the first Importance. He
should be at least fourteen hands tall,
have good length of body, a deep
chest, with upright ears. good tenn
per and sprightly appearance, and,
above all, a good sound condition.
The description and pedigree of the
famous horse Jay-Eye-See, who bears
for his name the initials of his owner,
are as follows: Black; Is hands high;
foaled April Is. 1873. Bred by Rich
ard West, Georgetown, KY. Sired by
Dictator, 1st dam Midnight, the dam
of Noontide, 2:20 1-2, by Pilot, Jr.;
I'd dam Twilight, by Lexington; Sd
dam Daylight, by imp. Glencoe; 4th
dam Darkness, by Wagner; 9th dam
by Sir Richard; 9th dam by Ogle's
Oscar; 9TH dam by imp. Knowsle; Sth
dam by imp. Diomede. This horse is
looked upon, by all who have watched
his wonderful career, as the fastest
trotter in America. and Vest.
Few owners of horses realize how
much the character and disposition
of the animal depend upon its owner.
From the training of the young colt up
to the full maturity of the horse the
disposition is sweetened and soured Or
embittered and made vicious By the
good or Encouragement of the man
who has charge of it. Probably no
other horse in the world is so docile
and attached to his owner as the Ara
bian and the Tartarian horses are, and
these are petted and used with the
greatest possible kindness. A horse, in
regard to brain and instinct-and we
might well say reason-stands next to
man, and there can easily be mu-
tual friendliness and understanding
hetween a horse and its owner which
will lead to a community of idea and
effort between the two. This should
be the aim of every one who rears a
icolt, and it should also be the desire
i and business, as far as possible, of ev-
1ery one who keeps horses to rear and
strain them for himself. 1t is in this
way only that one can derive the most
usefulness and benefit from horse
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