The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-08-06
HORSE AND HoRsEMAN.


of a horse denotes bad blood.
The driver of PAGER Johnston |
SAYS sthat his gamely little horse
broke but once during last season.
Goldsmith's Maid won In purses,
premiums, etc, 100000, more than
twice as much as any other horse
on the American turf.
Mr. Case, the owner of the trot-
ting horse, -Eye-See, and Phal-
las, seems willing to test the speed |
of his horses against any other
horses that go at similar gait.
Some of the old-time trotters
which have been off the turf for the
past wear or so are said to be in ex-
cellent shape, and will probably
cross swords with some of The later
aspirants for the laurels.
The national association of trot-
ting horse breeders has reopened
the stakes for mares and stations
of any age and for geldings five
years old and under, never having
beaten 2:20; also the stake for
mares and stations of any age, and
for geldlngs five years old and un-
der who have never beaten 2:25.
Some idea of the number of
horses used in the city of London
may be had when we take into con
sideration that more than twice as
many are needed in this one city as
in six other of the largest cities in
England. More horses are to be
found in the streets of London than
in any other city in the world.
Bad horses, like bad boys, have
good grounds usually to abuse their
ID asters fol- their bringing up" Il
each case the evil natures have been
cultivated and the better inclina-
tions destroyed. Intelligence and
tractability should be as high a ne
cessity in the product of stallion
as size and form-and then with
these qualities in a colt, a good
groom must be procured, or what
has been expended in care and wis
dom in breeding will go for naught.
The past few years have taught
lessons that those who raise should
never forget. Good blood and good
breeding have never been apprecia-
ted as they have been in the past
four or five years. Consumers of
Horses look to the breeding of ami
mails as well as to the style and gen
eral appearance. and the horse that
cannot show traces of improved
| blood in his veins suffers the conse-
quences. Experience, says a mod
ern philosopher, is school where a
man learns what big fool he has
been. No doubt but what many OF
those who have raised horses for the
market in the past can fully realize
that they had some experience in
the work.
In consequence of CHAMBERS among
American horses, a special order in
council has been adopted by the
Canadian government, providing
for the examination by duly
qualified veterinary surgeon, ap-
proved by the minister of agricul-
ture, of all animals imported to
British Columbia and Manitoba.
To facilitate this examination, all
horses must be entered, if destined
for Manitohs, at Emerson, and if
for British Columbia Victoria,
New Westminster, and Naniamo.
Fees for required examinations, in
Manitoba, ST., and in British Colum-
bia, 50. The export into the for
mer province was much stimulated
lately. by the uprising of halt breeds
under Reil.
Lowering the trOtting record has
been a slow process, when we take
into consideration that it has been
torty-two years since 2:3O was
beaten. Yet it may be seen if rap
id strides were made, for to knock
off one fourth the number of sec
onds from the present fastest time
may take as many years or more
than were consumed in reducing
the record from $50 to 2:O94, The
first horse to beat 2:30 was the
Morgan gelding Beppo, by Clifford
Morgan, in 1S43, and the next year
Lady Suffolk trotted 2:264 This
stood until 1856, when Flora Tenn
pie made 2:25t. Three years later
she reduced that to 2:198, which
was the best until Dexter made his
2:174, in 1867. But in 1871 Gold
smith Maid came along and knock
ed the chip from his shoulder, time
2:17. Three years later Goldsmith
Maid whipped off three seconds
from 2:17. Four years later Rarus
made 2:134. The next year st Ju
lien made 2:128, and the next year
2:l14. Then Maud S. took the bit
insher mouth and has held her
qucenship ever since, excepting one
day, when Jay-Eye- See wrested the
title from her. She now has 2:0S4
to her credit.
In breeding from mis- shaped and
unsound brood stock, says an Eng
lish exchange, so great is the ten
dency to degenerate that the major
ity of the produce is well known to
be inferior as racers to either of tue
parents. a glance over the Derby
winners and their sires for the past
century will go very far to prove
this. There is, too, always The
risk to be run that a foal will in
herit an Objectionable point in un-
soundness, symmetry, temper, size,
ETC., that was apparent in some of
its ancestors, in many Instances far
behind the existence of either of its
parents. This popularity applies
to every domes,icated animal and
to the human species, so that it
would be unfair to lay the blame On
the immediate Rrogenitors of any
creatures. Still this well known
law of nature should act as q warn
ing and guide to novices in the
production of expensive animals as
racing stock, to, not, with their
eyes wide open, breed from badly
formed, unsound, or otherwise OBJ
jectionable mares and stations.
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