The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-07-16
HORSE AND HoESEMAN.

deal upon the treatment the young
things receive the first summer of
their existence.
The watering troughs are liable
to get full of filth and rubbish, and
will need attention every day. The
water for horses should be as pure
as can be secured.
During the rush of harvest many
horses are injured by overwork.
If there is any time in the year
that the teams need careful atten
ton it is during the harvesting
season.
Select the cool of the day for the
hardest work for your teams. The
light work can be done during the
heat of the day.
Keep the flies out of the stable
even if it costs a little money to do
so. The cost of screens will be
amply repaid in the satisfaction the
horses will derive in being freed
from these pests.
When it is necessary to work
young horse beside one of more
mature years, it is best to give the
young animal the advantage when
ever it can handily be done. The
light end Of load may save the
ruinatiOn of the colt.
The driving horse that is over
fat must be used carefully these
warm days, or it may become over
heated, and the animal permanent
ly injured. By the way, though, a
driving or saddle horse should new
er be fat.
The stallion Claymore was re-
Gently traded off on a ranch for a
camp kettle and a shelter tent.
And yet be was of royal breeding
and was once purchased by Gener-
al Grant for service on his stock
farm. Claymore was by Peacema-
ker, son of old Hambletonian and
out of dam by Henry Clay.
Maud S. trotted a mile few
days ago 2:134, in the presence of
her owner, Robert BOnner, who
says this is the fastest mile ever
trotted so early in the season. She
has not made Il break so far this
spring. Nothing is being left I'M
done to prepare her for breaking all
tprevious records before the summer
is ended.
There is at present quite de-
mand for good sized American
mares in Cuba, for brood purposes.
A well-knswn horse dealer of Co
lumbus, lad, has lately contracted
to furnish an agent of the Cuban
government sixty fine ones, all to
be coal black and not less than six
teen hands high. The whole num-
Der wanted by the agent is 600.
Were farmers to visit the cities
and notice the kind of horses used
for all purposes on the streets, they
would have better idea of the de
mands for the different classes of
horses. But few who raise horses
know just what kinds are most
wanted by those who are always
able and willing to pay the best
prices for such stock as suits them.
An Investigation in that direction
would certainly prove valuable.
Many young horses are scarcely
bridlewise when they are put in
harness for the first time, and con-
sequently are generally difficult to
manage. For this reason every
precaution should be taken to avoid
accidents and to be fully able to
control the animal. If these wild,
vigorous young animals once get
the advantage of the driver, or are
allowed to get away, it generally
takes a long time and any amount
of patience to again bring them I'M
der subsection.
By carefully noting the course
pursued by successful breeders, and
Analysing the blood lines of their
stock, the shrewd young beginner
can soon learn the combinations
sought by those of mature years
who always endeavOr to keep well
within the speed producing lines,
selecting both sire and dam with
reference to the success Of their
ancestors in producing trotters,
rather than to the given number of
strains Of Messenger, Diamond,
Bashaw, Morgan or pacing blood
which they may possess, and al
ways striving to reach the fountain
head through those channels that
have produced the highest rate of
speed with the greatest uniformity.
1t is the business of the farmer
to raise young horses for the mar
ket, and he should attempt to make
this business pay him at least a
reasonable profit. To do this the
brood mare and the sire should
both be meritOrious animals, and
the young colt should be carefully
reared. When the young animal
has attained its prime, then it
should be marketed, and another
colt be made to take it's place. In
this way good young and high
priced horse should be put on the
market every year, and a younger
one growing into money. The
farmers teams should be made up
principally ofyOung horses. 1t is
very seldom that farmer can af-
ford to wear horse out. 1t is his
business to raise them for some
one else to wear out, who must
have mature and well developed
| horses.
The difference between placing a
we'll trained horse upon the market
and a green colt, may be rightly
compared with the idea Of dispos
ing of "raw material instead of
finished product. Prices in one
case will compare faVorably with
the prices in the other. A farmer
who is capable eff properly training
a horse for the different require
ments of farm or road horse can
generally employ his time quite