Omaha daily bee., 1885-09-23
srhe Trs kehnen Stud.

HtHe Ara Kennon StuO,
Journal Of Haras, France.
The royal TrAkehnen stud Is located |
the extreme eastern portion of Prussl,
close to the Russian frontier. The SITS
ton OF T~rskehnen, on the railroad fror
Berlin to st. Petersburg, is built solel
for the use OF the breeding establishment
and consists merely of q station hous
and necessary arrangements for the ship
ment of the horses.
The breeding farms. twelve In mum
Der, contain about $1,000 acres of Guilt
vable land, besides some timber land. Ir
1878 the stud contained 16 stations, 30(
brood mares and 1921 horses, of which
number $50 were work horses.
The horses are taken to the pasture II
the morning, returned to the stables a
noon, when they are watered and fed,
and at 2 o'clock they are again taken L
the pasture, where they remain till sun,
down. They never sleep outdoors fol
hygienlc reasons as well 8 for fear oil
horse thieves, the proximity of the from.
tier offering special facilities for thi'
occupation.
The oats given to the colts are always
mixed with chopped carrots. They are
fed oats as soon as they are three weeks
old, and eat more or less oats at all sea.
soma ever after. On the LIST of September
they are weaned.
In July o public sale takes place on the
stud farms, comprising stations and
mares and about a hundred four-year-
olds, not chosen from the best. The
price at these GALES varies from $3.50 to
$500. From the other four.yesr-olds
the best are chosen and kept as stations.
Forty horses go the stables of the en-
peror. The best mares are kept to take
the place of those sold.
The breeding fee varies, according to
the stallion and the blood of the mare,
from $40 to S..
English blood virtually reigns exclu-
sively at Trskehnen and 1t has been some
years since the stud had two Arabian and
three Anglo Norman stations. The lat
ter have not done we'll and have been
oomple.elo abandoned, and they do not
want any more Arsb'ans because their
offspring lack size. They have four Arab
mares which produce very fine colts. OF
the sixteen stations, six are thorough.
~ vi ia AN a. q "a AuA
blood, were foaled at the stud.
They seek to obtain horses OF o uni
form color; those with white legs and
head are absolutely rejected, they are
rarely found In the produce except
among the reds. The grsys are little
after and very few Of them are
there. The color which Is pre-
Is black, and consequently this
color Is rarely SOLD; they are Kept for the
emperor and for breeding purposes.
On the farms the horses are separated |
according to color and sex; thus, all the
bay colts are placed on one farm and all
The fillies of this color on another. In
place the horses are all black, In an.
other all red, In q third all bay.
The horses owe their bottom, their
and power of resisting fatigue
qualities which make hemfinvaluable In
Har-to their breeding and raising. They
have the advantage, besides, of being
juliet and gentle, both among men and
other horses. 1t Is related that the prince
imperial, during all the man @uverst taking
place at Marienwerder, was mounted on a
stallion which acted In the midst
IF a lot Of mares exactly like a gelding,
although used in the stud for three or
our years.
There does not exist q breed of Ira
zehnen horses having a particular type
md reproducing Itself upon itself in
Its stations from Its own num-
Der. By the continual introduction of
blood there are found in the stud
,orses of different forms, and not, as one
think, all of the same size, differ
ng only In size. This introduction Of
stations goes way back and has
been a custom.
The stud was founded In 1882 by Fred
William 1, father of Frederick the
Great, who united at Trakehnen the
tuds existing az different points In
Prussia, and comprising 11OS horses, of
which 513 were brood mares. Among
his number the better elements sprang
rom the ancient studs maintained by the
Knights. The Teutonic knights
lad always chosen the best stalllons from
heir stables as breeders, but after them
vas begun the custom Of importing stall
ions of foreign breeds. In 1879 a white
Persian horse was introduced, also an
and a Spanish horse. Since 1852
IL the stations have been named and
'egularly recorded. Neapolitan, Bar
,ary, Turkish, Egyptian, Arabian, Span
sh and English stations have been used
It different times.