The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-03-26

b. One of the b ST SOFAS vi Kysdyk HamDieton-
Ian volunteer, and his dam by the Sire Of kys.
dyk nainD.etonian. How 1. that for the cream
OF the Hainbiet0iian family? Tne Termed
trainer and no. scInan Will nave 10 hunt another
Standpoint To figure from.
In tue language Of >. ID. ruce, II have just
entered your horse western LadI In Our AfleIt.
can 1rotting stud Book. I have thoroughly
his breeding ana Will say 10 you he
IS one u the best bred horses In the book. IL
taDulated form his pedigree Will show twenty
direct crosses 70 Imported Messenger, running
Directly 10 him on both SIDES"
In the language Of John II. Wallace: II 90
not zee how Western Lau can faii In tie stud.
Subsequently purchased the colt 10 Marcn.
1851. Commenced the season advertising ana
presenting Lhc morse TO the pubic just ~ nc
was, and as all the authority that ~ back "
any horse showed him 70 be-. But 10! and De-
hold here trouble commenced lie appeared ~
Q picture Of envy. He was assailed and luis
represented with all kinds VI street corner,
hitching post cheap talk, such as she was
catched Colt out On the Wapoie.' or '.Oh, neil,
Western Lad. and such slang, genes any anu
flnally resorting 10 writing letters In search OF
against my horse. Last summer
received letter from Richard richards, OF TIA
cine, Wisconsin, saying:
s.Ireceiyed tive Ietteis from one E. 4. Beadle
OF your place. He Is trying to lind something
against your horse or his dam: something That
would inJure you and your horse. told nfin OF
was sold when coming years Old by Il. II.
Grcenman, OF CORTLAND, n. r., to parties On
43rd 1T, New York City. Tor 81 900 cash. also
have letter from MT Greenman saying ne na a.
bought u Swfgarts and not poor one amongst
them, and mentioned some OF them tAat lad
shown him 2:26k."
laid the letters by and said nothing. In due
time the letters will be published. And 50 the
cheap slang and hltching post talk has been
kept up, and as have display ed no resentment
they have resOrtcd TO cheap slang publications,
trying TO slur and convey false IDEAS To tine
public mind intended 10 injure my horse and
mlslea the pubic, and called in the and aHd
. assistance OF the great practical ami eIiclrnt
nUrSclnan, the editOr OF the lines. hey are
not Wiling That a man may own and auveftl-e
q hoi just a. he 10 and ret the people be .ne.r
own Judge. they must attempt u divert The
pubic mind, In far of rou.ilabout way fron
vital points, Ia Tear that the public may accept
FirS, ] noticed an article In the Chicago
HOrSeman signed by John H. Beadle. anu then
ahOtner article Cor ectihg first sang, and fur
tner trying 20 SUR M, horse; next noticed an
aTL.cie IN the Howard County Times. / am
very sorry 70 be called upon TO answer cheap
slang which has no oasis. IL Is very annoying,
altnOugn In Justice 70 myself and protection 10
me , me.1t 20 which my morse y Justly entitled,
VIII nrSt answer the articles relerred 10 In the
chicago H0rseman. and when the learned
n0rSeman and mOuthpiece OF the Beadle outfit
tells AL ne knows about horses, win answer,
and show the pubic the disleputable means he
has taken To nlsead the public mind.
In an article pulished In the chicago Horse
man OF Feb'y 7h, 1885. and signed John H.
Beadle" | noticed comment ON my stallion,
western Lad. saying he was good locker al
though uncertain bred. On the matter getting
quite Interesting for him, he corrected that
statement by publishing In the same paper OF
tered as represented, although .we' (who are
breeding. JOHN H, BEADLE.,
In answer will say to the Intelligent public,
q careful examination OF the breeding OF
my horse, Western Lad. viii show that he is
Inbred, and Is backed up by thoroughbred biOod
his grand dam merry Bird) being thoroughbred
and further examination " the best pro-
ducerS ana best performers VIII show that about
eight OF every ten OF them are inbred animals,
and backed up BY thoroughbred blood. And us
VIII 0e seen 0y an examination or the breeding
CART itne well established Sire OF trotters. with
seven 81 his get already in the gao list and
twenty NOR CLOSELY approaching II, which were
produced from northern maies,) he combines
the best strains OF the BlackwoOd and Mambr.no
chief families, and through G0ldsmith's Alb
dallah he takes Ia one OF the best and richest
crosses OF the hambiet0nian famili s. Now /.
with the pubic generally, like that kind OF
Ing with the Intelligent horse breeders OF any
country. NOtwithS. andiHg the would be MOUTH
piece Of my horse does moi prize or recommend
up Tor tho meuthpiece (Which Is more In size
than In el0Quence) saying, 1--WE do not prize
such breeding. will say II Is bat natural that
selfish, egOtisttc kind or men, having stations
u breeding, II does appear TO be i bad Kind for
such AZ come IN competition with 1t, which has
been fully demonstrated here by the great de-
lnand for THAT kind VI breeding Now, as Mr..
Beadle has set himself up as the mouthpiece
and taken the liberty 10 pass his Judgment on
my horse without giving any reason Or basis for
his conclusions, he has placed me In a poSiti n,
ana upon honorable non grounds to pass nay opn
honorable and give reasons for my conclu-
sions:
win take up rirst In order Wilbur Handle
as o sSs spas ae nS,s
t0nian by Rysdyk Hambletonian Dam, Fanny
Wilbur ~ Wildair, son OF Decatur, Decatur by
Hilander by Imp; Messenger see his advertise
senger. with i've unrecognized crosses between
this old horse and i'm. Messenger. What a
great mud puddle man will jump TO recognize
old Messenger. Remember this Vol: was pub
lished when there we're no requirements In
breeding that morse should meet 10 be noted
In this book. Any horse that had mother
could b noted providing the necessary COM
standard OF admission was established, With q
system which attaches number to
each horse that has won his way into this de-
parfment, which has made certain require
mentS that horse must meet to be admissible
to this department., we ind this poor Old h0rss
with all OF his ancestors ION dams side) entirely
left out. can ind no race OF them, not even
@ M.a s
side. We're living by borrowed light,
the standard department met them
out. and no further recognition OF them mas as
been percepuble since. fail to find this old
horse IN the non Standard department, IN
which very little Is required to admis>ionD
have now passed on his breeding. win. In q
brief Wav. pass on his merits IS producer. stat
ing suDsta italy the facts, and ask the public
TO look them .quarely IN the face.
York City. When about eleven or twelve years
OF age he was sent TO Springfield, ILL.,, sent
away from 1--WE might say the ancestral home
OF tho troJter1 where the question Of how TO
upon, and the trotting horse inter-
est at its highest ebb here the query box
opens. II he had been looked upon as having
any right by Inheritance to produce speed would
he have been sent away untested? II tested
then why sent away from the center Of a tot
ting horse country, from the midst OF horse
men, and from his owner to Springfield, ILL.,,
Il appears he was SHINING there by borrowed
light. and as bis test aS producer and the In
vestigati0n OF hts breeding progressed his light
grew dim. and when he was fairly tested It APP
light went out. and SO he was carted out here
to his owners brother. On arriving here this
new feld was explored, the circumstances and
conditions Investigated and found TO echo, the
tr0tting excitement Is up, the pesple are
not posted on the theory OF breeding, or what
crosses are necessary TO produce well bred
trOttlng sire, times are reasonably good, and
under present circumstances with the tone OF
Ryslyk HambetOnian's name connected the
people will stand charge OF about $50 for hts
services, and so the old horse commenced busl-
ness. with his borrowed light more brilliant
than ever, throwing It's rays brighter aud fur
Their reaching forth On the east to the Mississip-
pi. and wherever mare was found with any
breeding or trotttng speed thew We're sent TO
his embrace; he was b eSSod with the OeGefit OF
noted mares OF the King Herod family and the
best mares In the country, and SO the te,t Of
the horse as q producer and the investigation
OF his breeding commenced here In his new
field. Well, things went along delightfully."-,
tt5Ol until his get had age when they should
show some indications OF speed. Here trouble
commenced. But that was overcome In a meas
ure ~ Informing their patrons that the II IN
bletOnians did MOI trOt young, they wanted to
be 5 Or 8, then or I, and 50 on. Crhey would
have been perfectly safe In saying 10 or 2D.)
And 50 the test. the Investigation and the farce
I'll came home together, and the rays OF his
borrowed light weakened and contracted until
It scarcely reached over b q yard fence, and
finally went out, and here the old horse Is In
darkness, tWenty-fsur years old this spring
without q son or daughter that ever trotted IN
three minutes, that I ever heard Of. without Z
son that ever sired any speed, without o daugh.
ter that ever produced any speed from any