The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-08-27
HORSE AND HORsEMAN.

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a horse do not all come from th,
sire.
A great width between the prom
inence of the eyes indicates a teach
able and tractable horse. Width
between the ears indicates courage
nobleness and strength of charac
ter. Roundncss and elevation be
tween the eyes Indicate mildness OF
disposition and desire to be ca
ressed and to reciprOcate kindness
but never trust one that shows
much white above the pupil OF
the eye, or with white IN that or
gan.
Latest returns to the statistician
at Washington show an increase in
the number Of horses and mules in
nearly every state in the union.
The average increase in horses is
about four per cent. Compared
with last year the number is IL
564, 5S2 head, against II,I69,685
head, an increase of 393,SS9. Val
uas have deceased from S74.64 &c
$73.70 per head, a difference of 90
cents. This shrinkage in prices
is much less on horses than on 9th
er classes of live stock, being one
and two per cent.
The agricultural districts where
in the products of the soil are con,
verted into frst-class horsefesh, nc
matter what the breed is, viii al
ways be found in prosperous con
ditlon. No branch of the live stock
business pays better, when proper
| ly handled, than does horse raising
and some of the shrewdest finan
ciers IN the comfy are beginning tc
realize this fact. Instead of selling
corn, oats and hay at nomina
prices, and thus impoVerishing the
land, put it into thrifty young
horses of good blood, and you will
find the profits of your farm increas
ed at surprising rate.
The colt should be handled with
a halter until two years old, theE
the bit may be put on, but should
be very carefully adjusted and used
Many valuable horses are made very
unpleasant TO deal with because Of
the careless and it may be brutal
use of the bit when the mouth is
not accustomed to it. The colt
may be used a little in harness at
from two to three years old, and
gradually educated for whatever
purpose he is best adapted. 1t is
too late in the history of horse
breeding to try to breed and train
for heavy draft and speed in the
same horse.
That there is good and bad indi-
viduals in every breed Of horses, no
one with any reason will deny, but
because an occasional animal does
not come up to the highest stand
ard of excellence is noIreason why a
whole breed is to be condemned as
worthless. Experimental crosses
must be made in order to prove the
value of breeders and when the re-
suit OF such crosses does not prove
10 he what was desired, the
best plan is to make the best Of the
bad thing and dispose of the animal
TO some one who will not use it for
breeding purposes. Well bred
horses are not always fit for breed
ers, and the sooner people regard
this fact in the hight it should be
held in, the better it will be for all
| concerned
Is it not little remarkable that
| handsome women and handsome
horses so generally go together,
asks an exchange. But it is a fact.
Take the blue grass region of Ken
lucky, for instance. There YOU
will find the women remarkable for
their beauty and fine physical
points. The same is the case with
their horses, which arc widely cele
brated. Take also Baltimore.
That city is said to be one of the
most remarkable in the world for
the beauty of its women. 1t is
equally noticeable for its splendid
horses. Take also, Arabia. The
Arab man is not n beauty spot, but
many of the women are of
such wondrOus beauty that they
are called ''houris," that is to say,
angels that live on earth. The Arab
horse is as distinguished for his
beauty and fine points as the Arab
women. And so you may 90 on
indefinitely, finding beautiful wo-
men the rule wherever you find fine
horses the rule.
What kind of horses to raise and
how to raise them are subjects that
will bear much agitation and venti-
latiOn. There are thousands of
farms throughout the country that
have no better class of horses upon
them than they had fifty years ago.
The spirit Of improvement has not
reached every section in the land as
it should and perhaps will. The
advantages derived from and the
profits in raising better horses are
not realized by the large majority
ofeven good farmers. When it is
fully understood that a 5000 or $500
horse can be raised at as little ex-
pense and trouble as n cheaper one,
the work of improvement will be
more general, and the profits of this
department of live stock growing
will be increased accordingly. But
the time for agitating this matter is
not only for a few months in the
spring of the year when the MAORI
ty Of mares are bred; it should be
constantly kept it view by every
farmer whom it effects, and there |
are very few indeed who have not
more or less at stake in it.
1t Is a duty every man owes to
those who have enterprise enough |
to invest in good stations to see
that such horses get patronage |
enough to sustain them, and make |
the investment paying one. Fail |
ure in this line not only Injuries the
man who engages in breeding, but
the cause of improvement as well. |
1t seems to be the natural inclina-
ton of men, and more especially of
those who caro- hut little obOut hot