The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-02-20

10 Mr.. ID AN; Eureka to Mr.. IL 1CkWell;
Fremont to Stickney & Son; Comet to
Mr.. sanford; Silver lIOrns and Bis
marck to Mr.. Burwel; Eureka third
to Mr.. Crane; Standard to Messrs. Bar
ton and Jones; Magnet to Harry San
ford: Young Grimes to Harlow Bros,
and Centennial to Moore IL Stickuey:
and your answer is, great stock rams.
TO breed them il your mission and
mine. BY great stock rams we mean
those that represent the modern and
most advanced ideas in breeding, both
as to quality and type. Such rams must
be attractive in general appearance.
perfect and symmetrical in form and
contour, possessing great vitality and
constitutional vigor and combining all
the fleece qualities OF covering, strength
and elasticity of fibre, uniform density,
and length of staple in all parts, with
with great bulk and weight Of fleece.
These points have usually been demon.
mated the great essential, and yet even
beyond these there are eXcelencies by
which fashion also measures the value
of ram and gives him position among
his kind, such as the number and place
ment of his folds, the thick, soft ear,
velyeIy face, broad and wrinkly nose
without spot or blemish, pure white
hoofs and horns, and amount and quail
| ity of Gil. BY all this combination of
essentials and fancy points do we esti-
mate his apparent value, while his real
value as sire depends upon his pos
Sessing in marked degree that subtle
power or principle VIII CHI en- ,bles him
to stamp his own impress upon his
! progeny, who, in turn, shall hand 1t
down the line. BY what course of
breeding shall we secure this resut'ot
| individual excellence and prepOtency?
! The advocates of in and inbreeding
tell us that their course fixes types,
concentrates and strengthens blood
lines, and leads to success and truition.
Others will tell you that such course
tends to impair vitality and barrenness,
and that iudicious outcrossing in the
long run leads to better results. Now
| | hold that either course, under certain
conditions and limitations, will bring
desired rewards, while violation of
certain principles will lead to disaster
and disappointment. do not believe
in that narrow-minded bigotry that
confines ones study and investigation
to his special field Of labor, but that
each branch of stock husbandry is but
il factor of the great breeding problem,
AMI that there are certain principles Of
general application with the exception
for special cases. If we look through
the whole list of ilustrious sires for a
striking example Of individuality and
prepotency. where do we find the equal
Of Justin Morgan, who founded fam
lily in his own name that inherited his
many traits and eXcellencies in such
force that neither time nor space seems
to impair or obliterate. A Morgan Of
to-day possesses his inherent soundness,
elasticity of movement, proud and lOt-
ty carriage aud unflinching game and
courage. This horse was a son of
beautiful! bay dams, breeding I'M
known hence there is little or no
ground upon which to base the suppo-
in and in breeding in his case.
His line of transmission was that
of form and general traits, without
special reference to the color line. La
ter on we have another branch of this
great family in Hill's Black Hawk, son
Of sherman Morgan, dam claimed to be
three-quarter blooded English mare
| raised in the province of New Bruins
| wick another case of direct outcross-
! ing. This horse largely established the
speed line of the Morgan family, and
was grand horse every way and soon
acquired world fame. His son,
h han Allen, dam a small gray mare,
| breeding unknown, was the little trot-
| ting wonder of his day and even a
greater horse than his sire. While
| even further down the line we have
Daniel Lambert, the grand sachem OF
all the tribe, with twenty.six perform
ers in the Z:30 list; son of Ethan Allen:
dam, Fanny Cook, by Abdalah, z dam
| by Stockholm's American Star. No in
breeding but union of the blood lines
OF two famous trotting families, and a
! lineal descendant of Justin Morgan on
the one side and of Imp. Messenger on
the other. Need we marvel at his great
ness in the stud? Then again, we have
liambletonian, the founder of the great
family that bears his name aud the
great speed line among our American
trotters, with thirty-nine performers in
the , 30 list and leaving behind forty
seven sols that were the sires of from
two to thirty-siX like performers, max
ing "A total of $40 2:30 trotters, the get
of Hambetonian and his sons, number
ing in their ranks such horses as Maud
5, Jay-Eye-See, st. Julien, Maxy
Cobb, Phallas, Monroe Chief, Huntress
and the baby trotters, Honda Rose and
Wild Flower, whose performances |
need not mention. llambletonian's
pedigree shows strong line of inbreed-
ing to Imp. Messenger, being by Abb
dallah, son of MambrinO, by Mcssen-
ger, dam the Charles Kent mare by
Imp. Bellfounder, e. dam One Eye, by
Bishops Hambletonian, son of Messen-
ger, G g. dam Silvertail, by Messenger
Horsemen have usually attributed the
greatness of this horse to the strong in
fusion of Messenger blood that coursed
in his veins. Yet he had 50 many
points in common with Beltounder,
the sire of his dam, and that he bred
the color line in such force, which
must have come as an Inheritance
from that side of that house, we are
forced to the conclusion that he was
the outcome of the union of blood lines
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