Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-12-21

huence fOr good IN improving Tue A'eI.
age horse stock In Oxford County. II
the brood mares Of Maine were equal 10
poin, Of breeding and individual merit
TO the stations. our horses would soon
double in value. e.-bu, there Is just where
the trouble lies. A large part Of the colts
raised in our State are raised 10y farmers
and small breeders. many Of whom breed
from ehe,p mars'. instead OF breeding
10 the best stallion within their
reach. and keeping the frs, mares
col, for a brood mare they sell all
the colts raised the fret ground
hop. and continue TO breed from the old
mare until she i. played out. when they.
With an eye single 10 getting one cheap.
purchase another Cor the same purpose.
or course we don't advocate that every
farmer should strike oat aud run 10 deb,
for high priced brood mare, nor DO We
deny ,ha, there are some mares which
are oldi.h and somewhat unsoand that
are valuable for brood purposes; and We
would prefer a col, from a mare OF grea,
individual meri, naturally. which had
been severely tried and no, been found
wanting. and 'iill possessed an aban'
dance Of vitality, 20 many Ayoungef.
higher priced. bu, un,ried mare; for ]
care 20, hos many "ho, supper. mare
hs. bad. providing IL has no, hurt her
any. Bat II al Intending breeders would
obtain the best mare they can possibly
Afford, and breed her 10 the bes, stallion
they can fad. and no, think anything
abou, producing a ,ro,,sr to bea, their
neighbcr'.. bat gthe hrs, hlly the old
mare has. le, Them keep !, un,il old
enough TO breed Then obtain the ser
vice. Of some fast. well.mAde and veil
bred stallion. and do in like mannsr with
the frs, FLY produced by this union,-
they would in few years have brood
MAZE which Il bred 10 the mos, successful
.ire,. and her produce developed to a cer-
tain extent. would. from some Of her foals.
be likely TO produce a espi,al prize in
the shape Of fast tro,,er; while ell Of
the colt. raised In the mean time would
be Of more than average value, aud pay
a good prof, over the expense Of rear.
log.
We have often heard !, argued ihl, !,
doe. no, pay to breed an ordinary mare
TO high priced stallion. and II the sole
objse, !. to produce Maud 5. ora Jay
Eye.See. such breeding would be likely
10 r,,ul, In failure. bat II the objee, is
20 produce q good brood mare or horse
with speed enough % sell well for gen.
,leman'. driver. We maintain that the
poorer the mare the more reason for
pa,roniring a good .u llion, for II horse
possessing size. speed and action has Ia
hefi,sd these qualities from long line
Of ancestors on both sides. noted for like
qualities. he will be much more likely
10 tran.mi, the qualities when bred 70 a
cold. .blooded mare, than would stallion
possessing only one or two strains OF
spec i.produeing blood bu, every breed
er should be able 20 Judge for himself
whether q stallion i, well bred or not.
and no, use them simply because they
command high price for their services /;
and such a one should be selected ,ha,
from hi. general makeup would be mo.t
likely 20 overcome any defects in the
form Of the mare TO be bred.
Ia speaking Of Mr.. Marbles horses ia
las, week. paper, we stated ,hs, the
.ire Of Jenny. dam Of Fanny Pa,ehen.
was the Meln,yre horse. be by Sir
Charles. and he by Vermont Blaekhs~k
bu, further investigation has revealed the
fac, tha, sir Charles was sired by the
running horse Daroe, he by Imported
Diomsd. The MeIniyre horse also goi
the dam OF Matte B.. 2;2Tl, by Phil
Sheridan, Jr.. and Sir Charles 70, the
second dam Of Gen. Knox.
A. I. MAXIM.