The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-07-11
IRANCHE AND RANGE.
Some Hints to Beginners OF
Breed8g.
ELEMENTS OF SUCCESS
The Doom OF the Range-A Buffalo
Raneh-ImportAnt Information
for Utah stockmen.
-. What Shall we say to BeEiDnersg


At no time in the past twenty years
have there seemed to be so many young
men e~mbarkingin the business OF breed
ing the trotting horse. 1t is an encour-
aging fact that most Of these new men
are young in years as well as in exneri-
enoe. Men advanced in years are more
liable to be hemmed in by the boundary
of their own personal experiences. and
are less liable to see over the fence OF
their own barnyard. In such cases the
prospects of success are never encour-
aging and generally end in failure.
There are some notable exceptions,
however. to this rule among old men
embarking in new business, but they
are limited to that class VIII are dis
posed to study the experience OF others.
The young men have very great advan-
tage over old ones, in the fact that their
opportunities for education have been
vastly greater. They are not af aid Of
book larnin'," as their fathers were,
and they have already mastered the
fact that any .man's experience Is but a
single grain of sand in the mighty
whole. Many of these men are already
so well informed in the records, lines Of
hood. and the principles OF breeding,
that zen years ago they would have
been considered experts in all that per-
tains to the business. The young men
have studied the geography ofthe whole
country before they tart on their jour
Lev, while the old men know nothing Of
il except the little crooked road they
have passed over. But TO so many be-
ginners, whether young or old in years,
we will try to make some brief and SIM
pie suggestions that may help them in
their way.
The very first thing to do is TO divesI
your minds of all heories that DO not
rest upon a preponderance of facts. a
fact here and there may seem TO SUI
port q certain theory, but no theory is
worth a cent that is not supported by
the preponderance or great mass of
facts. We like sentiment and we like
attachment to old family pieces" that
have served'you well for generations,
but sentiment will not produce trot-
tiers.
In selecting your breeding stock have
nothink that is not within the standard.
Don't undertake to fight the public
Judgment of the whole country BY prov
ing that a non-standard stallion is bet
ter than a standard one. You may 20
it but il will be at a fearful cost. To
sell you must be in the fashion. Be
careful TO start right, and then you gill
not be compelled, rs many have been,
Il clean out unWise selections.
The mere matter of being inside OF
the standard is good so far as it goes,
but there is a great deal beyond that
which will demand your best judgment
and skill. Many a thoroughbred Of the
highest lineage is not worth a dollar for
stock purposes, and so il is and will be-
with many a standard bred trotting
sire. You must get the fastest and
best, and then you will be all right.
Arithmetical rules will not tell you
Just what q horse is going to be or do,
but they will tell you what he ought to
be or do. While the transmission of
qualities is certain in fact, is it uncer-
tain in degree, and uncertain as to which
of many ancestors may be produced II
the greatest strength; hence the SUI
preme Importance of an Undivided and
Lnbroken inheritance of trotting speed
through each and every channel by
which qualities may be transmitted.