The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1886-12-06

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thing except the owner of the worthless
horse. 1t is not always possible to
command the service of thoroughbred
or just such horse as we fancy; and in
such case the only thing that remains
for us to do. is to do the best we can.
But we should not be careless in the Sc
lection of the stallion. This Is the
point that We desire to bring promi-
nently before our readers. There is no
good reason why we should not be just
as careful in breeding horses US we are
in breeding cattle or other stock; and yet
it is q fact, that taking us as q whole,
We have not been, There Is steady
demand for good horses Of every breed.
There Is not much demand and never has
been for poor horses Ncthdag tho ad-
vertiscments 10 our daily papers we
shall find as this time of the year. when
many in our cities wish 10 get rid OF
their horses. horses advertised so cheap
that you can buy barn full for few
hundred dollars. Inspect such horses
and they will be found to be scrub
horses. But the good horse cannot be
had for nothing and he cannot be had
ut low price. Good roadstcrs are sell
ing in Chicago for about $3.50, and that
is considered cheap in many cases; and
we desire to repeat in this connection
what we have frequently said, that
there is very large demand for good
coach horses. Perhaps the best demand
for horses is the demand for the draft
and coach. There is, of course, n
steady demand for the lighter horses,
the roadsters; but it may be fairly stated
that the draft and the coach are in the
best demand. No good draft horse need
go begging for n purchaser; and there
has been so much care in the selection
of importations by draft-horsemen that
those who desire draft horses have a
broad and most excellent field to select
from.
In some respects all our breeds can
be improved upon, and we recently re-
ferred to one important needed I'M
prov cement. faster walking gait. In
the item we published in reference to
the matter the writer said that he had
developed Percheron family that were
excellent walkers 1t may be said that
every breed can be made good walkers.
1t is n matter of both training and
breeding. Right here again, We should
regard the law OF heredity. A fast
walker wilI.be much more apt to pro-
duce a fast Walker than slow walker.
Hence we must train our horses to n
better walking gait and then be careful
70 breed to the best walkers There
Is money In rapid walkers. II We use
them ourselves the gait win be money
In orr pockets, for If We have a team
that IN consequence Of being good walk
crs, will do twice the blowing and other
work in day that slower team will
do. II will cost us fifty per cent less to
do our team work. We shall save the
expense Of one team, the salary Of one
driver and the wear and tear Of imple-
ments and machinery that the extra
team would necessitate. II VIC are
breeding to sell, the good walker will
still be an extra proiit-maker for q
horse that will walk fifty per cent faster
than the ordinary walking gait will
bring more money than the slow walker
In word, let us breed just to the best
we know how or can learn how, and
breed for high development not only in
one particular but in all particulars
Breed a good-looking horse. large
horse, sound horse and one of good
disposition. Such horse will always
be good property Still we would say
nothing detrimental of those who arc
breeding small horses. All we mean t.
say to such, is. breed the best, and there
will always be people who will wan
your stock.