Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-12-28

lODu or ltVOs toauk tCeuA eS'' ~
thi. weigh, sell readily fOr from $3.50 ,c
$500. while . seven.foo, OK will orns
from 500 to $50 or sl?j to sl6O pair
according to the time Of year
|, il. true that the use Of sire coats
more ia the case Of colt, than fof calves
ba, the prices obtained for young horses
aired by stallion. who stand for from $40
TO $50 service fee. greatly exceed those
previously given. many Of them reaching
very high figures. Bat even though the
price. are high now. farmers As . rule
might get sill better prices for their colts
when old enough to sell. II they would
tax. =. much pains TO have them In nice
condition for market a. they do to get
their oxen "a, enough to bring een's
pound for beef-and all oxen mus, sell
Tor abou, VIA, they are worth for beef
be they goOd.blooded OF poor.olooded'
trained OF un,rAined.
Ba, Il /. said by many ,hl, raising aud
training horses !. very. very risky ou'i'
ness very oouup,ing TO the morals. from
causing oae to associate with gamblers
and drunkards; and that ii naturally
cause. a man TO neglee, hi, farm. II he
ha. one and /, i. an oi..vpsstsd a''et'
ton that II an OF breaks his les be i'
sull of value for beef, bus II horse
break. bis Lex be !. al entire loss. We
think, nevertheless. that . broken'lsgsed
horse /. worth about ., much for beei
q. are the many oxen that annually die
Of .,oppage. blo.i, OF from getting ehok'
ed. Observation reveals the fact thA,
those who breed horses NEE, with no
more losses than do breeders OF other
Kind. Of stock, for III have more or less
bad luck. A. for the moral part OF the
horse business. all homes, men Who have
q natural love for horses should consider
/, their duty. 10, only TO engage 10 u,
bu, 10 DO their utmost 10 have u. Ia all
IL. branches, conducted In such way ~
To make the breeding. training. and in
pro,iug Of the most beautiful, tbs most
intsllisen,, the mos, valuable aud the
mos, u.sful Of all domestic animals, the
,ro,ter aud roadster. q business that those
with the rrietss, IDEAS Of morality
may feel proud TO engage in. and bust.
ne.s no, to be left 10 the management OF
the unprineipled and the lawle.. There
h. been grea, improvement, IN this re.
spec, Of late yesr,, and /, IL = fact worthy
Of note ,h., m.jon,y Of the most sue
ce..ial horse breeders Of Maine are men
Of q, good character as those engaged IN
any other occupation.
But, nevertheless. there are q great
many Who raise now aud then . colt (;
and We can call to mind several who, al
ter gro ~ing one or two colts and selling
them at . large profit over the cost OF
raising. as compared with the profit made
on other animals. are soinhaeneed by these
old traditions regarding the uncertainty
aud the low character Of horse breeding.
that they would not for . moment think
Of raising . larger number Of colts. but
continue 10 keep the precise number and
kind Of stock always KEPT. without re-
gard to which pays the best for them to
produce. They attribute their success to
good luck, instead Of considering that the
reason they made the mos, money on
their coll. was because Of their abilities
in ,h,, direction. the sai,.blenss, Of their
location, and the high price paid for good
horses. =. compared with that paid io'
other stock. =.
n. l.. Horne. Of Norway. lately sold
= three -ysar-old mare by Norway Knox
for $500 cash.
DR.. q. W. Brown. OF Norway. has
.old his ye.rling stallion PIlo'one. 20, by
Dorchester (.on Of Dictator. sire OF Jay.
Eye ses). dam by Black Pilot, sire OF
PHO, Knox, 2:i99. TO ID. o. Rowell Of
New Hampshire. taking for par, pay
twelve-year.old mare by uidson. dam by
Winthrop Monill. This mare has rec
ord Of 2:37, and Is fAs, now. She II
With fo.l. ba, by ~hA, horse l am not
informed.
Andrews & Thsysr have lately cold
good going horse TO J. c. Horne for The
New York market. and refused an ofsl
Of over 500 for another one, purchased
recently In Vermont
Thsysr Il Robe have foe mare so'
by Constellation. sire Of Glenarm. 2:23l
She |, a very handsome. eleksn lookins
mare, lS3 hands high. and 9th quite
turn Of speed. She has been bred to Capt
wedss~ood, son OF wedgewood. 2:i9
dam Capi,ols. 2:22i. and II is thought
she Is with foal. though !, Is no, certain
| ly known. Any one wanting . broot
mare can buy good trade in her.
Cspitola. tie mare spoken Of as ih'
dam Of Capt wedgewood has recen,l,
broken her hip. which made II necce'ssr!
to kill her.
The big foar.year.oldt mare. Kilt.
Waite, 1850. formerly ovnsd BY Hon
George ,. Bi.bee. and got by younI
Blsekhawk. is nov owned BY s. Z. Kim
ball. South Paris. and is said to be show
ing very f.s, and some think she ca
show the way down the road to any foul
year.old in the county; but Faiiniirs
owned BY Thsyer Bros. would be liabl
to stick closer than . brother, and nigh