Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-01-17
The Qualifications OF the Brood
Mare Discussed.-Is Unsound-
ness Transmissible7 - Encour-
aging Words 20 the Farmer
Breeder.

In . recent lssle Of the lewiston
Journal, the editor Of the horse depart
men, gave some very good IDEAS IN re-
gard TO the Importance Of 'oundne', 10
brood mares. There Is no doab, ,ha,
certain forms Of unsoundns. are Trans.
mi.ibls. aud breeders should strive TO
guard against using such mares Tor
breeding purpose, as = general thing, ye,
there should be no iron.elAd rule ,ha,
mare should never be bred from unle',
perfectly smooth. There are many
mares With naturally good feet aud
limb. that become un,ound through hard
usage. that would be more likely 10 pro.
ducs ioand progeny than some mare
with poor shaped fee, aud limbs yet, |.
re,ul, Of careful handling. are perfectly
SQUAD And smooth. Again IL has been
clearly dsmoa,ua;sd ,hA, many forms Of
unsoundns- are no, transmitted unless
the mare /. used for breeding while 'af-
f,rins pain from the diseased parts.
For instance. II mare that b. a SPAWN
or ring bone be bred while the part, az
fee,sd are very lame and painfal, there
would be danger that the oh'2ring
would be afflicted With the same disease
after time bu, II the mare should not
be bred until the so'rnss, and lAmene'.
hai been removed from the un'ound
msmb,r.. the produce would not 10 all
probability ihhsrit the ci'sne. uhless !,
was wholly the result % defective eon-
formation in the dam. Many mars ate
bred ,ha, h.v, become sore for"aid.
either by hl,ins folndsrsd or from hAv-
ing been driven on plvsmsli,. yet such
n naturally have good fee, seem to pro-
duee sound colt, .ad colt. that remain
,oabd. We think that those owning
such MAZE, should sndeavor TO remove
the heat and soreness, from the Zee, +"
much q, possible before breeding them
and avoid driving them hard OF heating
their blood while they ate in fo,l.
The selection of brood mare Is q
question which each individual breeder
should settle foi himself by studying the
characteristics, Of the brood mares ,hs,
have produced the most valuable colts.
And .slte. a. far as hi, means will allow,
such = oue s will be mos, likely 10 pro-
ducs the kind Of col. ihA, be desire, 20
rai,,. The question Of means has great
bslrins on the subject. fOr if,ke common
farmer should undertake 10 follow AL the
rule, laid do~n for selecting brood mares,
be never would gs, a good one. lie will
be told 20. 10 breed from any but a
standard bred mare not 20 breed from
a. urs5and mare no, 10 breed from an
OLD mare no, breed ffom a mare le.
than fhesa snd one.hAlf hand. high
no, 10 breed from a mars unlss' .he can
show some speed. etc, etc. Now q.
Young. SQUAD. .'Andaid bred mare Of
good ,iis ard speedy, costs something.
and the average farmer aud breeder e,n'
90, buy oae ,hl, !, possessed Of all the
gool qualities. Ind a. be mus, be con-
tee, With one or two good qualifications.
he should consider the mos; valuable
qualities. possessed in eommoa by ih'
mos, successful brood mares.
After careful study Of the subject It
will be found that msj1fiiy OF the
srea, brood mares have not been stand.
srl bred many Of them neither young
nor ,oand nor ot great sped. bat is
will be found ihA, nearly all Of them
were mare. Of grsA, will power ahd
nerve force. full Of vim anl 'hsP. and
thA, these, when bred 10 s,Allion' with
,ro,,ing action aud high heads, Pfodlee
the mos, valuable horses ia the world
We ,kink that !, wa, ,hi. quality Of
nerve force aud pluck 80 ',rongly ehar,e'
,eri,,ie Of the Ameriean Star family. the
Pilot, Jf.. family. .ni certain OF the
Morgan families. which caused mare, Of
these fanilis, 20 produce such woade''
ful result, when b;ed 10 Himbl.,onian
.,allioa, Any oae Of an Observing tara
Of mini can recall instance, Ia which
marc, Of moderate qaall,ie, have pro.
daeed valuable colts. Ia the face OF
these facts We think ~ breeder need
despair Of raising good colt, because he
elnno, parchu. a mare which comes uP
TO the popular idea Of brood mare.
lie can II possessed Of good Judgment
find a mare for from one hundred 20 one
hundred anI fifty dollars that II no, per.
feet, produce fllie. ,h., "hll the tilr'
for fret elA. brooi mares, f0r We be-
lieye that the bs,, hlliss should be
bred from vhsa o!d enough.
A T. MAXIM.