Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-04-10

gsns. and many noted horses whose nams'
esnno, be recalled by the writer At pre-
sent
AL these justly eelsbrated horses stood
at merely nominal fees snd were In eon-
sequence literally pstronired. while their
descendants we're widely disseminated
,hroaghoa, the State.
No Stat. In the country has had OF has
q better foundation lin brood mares for
raising the lish, harness horses ih.n has
Maine.
No one can doubt, who looks for Jafi,
that the high position Maine nov occupies
in producing the very be', class Of uot.
ters and rvads,srs. 10 due TO the foun-
d.,ion laid years ago. ltnawsll s,isb'
li.hsd f,ei, that those horse, who have
attained the hishes, rate Of speed tor .
full mile. Owed more for ,h., capacity TO
their dams than TO their 'irs Namely,
Maud s., J.y.Eye.See. Belle hamlin,
Ma,ey Cobb, Tnnke,, Sc. Julion. aud
mAny Others then can Il be . surprise 10
any one that Maine can produce uo,isr
from brood mares descended from such
sirss =, Winthrop Messenger, win,hroP
MOrnll. old Eaton. Brandy vine. Rl.ins
sun. snd fsarnAushi. and m,ny Others
OF the very best blood IN this COUNTRY or
Hngl.nd
IL |. an open question whether the
horse ha, been improved any In the pas,
fifty years. Maine bred horses troitsd In
2:?7. and Lady Slfjlk in 2;26. forty
year. ago, and !, !. more than probable,
those same horse. aud many besides,
would have been able TO compete with
the fastest trot,er Of to-day. under the
same condition that horses are trained aud
handled to-day. with tracks. 'ulkie'. aud
other thing. being sqaal, aud the same
/. uus.of the horse. In the State to-day.
We have the same phenomenal tru,ter
amoung,, u. or their make az Kentucky.
the oaly requisite i' care 10 raising, hand.
ling. tracks. and driving. IL ha. no,
been for want Of material ,ha, Maine has
not produced more phenomenal irO,,e,
either past OF pre.ent. !, has been for
lack Of management, and facilities 10 hand.
de them.
Nov Mr. Maxim when you start in 10
eri,iei.e . writer you mus, state facts. ]
fail 10 fad any 10 your article OF March
9Th. |, Is composed Of 'uppOsition'.
l-hy suppose . case when plsn,y Of facts
arc TO be had with the exception Of
few stallion records. which prove, moth.
ing. A very fe- Of the stallion. you
mention haze been able 20 produce speed
in their offspring TO /. limiisd extent The
rv., have nothing 10 stand oa but their
track record, or pedisres., which Is mis-.
Leading TO the breeders. II you are go
ing TO stand oa track records Why no,
mention such horses as Ph.ll... 2:l3t,
Jerome Eddy 2:lG. MaIey Cobb 2:l3t,
Smussler ?:i5i. all ,ro,iing. gili edge.
bred and |, !. notorioa, that neither of
them ever 10, ,ro,ter' Again Why not
mention B.us bull who was no, iro,,ing
bred. and who produced more uo,isr'
than any other horse living OF dead ?
Mr.. Maxim. theory aud practice cant
agree ; he advertise. to sell two ysarlins
colt. .i s75 each. or r.ther. half iniere',
in both for seventy. five dollars. good sif,.
color .nd limbs. splendid knee and hook
action aud natural ro,ter, Shades Of
my grandfather how can you do ,ha,
and pay $50 OF SIS fOr the use oia ',Al.
loo. OF we're they sired by some Of those
same scrub stallion. ! spoke Of, ia my
article 10 the Farmer
II you will come to this benish,sd part
Of of the State We will show you som.
colts the same age S yours. 20, by those
same cheap Knox stations you speak Of,
ih.; could no, be bought for what you
,.k for both Of yOur, aud also two year
Old, by the same knoi .,allion. service
fee ss) ih., We will back ss.in., any
thing you have on suesksd Mountain for
any amount. for sils, conformation and
,ro,ting action, and We might with safety
add 10 the State.
Facts speak louder than wind. Msinss'
$50 list, up to 1887. whole number Of
horse. bred ~ he State th,, had I. record
Of $3.50 or better. III. 10 Of these are
Hombletoni,n. the balance l07 belong,
TO other breeds The KnoIss stand a, the
head TO |. No criticism /, needed
after studying Maine. $50 list, wh.,
doe. the speed record amount to , 1.-THE
very tastes, stallion, fail to produce troi.
tiers can the breeder, rely wholly on the
speed records or pedisrees |. . recon-.
mendA,ion TO = stallion, think rot.
Wha, the breeders want IL . horse tha,
can produce speed 10 hi. offspring and do
il uniformly. Then they are willing to
pay fair price for such stations.
The question thea arises. whs, i, a fair
price, stated my conviction. in the
Maine Farmer, and see no reason A. y.,
to change them. twenty-five dollars !,
- much as any of,he stallion. are actual
ly worth, and more than 95 per cent Of
the breeders are able to pay. ltn not q
question about breeding TO the best. II,
is the big fee. ths, are charged for the
US. Of young stations. whose merit. have
ne.er been tasted. and I. | .sld before
,,anl, on their track records, which may
be 2:2O NOR. or lees, or on their pedigree,
which may be worthless asa producer Of
speed.
The breeders Of the Stat. would lib-
erally p.,ioniI. many Of these stallion.
II III. price Vas put =, a reasonable
amount. Ba, /, seem, the owners Of
these gilt.eds. s,allion' rather l., them
20 begging for want ofp.,rOnage a, $50.
What does the average breeder, and
they are 9j per cent Of the whole, care
about long p,digrsss' We see 10 every
paper We pick up advertisements like
this: Young stallion Gabriel. record,
2.2Ot. sired by G.ll.n', by Gam.,t,r. by
Giant. by Gene.i'. by Gold Finder, by Go.
li,h. by Sampson, by Haek.bOut, by