Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-02-28
OXFORD HORSE TALK.

speedy colts. yet fail to produces any pos
.e..sd with the extreme speed necessary
TO enable them TO win distinction on ths
race eoire while there are other s,al-
lions whose produce are Of all sort. .. re-
CARDS action and speed, many Of them
.ho sing no more gait than q COW. bu,
Who have endowed q small number Of
their ge, from certain mares with their
whole stock Of speed. producing poser s'
IL were. enabling these few TO acquire
low records. with the resul, of giving
their sire . grea, reputation as a stock
horse, snd causing breeders 20 pa,roniIs
him at large prices, while the frs, nam
sd stallion. who distributed hi. speed el-
ements more evenly among bis produce,
!, pronounced failure by the knowing
ones. and has to 20 begging for patron.
age. A case in hand !. that Of the Al
mon, stallion. Gen. withsr.. ownei by
@. Shaw. Of Hartland. Ne. Gen.
wi,hsr. va. 70, by the grea, Almon,.
and hi. dam was Bloom. by Ashland. son
Of M.mbrino Chief. tie va. Individually
a very fest horse himself, and from the
speed shown by hi. early foal., it Vas sH-
p e,sd by hor.smsn that he woild .coa
namber among hi, get several Ia the $3.50
list. Although hi. g,, possesses high
average of.pesd. and Of foe .if'. form,
and color and readily commands the high.
80, price, for gentleman drivers, yet. be-
cause none Of them AVE entered the $3.50
li.,. he is dubbed a failure n . stock
horse by many prominent houemeu;
While those same ones are loud in the
praise, Of some little up,,art Of q stud.
that. by chance. has 20, one OF two IN
the $50 li.,. ba, whose get, {. whole.
are no, q, TO be mentioned in the same
week With the get Of Gen. Wi,hes.
Another case. only In lesser degree. is
fJand Ia the stallion. Rober, B0nner. Jr..
who stood for several year. in Blckhed
and vicinity. Iii. colt. nearly all show.
ed good ,ro,iing action. and many Of them
woali show from , minute to = $40
gait. and were held in good demand by
buyers. Who paid remunsra,ive prices Tor
numbers Of them. bat because he failed
10 NEE, tue expectations Of horsemen a.
a site Of winners Of races. he los, nearly
all hi. friend., and such i. the prejudice
existing again., him tha, many breeders
would prefer breeding their mares 10
monsrsl bull than to this really good
horse. OF course there are stations ,ha,
no, only produce a soOdly number OF
grea, performers. bat also endow the ma.
lori,y Of their ge, with good amount Of
speed. and in the long run the number Of
fast performers beso,,en by a uo,,ins
stallion OF a ,ro,,ins family will be the
test Of their value a. .ire,. Those Who
breed wholly for speed and develop their
colts, OF ,ell them yoins. should, ofeour'e,
when possible. breed 10 those .,allioa'
that have proved themselves 'ire' OF win
nsr., bat many time. circumstances alter
cases, and those who will not develop
their colt, under any circumstances, bat
who aim 10 produce sen,lsmen'. drivers,
will fad IL 10 their interest. while breed
log TO the mos, speed producing strains,
10 ,slsc, stallion. from those strata. that
have demonstrated their ability TO pro-
daee q high average rate OF speed With
good action. rather than pay too much
auen,ion 10 those that have produced q
few sensational performers, like Maud s..
whose sire. Harold. would never have
made a remarkable sreA, showing had he
never been bred to NJ. Russell, the dam
Of the pserlss, Maud S.
Again. the verdict Of popular opinion
a, regard, the merits Of young stallion.
a. speed producers, is generally rendered
fu too soon. and hence !, Of bu, little
value to the general breeder. whose oaly
way 1. TO read. study aud observe and de.
eide for himself. The history Of the turf
has shown th., no, every stallion ,ha,
get, a reputation in early life by happen.
ins 70 sire one OF ,wJ f.s. colts, proves
in the end TO be s good stock horse n
some Others who have lived to be ten or
fifteen years old before their gs, appeared
in the "ehnmed circle" This h not
theory, bat /. matter Of record.
Another matter Of imPor,Ancs TO the
general breeder ofro.ds,ers is that OF co.,
or, form and soundnes A stallion whose
get are uniformly Of solid color. toe hn.
i,h. and we'll shaped limb, aud feet. IL
much TO be preferred TO one ofequa
breeding in speed lines. whose get have
no similarity in form. 'iIe or color.
Breeders are often so blinded by the pop.
ulr craze upon some horse as to lose
Sigh, Of all those thing. The descend.
AIT. OF Almont and Geo. Wilkes are es.
pseiAlly noted for transmitting 10 their
offspring superb limbs. solid eolor, and
fine finish. with average speed second to
none. Thi, apple. In general terms to
the two families. but no one, two OF three
famllie. contains all the goodness. to the
exclusion Of ell Others.
Emery Record Il Son. breeders Of
tro,tins stock, a, South Pans, lately had
the misfortune TO have = weanling ell, OF
great promise 20, by Norway Knox.
2:29i) break on, Of the boas. Of hi, for.
ward lex belo~ the knee. The e,lebrai-
ed Dr. Br4ekst,. Of Lewiston, VA. a,
once sen, Tor. who Immediately Sc, the
broken boae In .killfall mauner. ani
pronounce. the col, in fair way to fully
recover.
We have lately noticed has looking,
grey. fye.yesr.old geldins, owned by the
popular elo,hier. Plammsr. Of South Par
Is. This colt was sired by wandsrer,
.on Of pen. Knox. lie weighs over ter
hundred pounds and shows promising
and speedy gait.
Th.ysr Bros. hare lately added two OF
three speedy oaes To their stable. The
noted groom. Uncle Ike Bartlett, s tax.
lag charge Of them ,hi. winter.
A. l.. Dyer. with II. n. Bolster. has
lately traded hi. black mare for h.lfin
tere,t in . fast bay mare.
A. T. MAXIM.