Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-03-27
Mr Wilson's Article on High
Price. Gilt-odged Stations Fully
Discussed.

A writer ia the Maine Farmer. whose
article appeared ia the Dsmoer., two
~sss. ago. bs~.il. the tendency Of some
breeders 10 use high priee stations and
think, ih., ell stations ,ha, stand at from
fifty TO one hundred dollars service are
curse TO the State aud have been the
mean. Of til!'ns |, with scrub stations
with long bu, worthless pedisree'. .nd
thu, no breeder can afford 10 pay hty
dollar. cor the use Of stallion with the
hope % ever seeing bic money again.
This winter also state. ,h., In hi, opinion
40 stallion Ia the State is worth more
than SIS for service, and that a. this
pnes would be a paying piece Of proper.
". lie think, tha, the lo- price knoI
stallion. ate ,h, on.. for the farmers TO
pauoniis, aud ask, II any Of these gilt.
edge horses can make any such showing
a. the knoxss have.
Now where h.. ,ki. Mr.. Wilson been
keeping himself .ll summer! Has be
read th. principal magazines and p.Pe"
devoted to the horse III. he read the
record. Of ~h., breed Of horses make the
bs., ,ho~ing and vh., sire' g., the best
selling colts, la. he attended the prin.
eip.l fairs held in the State the past year
Or b.. he. like Rip Van winkle. been
asleep for pas, years in some Of the noun.
tain cavern. in the vicinity Of Di,hsld :
We incline to the latter opinion. lfihi'
!. not the case. whA, literature b. he
read th., h.. showed him ,ha, the men
Who have bred their mares to the gilt
edge stallion. he refer, TO have been Lack
ing ia common sense and were not veil
posted on horse.breedins aud the Kind OF
horse Ae.h /, had bee, paid breeders IN
the past TO produce. aud have been com.
PEELED 70 sell their colt. for lee. money
than vas ob,,insd for colts 90, by low
bred Stree, and Via, fairs has he attend.
ed where be has found ,hs, the young
stations that now fll the State. got by
such fifty dollar stallion. as Constellation.
Redwood. Prescott. Gen. Witksn. Olym.
pa., Harbinssr. Glebsrm. Young Rolfe
Daniel Boone. Dictator Chief. Nelson.
Messenger Wilkes. Doctor Franklin,
Back Pilot. Albrino. etc, are scrub.
VIII the de.eend.nts Of these stations.
together with stations by Aleanisrs.
2.23, Lamp,. 2:2l. Happy Medium.
Phneep., M.mbriso Dadley. 2;l9t. Nlk-
ins. 2:2Oi, thu, ATE fast filing the State,
.nd Of course raising the standard OF sisl.
lions, have . tendency to hll the State
with scrubs. There certainly !, no chance
for q scrub stallion ia this part OF the
eoua,ry. Those that have tried !, here
we're cleaned cut by an inielligen, public
opinion. wh., can be Mr.. Wilson's
idea, IL he think. it is not perfectly nigh,
and proper. when a man Offers to sell the
use Of bis stallion, to ask for the same =,
large . price as experience has shown
,ha, an in,elligen, public Is Wiling to
pay for such good. But there is no
law to compel anyone to pay $50 for the
use Of q stallion. and II man aims to
produce speedy genilemen's drivers be
doe. not need to, fOr there are plenty Of
we'll bred and individually fine young
stallion, for from els to s25 tha, are
sminen.ly fitted to produce them. II q
breeder desires to raise = stallion or mare
for breeding purposes !, viii certainly pay
him to breed from the most popular and
gilt-edge stations, as ell past experience
has shown. Or II breeder desires tc
rails. eols to cell when young. IL s &C.
sentisl to have . fsshionsble pedigree. -
i. clearly seen by reading the records OI
prices obtained for choieely bred youne
stock throughout the country, from three