Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-09-14
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Ample Howard Awasts u<ssssrs who rr,-
ducs THsna.
Respecting horses. there i one mar.
ficular. only one. in which, miI are
agreed: they should be handsome.
Large or small, fast or slow. black.
bay. white or mixed. they will suit
somebody If symmetrical This poinss
moral: appreciation of beauty Is I
divinely appointed faculty; not TO ~
spect and cultivate It II to ignore m
effective agency for suppressIng the
sensual and satanic and developing
spirituality and refinement "A beau
tifnl horse is constant qualification
to its owner; it is kindly cared for;
friendly relations are established. the
noble beast repays every kindness by
faithful service-it is very bad for own
ers not to be attached to their horsex
Horses. like men. are sometimes rather
unlovely; better breeding and just the
right training will make them all
right unfortunately. nineteen horses
out OF twenty fall below A proper~stand-
ard; they are notIceabIy defective in
their makeup-head and heels ton
---- - siiAStttSs tuNJC ain l6II lfDO
small; bones too high; neck and head
too low parts not compactiy joined
together-''composite order'' care
lessiy composed- A horse may, Accord
ing TO the service required Of him. be
1.0O0-pcund buggy horse. /, 200
pound coacher.a l. eco pound cart horse:
all these are wanted; bnt each class
should be bred and kept distinct from
every other class. Promiscuous breed
ing-breeding to no definite end, after
no definite model; haphazard mixture
OF odds and ends-has filed this coun-
try with unstable horses, not pleasant.
to look at and not effective for service.
You may go through town after town
in Western New York, making thor
ough search for coach team that a
Rochester banker or a railroad LAWYER
Will consent to ride AFTER without find
ing i'll have seen it fried repeatedly.
The banker and the lawyer were will
ing to pay 81 600 for the team. but
they couldn't find it Our finest mares
bring 200 much money to raise colts
from. so we sell them to go into the
cities. or keep them in the harness, or
If we do raise colts from them. breed to
poor stock-getters-
Selecting our best mares, and breed
ing them to the best French coach STALL
ions. and continuing to breed to them
without crossing with any thing else.
in few years we can raise fine carriage
horses with much certainty and profit.
French coachers have been bred for =
ny n I. .
experts appointed by the French Gov
eminent While good carriage horses
are in demand AT good prices, there is
also great lack of good draft horses.
Our horses are VIGOROUSLY too small; the
popularity of the Biackhawks a few
years ago. and the craze for trotting
horses. caused breeders to patronize
small stations till there is an overstock
of that kind. A reaction has set in, and
now we find many sacrificing every
thing to size- They breed to sleepy.
clumsy, loose-madc stations. fiabby and
hatfooted. simply because they weigh
eighteen or twenty hundred-qnality is
sacrificed to quantity. The markets
certainly call for more large horses,
bat they must stand the pavements:
they must have yigor as well as size;
must have action aud energy. This.
then. the American horsebreeder should
do: fix on some particular class of
horses to raise; select model; adopt a
standard and work to it-decide on the
color. size. shape. speed suitable to the
class to be propagated; reject from the
breeding stock every animal that
doesn' come up to the requirements.
Continuous breeding in definite time
establishes certain characteristics; it
is just rs easy to establish breed of
black. teH-hundred. four-minute (plen-
ty fast enough buggy horses. as it was
to fix the red IN the Devon cattle. As
the case now stands, not one farmer in
fifty can make Il plausible guess ut the
color. size, shape OF the colt his mare
will have. Is the ambition of progress
i've farmers satisfied when they have
bred to the fastest trotter, the biggest
Clyde or Percheron. or the cheapest
scrube Honor and fortune await Amer
leans who will do for horses what Bake
well. Bates. Cruikshank. dill tor sheep
end csttle.-Ragh T. Brooks, IA N j.
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