Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-12-11
OXFORD HORSE TALK.

aud opens one OF the most popular places
for public amusement In the county.
OXFORD HORSE TALK.
Concentration. fof ihls department .hoah
- s.idfessei 20 A. I. MANN. sOuth Paris. Ne.
In the last number Of that valuable
authority on horse matters. the Maine
Horse Breeders Mon,hly. i,s able editor,
J. W. Thompson. a man whose IDEAS on
the breeding question In Maine are gen.
orally sound. and are the result Of year.
% though, and observation. states ,hs,
he u amused to hear the amateur writer.
for some Of the -ould.be sporting col
umns Of some of hi. Maine exchanges.
Who s,tsmp, TO teach breeders who raised
,ro,tsr before they were born. and hence
know Il all. and advises these youthful
writers 10 stop ,heoririns and simply
record fact. Farther on be calls s,,en.
ton TO the fact ,h., Maine. addition TO
the $50 liz, for the year 1883 vas lee.
than II va. ia 1887, and also that every
new addition. With one exception. vas
from the old Maine families. and then
intimate. that there may be q doub,
vh.,he, these Intelligent breeders ar
maxim, any progress. and whether the
new blood brought In from other State.
h. improved the horse stock Of Maine.
No. Will. -. vill no, presume 10
dispute any Of III. dir.e, statements Of
editor Thompson. We, ~e can 40, help
having .eriou. doubts about there being
recorded fact. enough 10 prove either thu,
theory /. no, all nigh, In II. place. or ,h.,
the hor. stock Of Maine /. no, steadily
improving by reason Of the infusion Of
new blood from some Of the more sue.
es.fal breeding States. In fact. We
believe Brother Thompson himself. who
I, q position to know. I. satisfied Of the
necessity Of introducing improved strains
Of blood. but spoke a. he did 30 that
breeder. would be melted 20 greater
effort. Ia the way Of producing 'ro,,er.
A. 20 theory. -e believe with Observer.
. ,o,.d w,i,,, On horses. th., |, |, nees..
.,,y kor N. breeder 10 understand the
theory Of br.edin, in order TO suiye a,
the b,., practical results. OF course We
would no, .ee.p, theory when opposed TO
established fact bu, the written IDEAS Of
different, p.r.on. on any subject set peo.
nj. 20 thinking. and often lead up 20 the
6ndipc Of impor,.n, facts. even " they
are amusing. So let the youthful ANA.
,,u, writer. th,orir. al they wan, n.
.sd they will be satisfied. considering
,h.ir extreme youth. II for the pre.en,
they can even .mu.e. aud will rejoice In
the hope that, .. they advance along
life. rugged pathway, and increase in
wisdom and mental poser. they may be
ali. nv N. Tim. ,hey have reached the
..,. .nd ,.llo- leaf no, only 10 ,heorire
,,d anus. bu, % record fact. and in.
.,,r., :. I'll
Th., q, Oh. ,,., wa, Main. b,. no,
u.ds .ny ,,oy,... owe, N. preyiou. wear
In n,oducin, 2.so ,ro,,.r,. 1. . fact th.,
Admit. Of no contradiction f; but il seem.
20 "a, ,h., in order 10 estimate correctly
o,, 81. ~ n,o,,...;on. -. .hoald take
into eon.id,r.,ion no, only the number Of
o,ao ,,o,,,r. produced within the pas,
four or Eve wears With those produced
during III. same number OF y.spsprevi.
on. 20 ,hs, time. bu, should also consider
the rate Of speed attained and the mum.
he, Of record breaker. among the colt.
a. we'll For few sensational tro,tsrs
th., perform low down in the twen,is.,
IN. Pile, Kno, o.iol Olen.,m. 2.23t.
LeL sn,.,, o.231 Lawrence. 2.25i.
and such col, perform.r a. Ne.sn.
2.osY ... three. ye.r.old. H.reb.ll, 2,i5i
,,. ,vo.ye.,.old. Diana. 2:i2 At same
,v,. Rlmbrook. 2:i2 a. . t-o.ye.r.old.
and 2,3T .a three.,esr.old, Wes,l.nd,
2;3s /. . thrce.year.old, and Palm.
3:l2J I. q ye.rlins, do more to help the
reputation Of the State for raising trot.
tsi,. than would q much larger number
OF aged horss that are Just able to
squeeze into the 80 lie, and nothing
more.
Again. IL We would determine I. to
whether we have made any improvements
by introducing new blood into the State.
the only fair way would be to consider
the amour, Of speed shown by animal.
;oaled since the new families have had
anything like q fair show in numbers =.
compared ~i,h the older families. e..-~hIeh
h.. no, been until within seven or eigh,
years.