Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-02-21
A T. M,xix.

Very ,ooa after establishing the
Mon,hly. ia 1873. the nsoe,'i,y for re-
,uie,ing REGISTRATION in some manner be-
gan 20 m,nite,, itself. Anything we'll
related 70 ,ro,,ins blood" wI' The only
rule u ,lmi,,ioa that we bad =, the be.
ginning. and und,r thi, very indefinite
formul. IL soon became evident that ,h,
Register would .ooa eoaiain n much
eh,d A. wheat. The problem before u'
va, 10 lead public opinion up 10 the Poini
where the possibility Of establishing =
breed Of ,roi,sr could BE- seen and ip.
pr,ei,,sd. Thi, vas no light undsriak-
ias. fo'. A. the popular ,h.oiis. then ran.
20 exclude running.brsd mare from .
ifo,,ins .,nd.book would have been look.
ed upon a. an unp.rdon.ble 'ierilsge.
W. opened the battle ssn,ly, ,ru',ins TO
the evidence Of Accumulated eIpefi.nee,,
and TO sound reasoning from those er.
psriere... 10 win the day. Our idea OF
restricting registration 20 animals with
eer,.in ,ro,,ius qualifications WAS 'sirsl
upon by ,om. Of our Kentucky friends
and they we're really the first TO formulate
Il In crude way. bu, did not perfect /,
until after N,,ioaAl Association Of Tro'.
tag Horse Breeder, bad considered aad
eonelu,ively acted upon i,.
The undertaking vas q uemeniou,
one, and although il W., "biSksd up
With brain, and influence, !, !, doubtful
whether many Of it' promoters had any
very clear conception u the results that
would f1llo~-eiihsr It's ,ueee. OF in
failure. I, assumed 10 dirse, and COZ.
troll the uo,,ing. horse breeding interests
Of the whole country. and to leave It's i'm.
pte,, for all time. IL required no gifi OF
prophecy 20 see iki, a, the result Of sue-
cess, and neither did |, require any gifi
Of prophecy to iore,se ihi, failure would
wipe oa, the work already done on both
the Register and the Mon,hly. /, WAS
the crucial period in the history Of these
publications. A mi'.,,ep OF an unwi'e
provision would have brought, disastrous
end. To found breed Of horses resting
primarily and wholly upon performance
and the blood descended directly from
performers. was something that had never
been attempted in the world. The basis
are wholly unique, bu, il commended 1t.
.elf 20 the public judgment asa just basis
And as the only foundation upon which
the proposed breed could be successfully
established. The basis was wisely eho.'
en-, and the .upersIueture erected there
on was equally wise 10 all IL. provisions.
Never have we known = se, OF men TO
work more earnestly nor more un'elh'hiy
for the common purpose.
Af,et very careful consideration in .
large and iatsllisen, committee, the ha-
i,hed result Of the labOrs OF ,ha, CON-
mi,,ee va, reported to the association on
November 10. 1879. At the Everett
House, In ,hi, city, New York aud the
standard was then and there adopted
without 90 much a. question. and with
out q voic. or vote being raised against
IL. Thu. the standard was launched In
unity and wisdom, and from ths, day !,
k., gone forward on iis mission OF edu.
eating the people. The Tro,ting Rsgi,-
ter h.. done much. and the Mon,hly has
done s1as,hins 10 the way Of education,
ba, the standard has been the special for.
mul. through which ell these teachings
have been brought home 10 the breeder,
great and small. in = manner thu; edu-
Gates both his miad aud hi, pocket. III
We could conceive Of the brgh,es, mind
directing the mos, pointed pen for sPe'i'
Oh Of hundred year, in tbs spseid di-
pAr,msn, Of how to breed the trotlins'
horse, We feel sure he would fail TO se-
eompli.h a. much a. this little, practical
formul. called the standard b. accom-
pli.hed in ,igh, years.
From the first il WAS the purpose oi
the Association TO advance the require
msnis of the standard jus, as ,oon as ,h,
advanced experience Of breeding would
demand or justify Il. Two years ago
movemsn, was made in this direction
but nothing was accomplished. Agar
1, va. rsfeued TO the executive commit,
tee With power to act, and We here sub
nit the reyi.ions that have been unani
mou,ly adopted. 10 order that our read
eu may see jas, what changes have beef
made We will give the old and revi'e'