Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-04-17

sald that We were going wholly by uae'
records, but said the amount OF gil,.eds
. horse possessed was determined by th
actual performances Of himself or hi
family, or both. Now Il is . fac, tha
Phallas' colts are. with but few exeep
,ion., ell hut two and three years oh
,hi. spring. The colts Of Jerome Edd!
are also young. A writer said, no, Ions
ago, In the Honeman that he bad seen {
number Of two and three-year olds b,
him uot quarters in 40 seconds, and BIZ
patronage 1. very large. MaIey Cobt
died before he had . chance 10 show hii
qu.liii., 10 any extent. and as for Snug
gler. the fact is he 20, few tro,,sr', on'
ofwhieh was Snugsler's Daughter, ,2:?it
bu, hi, pedigree was no, Of the nigh, kind
10 set many.
In regard 70 the colts we advertised,
we did no, say they were any better than
Diifeld colts. nor has Il been shown yet
that they are no, a. good. but We should
no, be able to sell 80 good and well-bred
ones for such low prices. had Il no,
been for such ffty.dollsr Ken,ueky.bred
stallion. as Constellation, (srandsire OF
Cyhl) that made !, possible TO breed "a
such fas stallion. a. Cynl, ('ife Of our
colts al els fee. We presume Mr.
Wilson hl. never seen Cyril. bat II be
la. and still calls him a scrub, We should
hardly think be woold give satisfaction
=. Judge Of horses =, the fairs. No~
We have no doub, ,hs, there are many
good Knox stallion. in Maine for getting
good selling road.,er, with some speed,
that stand At q small fee. and we think
very highly Of Knox mares for broodpar-
po.,s, bu, as certain parties persist IN
raising an issue between the KnoIes aud
HamblstoniAns as found In Maine, We
shall next week publish an article giving
some fact. as 10 their relative standing in
Maine. that we gave in Thompson's
Mon,hly las, year Ia reply 10 a man who
"a. abusing the HAmble,onian.- We
will state here one more selfeyidsn, Tact,
and ,ha, 1. ih., the pres, Of the country
a. well a. the bs,, informed and mos, eI-
psri-nced breeders, all unite in advising
breeders 10 breed TO the best and tastes,
stallion. tha, ar. from ancestors on both
sides ,h., have produced with the great
e., uniformity horses Of the creates, value.
We could quote extensively II We hAd,hs
space.
II We could ge, the use OF the bes,
stallion. for . low fee We should like Il,
bat !, !. no, ia the nature OF the case TO
do 80; and we better pay little more
than to lose them. We never knew q
man who used high priced horse ba,
What had q chance 10 get bis money
back with interest, ba, Of course We
should no, judge stallion, by the size
Of hi. fee.
Mr.. Wilson say, Blue Bull was not
,ro,,ing bred. This !, no, proven. as his
breeding Is no, known. The las. Guilt
,Ator ,hink. IL possible be may be by
Wagner, dam by Pilot Jf. Every gfeA'
sire whose pedigree !. known is iro,,ins
bred those not known may safely be
considered a. we'll bred. Mr.. Wilson
h., our thanks for the names Of horses
be give. In hi, aish, Of pedigree. They
may be useful In naming some OF our
colts.
Now We have no doub, but that Mr..
VI. A. wilson !. very es,imsble gentle
man Of good educational ability and col.
ture. bat hi. reflection. and in'inua,ion'
10 rgard to the grsa, body Of breeders
al over the land who have studied the
breeding problem ior years and Who con-
,inue to deal In aud breed from high
priced and gili.edsed stallion. and their
descendant. but who are wrong II be 10
right, remind. u. Of the drunken man
Who though, that be ". sober aud
everybody else WAS drunk.
A. L. MAXIM.