Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-04-24

keep coming along.
We clip from the Maine Horse Breed.
er' Mon,hly q portion Of Al article writ
ten by u. las, year for the bensh, Of eer.
tain breeder. whs try TO create q strife
ia respect TO tho Knoxes aud Hambleton-
ian. by attempting TO show by Mains's
$50 li.t ,hs, the latter family lose their
po-er 10 bese, speed q. soon . they en-.
ter the borden. Of the Pine Tree State:
Are the Hambletonians Failures
In Maine?
Certain breeder, Of ,ro,ting horses Of
Mors.a descent, aud also certain ones
Who have suffered defe., by the hand. OF
some ofihe II.mbletonians, are becoming
greatly alarmed les, the great ma. Of
farmers aud breeders Of the Pine Tree
State suddenly fad themselves overs,oek-
ed With unstable horses, moaey all gone.
and certain ruin staring them In the face.
all because Of the lsmsnt.ble fact tha,
they had become dAIIled by the great sue.
es.. Of the H.mbls,oai.n' ia other state.
and by their rapidly increasing popularity
in Maine, and have bred their mare. 10
member, Of this family al twenty-five 10
ffty dollars service Zee. when they should
have pa,roniIed those Of Morgan blood
owned by the before mentioned breeders,
on. Of whom signs himself "Mauriee,"
aud who ior two years pas, has given
due diligence TO ke,ping the readers Of
the Monthly posted in regard TO the fact
tbs. certain races ,ro,ted At the State
Fair have been won by members Of the
Morgan family. And in the March mum.
Der he comes TO the front in grand style
and announce. tha, be b.. purchased =
copy Of Thompson's "No,ed M.ine-Bre
HJr.es- (volams II } aud b. discover.
ed the startling fac, that for the pas, thir.
~ years 500 stations Of Morgan blood
have sired q much greater number Of fa.,
one. 10 the Maine 2:3O lis, than fifteen
Hsmbletonians have.
And Jason Russell. OF Baeshsld, own.
er Of f.., three. .ye.r-old stallion 70, by
Baby Dean. son Of Daniel Boone. bu,
Who inhsri,s all Of bis speed from hi.
dam. which was by lnO, son Of Gen.
Knor. no, content with oral demons'rs.
tion.. dip, bis pen 10 blood and procl.im'
TO the numefoa. readers Of the Lewiston
Journal thA, the Hsmbletonisns are fail
ure. Ia Maine. and mentions Glensrm as
one Of the mos, conspicuous examples.
having won hi. race. by fraud aud not
having 20, any good colts. Blind guides
Who strain At q gna, aud swallow camel.
Blind guide. because they can't see ,hl,
the only fair -ay TO compare the merits
Of the Morgsns and H.mbletonilns n
.peed.proiaeers Is TO take the two fAmi.
lie. a. . whole. wherever owned, and
reckon the number Of ,ro,,ef. 20, by each. .
instead Of jas, comparing those Of one
State. where they have never stood on
anything like equal term. as regards nun.
Der. and opportunity, and strain sis gna,
and swallow . camel every time they un-
dsriake TO boom the Morgans snt IN
crease their own patronage by undera,'
ing aud mi,represen,ins the Hamble.on-
iAns.
maurice" may re., assured that in
spit. Of sll he can do or say nj, ds.pi'ed
family ha, come to stay, aud the men
Who are bringing them into the State are
no, men Who undervAlae the Knoiss OF
any Of the Morgan families, bat Who are
we'll ver.ed enough in the laws pertain.
Ing 10 the breeding Of the equine species
20 know tha, stations from strains oi
Hambletouian ihs, produce winners when
bred to good mare. in ooe State will also
produce them from good mares In this
State, provided they have equal care
and Who also realize that although the
Kno1e., Mouill., and fearnaugh,. great,
ly excel 10 some respects, in Others would
be greatly improved by erOs'ias into the
H.mbletoni.n.. Furthermore, no, be-
ing blinded by prejudice they have been
able 10 see that Of which we should sup
po.e be tha, runs might read, namely
The fact ,ha, the better class Of Handle
toni.ns have produced as good re'alt'
in Maine according TO time and oPPor'u
nifty as they have ia any part Of the eoan'
try.
Although We beli,v; ,hs, the average
breeder Of trotting..,cck who aims Il
produce the perfect horse should eadesv.
OF to combine in his breeding animals ih'
mos, valuable characteristics Of several o
the leading families, nearly all OF which
excel in some respects, still We think
there /, .baadan, evidence to show that
In q majority Of cases better results ea'
be Obtained by breeding mares OF Nlr'
gan, Pa,ehen. OF Drew descent to stall
lions Of Hamble,oniAn blood coming from
the most prepotent strains than by breed
ing them back to Morgan stations.
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