Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-06-19
OXFORD HORSE TALK.
Communications for this department shoaid
b. addressed to A. 7. MAxis. south Paris We

any degree OF certainty from any oi the
miscellansou..bred tro,,ing families Of the
present day. Owners Of large stations
urge breeders 70 use thrir horses 30 they
will ge, large colts. but close observation
reveals the fac, ths, breeding large mares
TO large stations Is no guarantee OF get
ting large produce.
This was veil illustrated In our own
case this spring. We bred q mare OF
coarse makeup. l5l hands high and
weighing over 100 pounds. 10 CJhl.
equally as large. and shs foAlel 4 snail.
fne. grained and nsrvy colt Prom an
other MARI. only Is hands ,nd 900 lb'.,
bred 20 Rinaldo. about l6 hand. and
100 pounds, we have = tall. rangy built
filly with good bone. A l5.hAnd. com.
pae,ly bull, Morgan mare ofoars Prodge.
ed las, year, by Cyril. rsngy. good''ir'
ed colt.
DR.. Geo. w. Brown. OF Norway, bred
las, year his mare. Maggie Almoni, l5t
hand. high. strong. TO Rinsldo. ard 'h-
fo.led ,hi. spring rather small and COM
p.eily built flly.
Men,ion was made two weeks ago OF
the fact Of Mr j r. Jesstts brood mare.
Gypsy Bonner. producing larger fo.l
,hi. year. by PIiny. lil hands high. than
she ever dropped before from any large
stallion.
A ne,r neishbor has tvo yeAr.old OF
fne size, the produce Of = mare scan, l5
hands. and 90. by Major Boone. who
.,Ard, l5i hands.
TIE stallion. Daniel Bone. stand. on.
ly Is hands. bat his Get average a. large
a. ,ho.e Of mos, large horses.
HNbingsr Is only Is hands, and OF
very foe organization. bu, hi. Offspring
seem to be large enough. SO oiiwAs with
,h., wonderful ,ro,iins proseni,or. Geo
Wilkes, Who stood scan, II hands. bot
whose .ons and daughters we're no, LACK
ing. either in ,izs or speed, as q rule.
Harold va. l5.h.Ld horse. and va.
called the little beneh.lsssed stud, but
hi. daughter. the peerless. Maud s. stands
about 1873. ba, !. no, heavy mare.
So We Nigh, mention instance. with
ou, number. showing the absurdiiy ofex'
pec,ing 10 breed large horses simply by
breeding from large sire. and dams. The
only sure way 10 se, size Is TO select
mares, OF no matter what size, tha, have
uniformly produced large colts. and then
breed them TO stallion, little or biz. whose
ge, are uniformly large.
Hut w. question the wisdom OF making
sire the chief consideration in our breed
ing opsr.tion. The great aim .hoild be
TO breed such horse. as will sell ior the
mos, money. or those tha, average the
greatest aumber Of valuable qualities,
and 10 do this We should breed from In.
dividu.l. that excel in valuable qaali'le.
and tha, are bred from strains OF blood
that have the mos, uniformly Prodaeed
animal. Of great money value.
Another matter Of more consequence
than mere size, /. the matter Of temPera'
ment. The close student Of the breed
ing problem cannot fail TO have noticed
,ha, many Of the greatest sires and turf
performer. were the offspring Of parents
Of opposite tsmperamen,s And Of different
form and action. one being fine grained
compact. with nervous, qaiek.gaihering
action. and tie other coarse. sluggish
With biz long stride. Abd.ll.h' the
sire Of Ry.dyk. Hamblelonian, was
tall. legsy. sl.b.,idsd, pesked-hlPPed
horse, Of wonderful nerve force. snd the
dam Of Hambls,onian va. by Bsllfoand-
sr. low. bloeky. eomp.etly built horse
with = pure tro,ting gait, aud rather
sluggish temper.msnt The HAmeleio.
mans, q. a rule. have been something OF q
sluggish disposition. and !, Is matter OF
fact that the mos, valuable ,ro,iing and
roadster horse. ever produced in the world
have been the re.al, Of breeding these
pure gated. sluggish HambIe,oni,n ,,Al.
lions TO mares Of the Star. PHO, Jr. aud
Msmbrino P.,ehen families. all Of which
are remarkable for their nerve force.
plaeky and fiery, high grained 'emPer.'
meni.. Morgan mares are also OF this
elias, sad are proving great brood mares.
It is no use TO pa,ronile stallion just
because be look. jus, to sui, u', for no
horse breeds exactly like himself, but see
to Il ,ha, be /. well qualified to eros"
with the mare We wish to breed. II be
|. not, find one ,hA, il, both Individually
aud by breeding.
may no, be bes, to breed very small
mare. to very large stations. bat mare.
Of fine nervoa. organization. with rapid
s.i,., We would breed to stations Of some.
What colder Temperament, and eoar'er
build. with good, pure ,ro,,ing .e,i'n. and
vice versa.
Mr.. Geo. Cole. Of Norway. has me,
with a grea, los, in the death Of hi, brood
mare. Alice. by Lsdo. .on Of Handle
,oni.n. She WI. the dam OF Almon
Iedo, 2:i?. Thomas Carlyle. and Other
good ones, and was in f0al to Rinslio.