Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-04-17
OXFORD HORSE TALK.
Communication. iot this department should
be addressed 90 A. 7. MArts. south Paris, Me.

ed an article from friend Wilson. OF Dix
field. in reply to our criticism Of hi
Maine Farmer article. Mr.. wil'ot
head. his article "Fse,s vs.. Fiction" an
although IL. like the famous Chase
Chronicle. I, "sood easy readin'" nei,he
the facts nor the fiction contained there
in seem to have much bearing upon ih'
.ubjsc, in issue.
The question We raised was whether o
no, the high priced aud gil,.edged s,al
lions now standing 10 Maine =, $50 o
slOO service fee ate q curse TO the STATE
and are filing |, with scrub stations
We wrote - We did on the subject no
Tor the sake Of convincing Mr.. Wilson
but because he !. one Of = class Of met
who are continually slurring the fashion
ably bred stallion. brought into Maine Il
improve our horse stock, aud one whose
we'll meaning bu, mistaken article. have
tendency TO mi.lesd many intelligent
bu, poorly posted breeders In regard i'
the wi.es, course TO pursue 10 breeding
We shall follow this subject to som'
length because we deem !, an important
one Coz the breeders Of Maine TO consider
and examine. We shall al,o dealin facts
which are either .slf.,vidsn,. OF which
We have the material a, hand to 'ub''an'
uaie.
Mr.. Wilson says ,ha, be hnd, no facts
in our article. bu, iha, !, W. composed o.
suppo.ition aud wind Tha, !, carried
with /, strong eausn, Of wind We can
no, doubt. since We see how iteaused ih'
bris,lss to rise on the back Of our esteem
ed friend. and We certainly were no, pre-
tending TO state f.eI 10 regard to hi'
place Of abode in the past IL did not
however. look reasonable 10 Us. nor does
|, now. ihA, man personally familiar
with the stallion. % Maine could pro-
nounoe =. scrubs the desesndsn, OF the
hish.prioed Hambleioni.n ',Allions.
We also supposed the case Of man
Who should raise q phenominAl ,ro'te'
and sire Of ro,,sr aud then offer hl'
service, q, SIS. We gave some rea'on'
TO show ,h., be would either iell him OF
advance bis Zee, bu, wha, We stated a.
fact. have not. and cannot. be shown
otherwise. Mr.. wilson appeared TO take
I, for granted ,ha, We Advocated the un-
iyeral use by all breeder, Of $50 aud SIS
stations And ,h., We spoke dsPrecia,ins-
ly of the cheap Knox stations, but
glance a, our article show, ,ha, no 'aeh
l.nsuas. vas used. nor have We ever sn-
isr,ained or advocated such doctrine.
Let us review the article aud see what
We did say. and whether ii Va, facts OF
fiction. We distinctly stated ,ha, II one
merely wished 20 produce gen,lsmsns
drivers. he would hnd plenty Of stations
whose Zee. were 40, over 81 OF s2j,
that were ,minsn,ly fitted TO produce
them, but We further stated ,ha, II one
wanted 90 raise . stallion or mare for
breedins parpo's, or colt, TO sell when
young. |, would pay bes, TO breed from
the gili.eds-d ones, aud We can brng to-
g,,her to prove the ,,,,em.n, facts enough
from the published experiences Of thou.
sand, Of breeders TO hll the columns OF
the Dsmocra, for month. 10 come. We
alluded TO q few Of the gilt-edged and
fat stations. showing the undi'Pu,ed
fact that they have done more 10 improve
the horse stock Of the country than any
low bred oae. We also stated the in-
di.pu,.bls fac, ,ha, We would no, have
had our Knox and other useful stations
q, present found in abundance AZ lo~
fees. II some one bad no, paid high fees
Nov LEI Us turn 20 Mf. Wil.on. arti.
Gle and consider some Of the fact. A. vel
as fiction. which We shall find therein
In the frs, place b. state, ,hA, he vii
no, besiE by asking u' where we have
been living. ba, leave. u' TO infer ,hA, h'
ha. asked somebody else by stating thai
". live on Sreaked Moan,ain. he al'C
say. th., W. are young. Both OF these
statement. are pretty near the facts. bu'
We 10 no wise feel di,sraced thereby
Did Mr.. Wilson bu, live on some loft,
mountain top commanding an extensive
view Of the surrounding country. h
might. by the AID Of a powerful telescope
be enabled TO see. now and then. a goo'
young stallion, 20, bya gili-edged sire
that i no, = scrub. while s ye, be ha
no, been abl. 20 discover. even by ,h'
CREATES, stretch Of vivid Imagination
the source from which men se, their AL
,horiiy on horse breeding.
He also says ,h., the breeding Of goo
horse. has b,en going on in the Sia ,e 70
several years. a fact OF which We were
we'll aware. lie further says that ih'
stallion. Of Messenger. Morgan. E,,on
aud other blood. which stood in Maine
year. ago a, nominal fees, laid the foun
d.,ion for Names great suces. in pro
daeing valuable rOad,,er and ,ro,ler.
Thi. /, fact. but /, !. also fact, whiel
make. I, appear in ditfsrsn, light. iha
these stallion. th., he names were tn
hishe., bred and mos, gil,-edsed Of an.
Of their day. and produced much bette
stock than the lover priced ones.
We also agree with the writer In think
ing ,ha, the m.res descended from thee
horse. ar. frs, class for producing fin
road horses. We s,str' s much in tn
Democrat several week ago. bu' this
not the question AZ issue, neither !. It th'
question 'before the Louse' whether o
no, Maud s.. J.y.Rye.See, Belle Ham
lin. MaIsy Cobb. Thnkei. OF ST. Juli,n
owed more Of their speed capacity TO theil
dams than to their sire,, bu, IL does beat
on the question when We state the uneon
uoyer,ible fac, th., they were all OF gill,
edged breeding on both sides. with lonI
pedisree.. and 20, by stations who's
Zee. were 500 TO $500.
lie peIt says that |, isan open ques
ton whether the horse has Oeen imProy
ed any for :he last fifty ysar, and tn.
the lowering Of the records IL due to ,h,
improvement, ths, has been made II
tracks, .ulkiss aud management. Nov
,hi. looks like fiction. for Il Is well es'
t.bli.hsd fac, proved by the records 'h.
with one or two exceptions. no short ped
isresd hors. from low priced sire', has