Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-02-14

Many readers Of tie Democrat are
also reader. Of the Lewiston Journal.
and have read with in,sres, the articles
which recently appeared 10 that paper
from the pen Of DR.. George III. Bailey,
Of Por,l.nd. who Ia, had q large eI.
peiisres among korse. aud horse breeders
In ,hi, Sia,e. and !, also familiar with
the method. Of fsediag and development,
pr.c,ie.d by the breeders Of Kentucky.
Doe,or Bailey. 10 h. articles. urges
strongly the three following points
Firi. the srsa, bensh, 10 the horse
stock Of Maine caused by the in,rodue-
tion Of 90 many hish bred ,,sllion. from
kentucky.
Second, the imporanes Of ots.inias
mares for breeding purpose. equally I.
we'll bred a. the stations.
Third. the Importance Of literally feed
Ing the foal. while young 80 a. to Increase
the general ,ils and enable them 20 be.
come fully developed a, two years Of age.
Ia regard TO the hn, proposition, We
,hink ,ka, al well Informed aud unPrj.
udicsd horemen will agree with the
Doctor ,hA, the f..hion.bly bred stations
from Kentucky and other state, are
greatly improving the value Of our horse.
and that We could no, keep up With the
procession wi,hou, them, although many
breeders were SO. 20 aeknov vledse Il.
When the Doctor speaks in slarring
manner Of our MorsAn', Dfe-', etc. and
claim, that mare. that have been bred
ia,o those ,tf.ins are not suitable fof
breeding Purposes a, the cold blood in
their produce will come TO the surface Ia
the battles Of the race course, be Is going
= liule too f,r. The records show ihl,
msny Of the fastest and gamesi tro.,er'
on the turf .re from mare, Of Morgan and
Drew dssesn, bred TO stations Of Ham.
ble,oniaa descent. and durins the pas,
season. mare. by Gen. Knox have pro-
duesd as many additions TO the $3.50 liz,
a. have mare, Of Hambls,onian Or any
other stallion.
One Of the be,, posted breeders in
New Easland advises breeders who have
good mare, Of Morgan dsseent TO retain
them for breeding purposes. The rPg-
,Aii3n Of Maine horse. for gen,!emsn''
rold,,sr /, equal TO that Of any other
state. aad the demand for them !, greater
than the supply. II should be the object
Of Maine farmers 10 raise horses uniform
ly possessed Of speed. style and sound.
nss., - q, 20 NEE, thl, demand. for the
small breeder eanno, compete With the
stock farm king. in raising colts ,ha,
will sell fJr flbaloa, sum, when young
Any one Able 10 breed q, all ean breed
the be,, mare ,hl, be can obtain 10 q
.,allioa Of the mos, fashionable strains,
.nd II the produce Be FED aud handlsd
properly they will now And thea get q
prize I. well a, fair price for all Of them
bat a, we have ftquen,ly said, they
should breed their bss, file, aud no, sell
them.
A, regard, the matter Of feeding youns
colts, We agree with ths Doctor that
many breeder, 10 no, |. rule feed
grain enough. although many are COM
msneins TO feed more literally. While
liberal feeding h.,,sHs the development
of the col, aud puts him Ia .h,P. 10
bring a good price while young. We think
,hA, the ultimate .iIB 10 which = col,
may attain i, not wholly determined by
the amour, Of oats he hl, when young.
We can fad thousand. Of good ,izsd
horse. raised by the farmer. Of Maine iha,
were fed very little grain when cots, ba,
/, took them four or five years 10 reach
maturity. We have also seen many colts
that were I'd high thai made small al.
mails. You ean', make Peieheron' out
Of Shetland poalss with oats snd We
have some doubt, whether the horse. OF
M.ine would have acquired 80 snViable
a reputation for sound aud enduring road.
.,er II they had consumed twelve quarts
Of oats day Is youngsters.
The DOc,or's advice to keep colts grow.
ing from the time they are foiled TO
maturity /, good. and should be followed
10 he letter.
T. NJ. Thaysr and Robinson Dean
have recently purchased the yesrlins colt
20, by Baby Dean. Of Herbert Fletcher
Of South Paris. Mr. Dean la, also sold
to Mr Thaysr half in,ere,, in the ,wo'
yslrold filly purchased by him Of Gu,
C!ou,isr. Of Baskfsd. These col. vii
doubles. be h,ndled for speed and enter
I'D in the Oxford County Breeders Stakes
Il MANIM