Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-08-31

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sis there any reason why Kentucky
bred horses should be better than horses
bred in New England?"
81 don't believe they can breed any
better horses in Kentucky than we can in
New England, but that thoroughbred
foundation, though remote, affects them.
OF course. we are now behind both Cali
fornia and kentucky in our breeding, but
we are now getting down to breeding
well, and will soon be on a par with
them. 1t is only a question of time be-
fore we shall equal them. New Eng
land breeders are now making up for lack
of thoroughbred blood in their stock,
and. though they are under some disad-
vantages, there is hardly any reason
why, with the proper care, New Eng
land bred horses should not be on a par
with others. Kentucky and California
breeders have the advantage of New Eng
land breeders in a pecuniary and COM
mercial point of view. They have much
more warm weather than we, and it,
therefore costs them less to bring up
their horses. The trouble has been with
us that our breeders never feed properly.
kentucky horses are larger than ours.
Feeding has considerable to do with a
horses size. | believe that the Califor-
mia and Kentucky bred yearlings and =
and 3-year-olds will always be ahead of
us on account of the climate entirely,
but if our breeders feed properly we will
equal them on fully matured horses. Our
breeders cannot only equal the Kentucky
New England bred horses matured are
apt to be tougher than those of kentucky
and California. Our mean of keeping
youngsters on a par with horses raised
in Kentucky and California is artificial,
and it is for that reason l say breeders in
the parts of the West l refer to have a
pecuniary advantage, because they need
moi resort to artificial means to raise their
colts to a good size"
"Are you a believer in the developed
or the undeveloped sires?'
II believe in the developed sires, but
do not believe in putting sires into the
stud Immediately after exerting them in
development. They should be given a
rest after development before being al
lowed to stand"
care you a believer in races, mile
heats, best two in three, or mile heats,
best three in five"
81 believe in trotting horses best two
in three heats, for then there is les;
chance for fraud. / believe that anything
which will prevent fraud in trotting will
make the sport more popular. Like il
any other business or sport, honesty is
the only policy in which success can be
made in the long run. There is no ne.
cessity in having over three one-mile
heats in a race to ascertain which is the
best horse. In having races best two il
three mile heats there is less chance fol
drivers to hold horses back and practice
fraud on the public. Men who encour
!. age such things are a parcel of gamblers
!. and loafers who are no good TO any sport
Gentlemen who are interested in hOrs'
= breeding and horse races do not wan
/, such men to upset them by having gam
= blers pay drivers to be dishonest. | be
. lieve that 80 per cent of the ~trottips
: races contested in the United States ar,
, on their merits. The other 10 per cen
, are fraudulent. The same is the ratio o
= trotting horse breeders who are in tn
!, business for sport and not for money
q In New England, as in Kentucky, no
| over 10 per cent of the breeders wan
money. They are satisfied to max,
{ money, but their primary object in breed
2 ing good stock is for pleasure. a MAJ
! takes great pride in breeding a hors,
q that classes with the best in the land
! and no matter who owns him afterwar,
5 he always has an interest in that horse
doings.'
''ln the near future what time do yo,
r look for as the limit of a trotter's speed
= and to what do you attribute the presen
fastest time on record compared witt
n that of years ago.
"Within Is years | expect that horse
S will be able to trot a mile in two minute
e and that 2 :l5 horses will be quite com
mon. The difference in the present trot
ting records over records of years ago i
v due to several reasons. Race courses ar
better and more scientifically built tina
r they were years ago. Horses are bette
v bitted for races now and harnessed BET
ter than they were in years gone by.
might say everything used on the hors
t or track that would tend to make a hors
e trot faster has been improved, and, as
i result, you see faster time being made
f People have learned more about how t
breed a horse. The art will grow
), Chance for improvement will 90 on
When you breed a horse nowadays. yor
n can calculate on his speed by looking a
: the breeding of his sire and dam, just a
a life insurance company calculates tn