The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-07-31
Items for.horsemen.

| American arbitration.
Items for horsemen.
Under the heading, "The trotter profta-
ble,horse for the farmer to breed" A. Gardi-
ner, in the American Breeder, says:
81 hope no one will think, from the above
heading that am going to advocate the idea
| of farmer buying sulky and an outfit Of
| toe-weights, trotting-boots, ETC., and learn
the business of training and developing the
trotter. or even breeding the trotter with the
one idea Of speed alone in view, and with no
regard for size, substance and other qualif-
cations that go to make up generally useful
animal. All of these contrivances for de-
veloping speed are very usefnl in their place,
but their place is not with the farmer. So.
too, breeding to some undersized stallion,
whose whole stock in trade is that he repre-
sents in his breeding some single noted trot-
ter or producer OF trotter may ~ have its
place, but that is certainly not with the
farmer. Each year brings more proof that
the trotter Is fast being developed Into
more generally useful animal, and better
adapted to a greater number of purposes
than any other breed of horses that has ever
existed and as such is fast gaining in popu-
larity and advancing in price. The trotter
originated with the necessities of the people,
requiring horse that could travel and pull
some Kind of vehicle for long distance at
a rapid gait, and the tr0tting gait being bet
ter adapted to this purpose than any other
way of going, and at the same time furnish
ing means of sport both in trotting races
and road driving. have together combined to
develop the trotter to the present stand
ard. Never in the history of breeding any
kind of animals have actual tests of merit so
completely controlled every step that has
been taken. Every trotting bred horse that
is standard has attained the rank either by
actual performance or by being related
through both sire and dam to those that have
performed. The word breeding when ap-
piled to the standard bred trotters has more
practical meaning than when applied to any
other breed of animals.
| like the name trOtter 1t expresses the
way of going as distinguished from the thor
oughbred or running horse, and what have
written so far is to set people thinking to see
Il their prejudices have not got the better Of
the facts.
1t costs no more in feed and care to raise
a tr0tting bred colt to three years, worth
from $50 to $500, than it does to raise
steer worth from $50 to S60 to the same age.
But 1t must be remembered that not every
trotting bred colt will sell for more than the
steer. To get more than the price of COM
mon work horse breeder must in some way
become acquainted with what qualities the
public demand in trotting bred colt, 10
make it salable without the trouble and ex-
pense of developing, and then to know what
lines OF breeding produce these qualities
with the greatest uniformity.
believe great many farmers would find
it not only pleasant recreation, but q profit
able part of their business to devote little
of their spare time to informing themselves
on this subject, and each year to raise one or
more trotting-bred colts, where there is a
standardized stallion accessible.
The fact of a horse being standard and
registered is not of itself proof sufficient that
he possesses the qualities demanded by the
farmer; but it is proof that the breeding is as
represented, and If that breeding is in good
lines adds to the value of his produce, and is
a standing advertisement, circulating all
over the world, and assists very much in
making sales.
Every owner of such a horse should be
able to furnish enough facts relating to the
size, substance, speed, color, and general
characteristics Of his near ancestors, SO that
those who patronize him could do so intelli-
gently.
In no other branch of breeding has there
been kept SO perfect and complete history
OF each individual member of the breed as
with the trotters, and if an intelligent use is
made OF the recorded facts no other branch
OF breeding should produce more certain re-
suits.
The Bible says, Give me neither poverty
nor riches which take to mean that kind
Of blissful sort of existence that comes from
raising first class trotting- bred roadsters and
carriage horses that always sell for good
price, and hoping that some day one of them
will turn out world-beater. and sell for
NhOu5h w hohO q AOAAOW AiOAs
j. r. Toothaker of Rangely. still has his
Norman stallion. weight 400 pounds, q good
horse of that breed, and well patronized as
he deserves to be, both at Rangeley and Phil
lips. Mr.. L. keeps some twelve or fifteen
horses, mostly for business on the farm and
in the woods, but INDUCES in some driving
and trotting stock. He has an inbred Ham
bletonian brood mare, wagon record of 2.38
with colt by her side by Black Star, record
2.31. He has one by Larkin's Knox, with
colt by her side by Patchunteer: He has
one from his Knox mare by Lord Nelson. al
so two or three other young horses more or
less threatened with speed"
E. l.. Toothaker, in company with S. W.
Parlin, Esq, of the American Cultivator.
has the four years old stallion, Patchunteer,
by Volunteer Boy, dam by Godfrey Patchen
This Is finely proportioned, stylish, bay
horse. nearly or quite 1000 pounds, 10 hands,
bred by Mr.. VIM. III. Moody, Highland View
Farm, Claremont, N. H., combining some Of
the choicest tr0tting strains of both the Ham,
bletonian andClay families. Besides his work
horses, Mr.. L. has a brood mare by Lord
Nelson dam by Howe's Bismarck. and one
by the same horse from Messenger mare.
He also has a matched pair by Lord Nelson,
four years old, dark chestnut, good style and
action.
IL. a. omltn, also OF hangeIey, mas siA-
yearsold stallion by Lord Nelson, dam by
DolbieI's Ethan Allen, 2 very strong and
still a very neat. clean made horse, with good
trotting action, standing something better
than 10 hands, weight 1C30 pounds. He has
a brood mare, an extra rOader, by the Har-
low horse, he by Pages Hambletonian, dam
a Kentucky bred mare, with colt by her side,
by s. w. Parlin's Allectus, fine looking
colt.
A. I. Toothaker has a Knox brood mare,
weight 1150 pounds, remarkably good road
er and good for about three-minute gait,
with colt by her side by Allectus, large and
| handsome indeed to look at, very nearly per-
| feet in shape, style and action, and Mr.. w.
| Il. Hoar has a very handsome black horse,
| with two or more white feet, kind in every
| spot and place." good for three-minute
| clip. another very nice horse, sired by Lord
| Nelson. These horses are all owned in
| Rangeley.