Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-11-20
OXFORD HORSE TALK
Communications for this department shonls
bs addressed to A. T. hAxIs. south Paris. Me

ISSUE euftrf. iut m~JHNf VI fH~e,
breeders. especially those whose stock i
from ordinary mares. not TO spend great
amour, Of time training them With the
expectation Of making tro,,ers Of them,
bu, to cell them young OF whenever .
good offer IL obtained. This advice. II
followed. would no doubt pa, many dol.
lars in the pockets Of . certain class Of
breeders. who are inclined to keep their
colts until they eat their heads of. think.
ing they will be fast Just because they
are open gated, when In reality their
speed inheritance !. 90 small as 10 make
the chances very .lim Of their ever train
ing on and showing much speed. We
think, however. tha, the majority OF the
breeders In Maine are not Of this class.
but are Of sufiieien, intelligence TO begin
TO understand something Of the laws
pertaining TO the breeding Of the roadster
and ,rot,ing horse. and are also getting
their eyes open as TO wha, qualities in =
horse are Of mo., value in the market.
We think that such breeders will find !,
for their besi interests 10 refrain from
blindly following any Of the rules or
formulas laid down for the use Of horse
breeders, but each should shape his course
according TO bis circumstances. tastes,
objects In life. SC. For ins,ance, . man
Who IL . true horemsn. aud Who under
stands the raising and handling Of colts.
will of course feel an ambition aud JUS,
pride In raising up TO maturity horse OF
superior meri, and now aud then bring.
Ing out . uo,ief ,ha, ~ill sell for good
sum. Such . man Of course would want
TO possess brood mares OF merit aud well
bred. and then use stallion. of merit and
the bss, Of breeding. II he lacked the
mean. to purchase brood mare such As
be desires q, the beginning. be would &c,
the best he could. and by breeding TO
highly bred stations would endeavor 10
raise . mare TO sui, him. II in such =
case be should produce fine hlly from
such union. and some one should oiief
him good price for IL, . would likely
be the case. he would be very foolish TO
.ell IL, thu. up.e,,ing all his plan. Of
breeding Just because certain wise men
Of bis neishborhood should tell him ,ha,
the be., way was always 10 sell when.
ever a good offer va. made. lie will
also be foolish II be listen. 10 that grea,
army Of erosksr. who tell him TO aim 10
raise good strong business horses, aud
no, TO try 10 produce ,ro,ting colts and
spend time to develop their speed. be-
cause 90 small . percentage Of the colts
heretofore raised Ia Maine have been
tro,,su. Ba, he will perhsp. inform
them that when IL is understood that 10
breed uo,,sr l, is necessary that the sire
snd dam should both be possessed Of ,ro,-
ting qualities. and then thA, the produce
should be brough, up well aud handled
well. IL is = wonder tha, there has been
90 large . percentage Of tro,isr s there
has, when 90 few Of the above condition.
have been complied with as In the pas, ;
but With the number Of fast aud we'll
bred stallion. and mares. with their de-
,eendsn,,. now found scattered through
the length and breadth Of the Pine Tree
State, IL Is comparatively an easy matter
for one TO breed col, With the necessary
qualifications II broush, up right; and =
man ha. no excuse for no, bringing up
well and handling them or ge,,ins them
handled.
On the other hand. there are many
farmers who. although not taking any
particular interest in fine horses OF un-
der,anding the principles necessary to
their breeding aud development, yet have
an idea that !, pays TO raise colts from
their old mare. 80 they breed her to
whatever stallion they can use the cheap
est, and trust to luck for the rest. mean.
while diseouring on the uncertainty OF
the horse business, and how seldom !, !.
tha, . man gets . trotter. This class OF
breeders will Of course prof, by following
al Ill Iii =, ,k.
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