Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-10-02
OXFORD HORSE TALK.
Communication. for ihi. department -hoald
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fern, seciion. NJ ,hA State dlrins the
autumn If d ~. opportunity fof al
in,erste In bre'ding ,hs sessf.l diBsr.
en-, species of domes,ic.,sd animals 20
see and examine the classes in -hieh
they are mo.i interested, compare the
merits Of the respective breeds and f.mI.
lies, and decide fo' ihsn.elV's which one
IL bes, suited 20 their individual wants.
And In no class Of animal. Is there more
competition. OF more pains ,sk'n by their
owners 10 sho~ of their bs.s pJiA,s, th.a
!. taken by breeders Of road and ,ro,,ing
horses
Bat those Who attend . large fair for
the purpose Of getting posted on the ~.
.peetive merit. Of diasren, fsmilie. Of
horses, should first Of al, II they really
wish to learn anything. rid them'el'e. Of
all prejudice In regard TO certain horses
aud families. aud then pay no attention
to what !. ,.h by Others rel.'ivs to the
merit. or dement's of any anim.i-. Fur
thsrmore. they shoali be sure not TO for
1et tha, the value Of horse or family
Of horses |. no, determined by the po'.
session Of any one valuable qu,li,y which
one happen. to fancy. or by the absence
Of one quality. ba' by the greatest aver
age Of good qualities. For instance.
,htrc are some men Who sc no good Ia
q horse unle.. he 10 up to q certain 'iis.
no matter how we'll bred. fast or hand.
some he is. II they would throw aside
prejudice they would perhaps sc the lack
Of sire made up by 'oms other good
qualities. Many very high priced horses
have been under sized.
Again. others are admirers OF moder'
.ie-.izsd. ne-grsined horses, and when
they see = horse 10 hand, high and
-eishing 1900 pounds, they denoanee
him as severely {. the admirer Of large
horse. did the Little ones. Ba, le, such
eoa.ider = moment. for some OF the mos,
f.moa. ,ir,.. such /. Na,-oDd. Red
Wilkes. etc and some f.s, trO,ier'. we're
very large horses A horse may be un-
deriEed OF over..iIed. and still be worth
lots of money
Still there are Others whose hobby is
the standard; ; they ~ill h,v, nothing 10
10 With non..tandsrd animals. II such
~ill ,asc, I. momsn, aud look up the
pedigree Of the world. creates, perform.
er.. they -ill learn ,h., the larger pot
ton Of them were from slr,s or dams
that were no, standard until made 80 by
their ON offspring A horse msy be
remarkably well bred IN speed llnes. yet
fail OF being standard bred.
There are other men who. owning some
horse whose line. Of speed are fe- and
f.r between. try TO ridlcale pedigree. and
talk q. though the breeders who in'i,, on
highly bred houe stock At fancy prices.
~ere running too much TO pedigree. Such
men only .ir their Own Ignorance OF
breeding ,ro,,er. for ell well.iniormsd
horemen have learned by this time iha,
the pedigree Of horse is merely TO show
the actual speed capacity OF the family
from which he sprang. and that the ,rot.
ting statistic, show ,h., the creates, speed
producer, are =. rule from the creates,
speed producing families.
Still there are more horemon who
speak .lish,insly Of horse OF col, that
/. no, bull, jus, {. they like to see them.
They forge, ,h., Harold. sire Of Maud
= A.. Geo. Wilkes. Dictator. and many
other famou. horses. we're not perfect IN
form nor limb. We have a hor'e in
mind. owned no, far away, ,hs, !. vel.
bred. fas.lo1kins. god gated and
speedy. whose colts bid fair to be Of good
sire. stylish and speedy, bu, Who himself
/. not 90 lsrge.limbed :. SOM like; still
hi. limbs ate Of good shape snd extra
quality. and show no signs Of giving out.
Ba, We have heard many dsnounee him
solely on that account. and many prefer
TO breed 10 horse. that would not aver
age nearly a. veil. taking everything into
consideration. just because they don't like
hi. limbs. Strange What idea. folks
have .bou, bone in horses leg. II
they would observe without prejudice.
they would see ,hs, mueh more depends
upon the shape and texture OF the bone
than upon the .ir, Of il. We know an.
other stallion Of hne size. srea, speed and
royal breeding. that on . certain occasion
va, seen TO hitch OF bounce q little be-
hind ~hen .peeded. although this Was
NJ, hi. regular habit. Ga this account,
We lave heard some say, "i won't use
ths, horse. be don't 10 fiat" How
ridiculous. How Is anything Ike that.
caused by some wrong handling. going
to have any inaienes on the horses get
Every horse. like every man, has sons
weak pOil,.. and rivals always seize
upon these a. subject to harp about,
sni overlook . multitude Of coed poin''.
Again. many are influenced in their judg-
msnt Of hor.s. by the feelings which
they have toward their owners, some-
thing we eaa hardly help, but We oash,
to struggle as.in., Il, for !, i' absurd to
blame horse for hi, masters fault. let
them stand OF fall on their osn merits.
In judging young stock. people are apt
To place the highes, value on those sni.
nal. lh., ate the largest. sleeks't and
bee, conditioned. This also !. vanity,
for although We believe in good care md
liberal FEEDING. .rill Ne would rather o an
a highly y-br,d. hasly gated colt. that !.
thin .nd small, than . Pudgy gated
dinshill ,hs, Is as big. f., aud smooth
&. . Hereford or. Don't rsi.e homes
Zoe beef. A. +. VI