Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-05-08
Are the Hambletonians Failures
In Maino2
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NAONAAaAftAI
We are aware ,hA, there are certain
strain. Of H.mblstonian blood tia, are
inferior 90 some Of the best strains Of
Morssn blood for producing speed. bu,
"M.arice" snd all Of bis ilk would do
veil to bear Ia miad ,h., /, !. no evidence
th., because Gideon. Beacon. L.do. aud
few more -ho stood In Maine previous
TO 1878. ~i,h very little patronage. fail.
ed TO ge, /. m.ny f.., performers .' Gen.
KnoI, Wlnihrop Morrill,, aud all OF their
descendants. the H.mble,onisn family q.
/. whole. even in Maine. according 20
number. and opportunity, are no, equal
to any other family TOT producing ,ro'.
tiers.
/, may be said by our opponents ,ha,
the number Of stations Of Hsmble,oni.n
de.cen, standing in Maine =, this time
equal OF Ou,number those Of Morgan de-
scent. which may BE- the case, ba, all
tho-. whose name. are found in the Maine
$50 liz, aud mo-, Of those mentioned by
"M.uriee' =, winning races At the State
Fair we're go, before 1880. and . grea,
part Of the $50 list before 1873.
We have collected q few statistic.
showing conelu.ivsly that previous 10
1850 the number Of H.mble,onian .isl.
lion. that had stood In Maine we're 80
few {. compared with the number Of
Morgan stallion. thA, were standing and
had stood in Maine that . comparison
between the two f.nilie. up TO ,ha, time
/, like testing the respective merit. OF
Hereford aud Jersey breeds Of cattle a.
butter producers by selecting 500 OF the
be., cows. feeding them high, aud then
comparing the hishes, butter records OF
the be., OF these cows with the records
from twelve or fifteen ordinary Jerseys
and on poor feed No doub, from among
all thes. Hereford' more COW. would be
found ,hs, would make twelve pounds OF
butter q week than could be found among
the it'll. herd Of Jerseys. And like our
Morgan friends, Hereford breeders would
seize on this fact to prove the superiority
OF the Hereford. as bu:,er.producers;
but-a. in the case Of Morgan, aud Ham
bletonian.-no fair. minded man OF com.
mon sense who like. 10 see fair play
would secep, any such proof.
We fnd by consulting Volume |. OF
Thompson. "No,ed Maine. Bred Horses
,h., up to 1879 there were standing aud
had .tood in Maine 27i stations Of Nor
gan descent. 1872 Of which were KnoIes.
while only s Of Hsmbletonisn descent
were standing or had stood up to thA,
time. We find also the names OF many
one and ,wo.year.Old col. among the
Morgan. that hive since stood for ser.
vice, bu, only very few Hambletonisn
colts. Upon consulting Volume III. OF
"No,ed Maine. Bred Horses" We fnd the
names Of Al Morgan stations no, found
in Volume |. aud those Of Hamb.eton.
ian stations no, found in Volume l.,
making SIS Of Morgan aud 10 OF Ham.
bletonian stations tina, have sired colts
in Maine up to 1880. Besides. We know
Of other Morgan stations ,ha, are no, re-
corded 10 the volumes referred to. bu, on.
ly one Hamble,onian. Robert Bonner. Jr..
aud we counted him Ia but We have SIS
Morgan stations at least, and they added
81 names to Names list. while the 10
Hambl.,onisns added 10 to the list.
much larger proportion than the Nor.
gsns.
And while several OF the principal
Morgan stations enjoyed very liberal
patronage. none OF the Hambletonisns
up to the time Constellation and Gen.
Withefs we're in service had hardly any
mares at all. Gideon was almos, entire
ly ignored, while Beacon died after get
ting eight or ten colts. Gen. Knox had
over 100 mares to his eoyer for several
yesr., and for the whole time he stood in
Maine he had ell he could do. Gen.
Knox was . wonderful horse aud great
sire, and no one more fully realizes the
great benefit he has been TO the horse
breeders Of Maine than does the writer
Of this article but at the same time We
will challenge any one TO give any facts
to show that he got any more trotter,
judged by the true test. in proportion to
the whole number Of colts sired by him
while in Maine. than did Gideon for the
same length Of time. Since 1880 Gid.
con has done considerable business and
his colts are young; bu. some Of them
are thought well enough Of to be entered
in the col,.stskss Of the New England
Breeders Association.
Since Constellation. Gen. wi,hen.
Daniel Boone. Prescott, Redwood. and
Others were brought into the State.
Hsmbletonian stations have gained
| .n n;dIv ;n nunheys and colfs sifed by