The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-05-02
Trotting Blood for Coach Horses.

Trotting Blood for Coach Horses.
Some Of our breeders are aware that the nm
est coach horses In Europe were imported from
the United States and are OF trottlng lineage.
some Of our breeders have profited by the hint
conveyed In the Information that the King o.
Italy rides behind American bred coachers.
Some OF them have learned TO value the mater :.
ial right at hand when they read OF the fabulous
prices paid by the French, the Germans, the
Austrians and the South Americans for trotiing
teams and trotting- bred coach teams. Others.
however, are attempting 30 further mongreline
the material we have by introdnctions OF infer
Tor foreign material. The English and the
French have recently begun TO build up coach
Ing families out OF running and draft blood. We
have the same running blood here In abund-
ance, and could make equally as good mix
turc save ths glamour OF q foreign name. II It
was desirable. But Is it desi able? IL coach
CIR better with an infusion OF trotting or OF run
ming blood. Which Is the natural harness
horse OF the two: Which inhcrits gait, disposi-
ton. TEN, ,erament, conformation and style
adapt ed to collar and wheels. Which one OF
them inherfts characteristics more IL keeping
with saddle and spur-a disposition under ex-
element to run at top speed instead OF trottIng
or minding the word Of command? Can any
reasonable or sane man question for moment
the superiority OF tfotting TO running blood In q
coach horse: Concerning the other element In
the recently manufactured foreign coach fami-
lies-draft biood-is II desirable for any other
purpose than to secure Sufficient sizee Certainly
q draft horse has not the action or moveme n
that high-priced coachers must have. Then II
size il the only element required from the
draft horse, and hts other characteristics are
detrimental to the ideal coach or carriage horse
why should his blood be used II II can BE- dis
penscd with? Can 1t be dispensed with. For
an answer let every horseinan cast about In his
mind for trotting bred stations and mares
large enough and suitable otherwise to breed
cOachers. More OF them would be found among
the Mambrfno family, no doubt, than any other.
Among stations such animals as MasteriOde,
Empire, George Spraguc, Monitor Prince, Ham,
dallah, Archy Mambrino, Black Flying Cloud
and Rhode Island occur TO me at once as stall.
ions OF is hands and upwards. weighing from
$50 TO 400 lbs. Bred accidentally and without
design for size. these stations and others have
produced the finest coachers on the globe They
are harness horses by Inheritance from sway
back" No running foolishness, no draft clum-
siness or sluggishness mar their perfection as
harness horses Fame, fortune and honor await
the breeder who will use the superior elements
50 close at hand In bringing into prominence
the king or all coachers. lie Is here among US,
yet with strange faulty we run after strange
gods.
A marked instance has come under my immc-
diate observance recently, miller In q neigh
boring town bred bay mare Ct trotting blood
to bay Hamblef oman stallion. Both mare
and stallion are OF good size and come from
large families. The result OF the union was a
bay colt, now three years old. with magnificent
feet and legs, short back; long hip, good head
| and neck, large hazel eyes. fine disposition, q
rapid walker and natural speed at the trOt.
Now as to size. he Is 16a hands and weighs 1901
lbs. In road condition. lie has never been
loaded with fat. He IL natural harness horse,
and can be hooked up and driven BY children,
though not sluggish or lacking III resolution, a
| free driver, but willing to mind, as might be
expected when II Is considered that his ancest-
| Ors for generations on both sides have been
noted for Just these characteristics. Not want
ing stallion the miller offered his colt fOt sale
| A miller IN town fifteen miles away, not much
familiar with horses, conceived the notion that
he wanted coach stallion for his boys to start
breeding establishment with lie did not buy
his neighbours colt, but PAID exactly Tour times
the price asked for colt OF the same age bred
over the ocean. As this il not an attack on any
breed, will simply say that in blood he comes
Inf ha rrnOSf n IN n a
family Of coachers out OF running and draft
blood. or course, At four times the price the
,orelgner should be better than the native indi-
vidually. Now let us compare their points and
see. Tley are alike In age; the foreigner q
light bay, the native brilliant cherry bay. The
foreigner, carrying the most flesh, weighs 1874
lbs; the native 100 lbs. The native has tn.
best formed feet and legs aid the heaviest
bone. The foreigner is advertised as IL hands
and world-renowned; q bonanza TO breeders, az
This talk may b. the inexperience OF hts own
ers; II really eighteen hands high and only l23l
lbs. in weight he Is as badly out OF proportion
as well could be. Ills owners insirt that he |:
strong IL hands under the standard. While hi
does look as thin as board he does not, TO the
casual observer. appear so enormously higl
and thin as the figures given would indicate
But his length OF back, siackness OF lsin' defic
iency In muscle, and lathy appearance are al
evident ~ glance, and make q man sorry thai
50 much good Yankee money should be wasted
| On what will be q curse instead OF '.Donanza'
| to breeders. The native has a big arm ant
very marked muscular development all over
The foreigner does not act as II he had eyel
been In harness, is exercised 10 saddle-a. symp
Il ~, xfrx. nh
| ton succumb 10 the native in 4 walking match
trotting match or pulling match. AS geld.
ing the native would outsell the foreigner any
where. TO he worth four times as much as til.
native the foreigner should breed fou times a.
well as the native. Their progeny will resemble
some OF their ancestors. The foreigners ances
| to-s very recently were the light, hot-hcadel
| runners and the heavy draft mares The ma
tives ancestors for generations beyond when
| the foreign idea was evolved have been large
handsome road horses. fit for any purpose III
American needs horse for. MTG.
The above article written for the Breeders
Gazette. was at once copied by stock publlca.
tons fur and wide. In addition, deluge ol
letters poured In upon me, asking Tor the name
and address Of the miller owning the trotling.
y
saS, gave me CARTE BLANCHE TO buy the horse
for him. Mr.. Jen Gri.gsby, OF BlandInsyilie,
Iii did not trust 10 the mails, but came tO
Preston Stock Farm III person, saw Trample,
the sire OF the miller's trotting bred coacher
pronounced him one Of the handscmest norses
he ever saw, and started over to Chatfield &c
buy his son. lie promptly paid the $500 ASKED
for The colt and shipped him home. Shortly al.
ter MI. Griggsbys departure, Mr.. X. r. Buier
| OF Carthage, Mo-, came for tho colt and was OF
course greatly disappointed 10 lind that lie lat
beeu sold. Now, the Lesson Of this is that !;
hundred such colts could be sold from Fillmore
county, II we had them. Of course, eveiy
breeder has not such mare as MIR. Cusson.
kat0, by Rob Roy, but there are many or Ac
type IN the county, nearly as good, bu. the,
have not been coupled with the right kind O
stations 10 produce three ,year-olis tina; buy err
race after TO secure at $500. Some trottin.
stations possess the Size TO produce coacher,