Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-10-04

suggesiions ns to the Lines along which
our Ilorse breeders ought TO WORK.


suggc-iions NJ to the Lines along which
our Horse breeders ought TO WORT.
Apropo, Of paragraph in another place
Oh the Walking Gait. we quote from am
article 10y b. H. Albee of pcrknsville ia
the Free Press The article is not quoted
with the intention Of contributing anything
to discrcdit the work of the horse breeler,
association which has, undoubtedly, done a
good service to the state in stimulating
increased attention To the breeding Of fine
horses, but for its suggestion of an inn
provement that might bee made in making
the association les, exclusively devoted To
the race course
The recent meeting at Rutland is said los
all to have been "A huge success The Wis
itors were numbered by thousands and the
show Of horses was superb So far rs this
goes it is credit to Vermont hut vet
some Of the credit is lost when we reflect
that but a part of the horses there shown
were Vermont bred, or will in any way in
iluence the horses Of this state.
There are few things our farmers must
keep well in mind one is the tendency to
work The breeding Of trotting stock has
been curse to the state ever since the
Black Hawks began to be famous \ few
have been successful and are held up a
shining examples of what breeding for
speed can accomplish in the way Of great
returns for "A small outlay As far as this
goes it is correct, but the papers are care
iul to keep the other side in shadow The
unsuccessful aspirants for such returns are
| forgotten, and must make good their losses
by their individual, unas sisted efforts
1t is a fact that where one succeeds in
breeding a fast horse dozen or a score
fail. Ii is true that we may feel cheap or
chagrined to sell a colt for fair price and
see the next owner make a small fortune
on him But did you not get "a good price
for him and is it safe 90 hold the animal
hoping for price which few ever bring
The young man struggling along under IA
heavy mortgage can answer this in only
one way. His aim ought to be to build up
a comfortable home for himself and family
and not have his money in fast horses.
Let capitalists breed the fast horses and
turn your attention to good solid stock that
if not a good driver will make a good work
er. Fast walkers for farm and road ser
vice are always in demand at remunerative
prices and if sufficient speed and style be
developed to make a gentleman driver You
gain SO much But trotting stock is abso-
lutely worthless for any other purpose, and
if it fails to be fast is practically dead
loss.
The question Of raising Norman horses in
this state is an open one They are too
ponderous and slow for our hill roads still
if they can be raised and shipped to the
cities for draymen's use, the business may
he profitable. 1t is not the ideal horse,
however, and will not long be popular a>
breeding stock
On the praries they are good for work
the roads being level, it Is easy for them t.
get around. They will have their day aud
be relegated to the past along with the 9th
er lmpracticahe animals now 50 plentlfuilv
scattered through our state
The ideal horse was the Morgan, and the
Morgan blood Is still regarded a. almost
perfect in larger portion of the states
The mistake has been in breeding for speed
and striving to eliminate the natural work
ing characteristics of the family. Some
are arsighted enough to see the mistake
now and are trying to bring the race back
to its former excellence But the horse,
must he imported from other state, to be
used to breed from We 10 not hay,
them here.
'',Nen a good mare man can make d
I"9I thlhg from ms horse raising II he can
sen MS 'o''s az '"Ite lIlInlhN 'I Tor f'' "l
ri.l, l. nm, w.. a,,,,.ia, ~ ,.',, i,,'.. :,
do i, to raise another and sell at the sam,
price Practically the cost is small up t.
that time, since the mare will pay her keep
!nE 10y WORK. Ihese fancy prices are at
-, ''i, 'e" a''i =. - u.iNone 20 ",'t'
got witbout ,reat risk and in tha. and ro,
will have more money, and pay off that
mortgage quicker than hy raising colts foi
| the race track.
making mistake IL Is paying It's Whoi'
attention 10 racers or fancy drivers. w hel