Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-03-31
SILEABLE ROADsTERs.

MANY agriculturists in this Terri
tory have begun, during recent
years, to breed horses ON scientific
principles, aud with a view to pro-
ducing classes Of animals that would
fill certain demands OF the market.
Probably the animal which pays the
breeder best, all things considered,
is the proud, snowy, housekeeping
roadster. He must be a good goer,
though not necessarily a track horse.
or this class of animals, and the
way to breed them, a. +. Maxim
writ, s in the Horse and Sable as fol-
lows:
There is no class of horses, except
perhaps the fashionable bred colts,
ihat will sell so readily for cash as the
gen,leman's roadster, that is of good
size and finish, plenty Of knee action,
and speed enough TO trot in from
three and one-half to four minutes.
such horses viii not sell for as much
rs fast trolter that can go in 2:3o or
better, bat they will sell much quicker,
for the reason that men are not so
plenty that want to pay out $1,000
or more for trotter.
$50. for this reason the horse breders
who do not feel able to 90 to the ex-
pense OF breeding to the fastest and
best bred trotting stock and develop
ing the produce, spare no effort to dis
cover the best methods by which to !
produce the quick road horses with |
The greatest uniformity.
MANY advocate tina. the best way
IS to strive TO produce horses that
shall not only possess fine size, lofty 1
style and action, but extreme speed at |
the same time. This is not the wisest 1
course. FOR while would by no means 1
advise the breeders Of gentlemen's |
Toadsters and coaehers. to underyalue /
The importance Of speed or 10 go out
side Of our best troiting families TO 1
select their breeding stock, yet am 1
convinced that the method Of selection
and mating best calculated to produce
size, great style and high stepping
action, with the greatest uniformity,
would not DO the best method caIcu-
ia;ed to produce trotters Of extreme
speed and campaigning qualities. 1,
seldom happens tnat our greatest turf
celebrities are OF commanding style
and lofty action. Nor are such quail
ines st all compatible with extreme
speel or great staying qualities.
In view Of these facts how shall the
breeder who would fAin produce the
;howy road and park horse from trot-
ing bred stock. proceed so as to make
success Of il? In other words how
Will he produce horses that will ali be
Il good pronounced knee action and {
Now while believe that rs a gen.
raj rule the foal partskes Of the quail {
ties Of the sire and dam in nearly {
quail degrees. yet there is one thing /,
hat the thoughtful and observant
Iorsemen will agree on, and tina; is
hat The get OF big gated, high step
ing stations, nearly all have pretty
God action, and can go along some,
ven though none Of them may ever
rot in 20. They will also agree that
lrgs roomy mares are much more =
kelly TO produce good sized colts
ian are small mares ofcompact form. :
though the small mare Is fully as =
kelly to produce extreme speed, and v
erhaps more so, for a majority )
the great broodmsres Of the land 81
e mares Of moderate size. It is also :.
lown that majority of the greatest y
res Of extreme speed were not ex- !,
p,ionally big gait d horses, this
ing incompatible with extreme a.
eed. ci
II my conclusions are correct, then o.
Is Of the most utmost importance -
a, we should produce combined size IN
d trotting action; with the greatest IN
rtainty. should never fail TO obtain at
Cd sized mares to breed from, and 81
mate them with stations Of the most 81
ana lofty tro;ting action.
TO make specially Of breeding the tb'
al gentleman's driver may not re- Pr
Ire so great an outlay of capital as grl
specially OF breeding for extreme ris
ed, but iiceriainly requires full as tn
ieh or more care, skill and enter az
ser.