The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1890-08-15

and they are clearer of defects than
any race of horses OH earth. The crest
aud withers are invariably good. The
head bony and well set on. Eve nccks
are rarcr in this family than in any
other. In classic times there were
families of athletes among the Greeks.
Galton has shown that the best wrcst-
lers and oarsncn belong to a small
number of families in which strength
and skill have become hereditary. The
most successful Of our trotting horses
arc derived from those families. or
these the descendants of messenger"
are most strongly marked in hcrcdi-
iary trotting qualities. Among run
ming horses Eclipse begat three hun
drcd and thirty-four and "IIerod" four
hundred and and nincty-scvcn winners.
The hereditary transmission of strong
Iy marked peculiarities in races is con-
spicuously shown in the Jews and in
the Gypsies, who intcrmarry each
only among their own race;hence their
distinguishing characteristics have re-
maincd the same for generations. So
certain breeds Of sheep ms the Spanish
Merinos, certain breeds of cattle as the
Devon, like certain breeds Of horses,
arc strongly characterized by their he
reditary traits and tendencies. Alb
normal pcculiarities of the body, day
blindness, total blindncss.p peculiar forms
of iniirmity and of diseases are well
known TO be hereditary in some hu-
man families; SO with the horse, so
with cattle. a tendency 10 consump-
tion and dyscntery in cattle is indicated
by certain well marked signs,the most
obvious of which are thin, long car
cass, narrow lOins aud chest. fiat ribs
and hollow appearance at the fanks,
extreme thinness Of the neck aud with
crs, hollow behind the ears and full
ness under the jaws, and small mar
row muzzle. All these are indications
of defective nutrition and defective
nutrition is the parent of disease.
The horse is bred chiefly for his mus
cular powers and endurance. TO this
is required to be added beauty of form,
and as supplementary to speed and ell
durance great lung power and consti-
tutiOnal vigor. Hence when sire
possesses these merits in an eminent
degree, he is eagerly sought far and
wide. breeders arc also beginning to
understand the value of kind and cart
fuI treatment, as well rs Of careful
training in their influence upon hcred-
itary traits, making them companion
servants, rather than machine slaves,
subjccting them to the rule of kind
ness rather than the law OF brute force.
I'm fact TO training rather than to
breaking. is due the docility of the ~
mcrican horse.
The cleveland Day." in IFS natural
and unmixed form, is tall, powerfully
built, bony animal, averaging fifteen
aud half to sixteen and half hands
they arc sound, hard, active, powerful
horses, with excellent capabilities for
draft and good endurance. They have
been held in the highest esteem, from
tho remotcst time to the present day,
for their many valuable qualities. 1t
is horse that is now bred to a degree
of perfection that leaves little to be
desired in all that goes to constitute
size, style and ability to perform any
labor that may be required; they are
good carriage horses, good and
stout wagon or plow horses, and they !
match together about as easily as
Devon cattle, combining as they do
plenty of staunch, thorough blood,with
excellent size and constitutional yigor.
They are remarkable for their pure
bay color, dashed only at the fetlocks
and forehead with white. From the
remotest times to the present day is
that of the far famed Cleveland Bays
For general use there is no better horse
on earth. Would that we had more
of them in this country.
FAULTS AND IMPERFEcTIONs.
There is so much to be guarded a.
gainst in selecting an animal of good
physical proportions for the labor in
tended; so many vices. the result of
bad breeding or of abuse of previous
owners, 81 much unsoundncss caused
by hereditary transmission bv over
work, hard driving or ncgIcct,so many
defects which dishonest intelligence
may cover up for the time being, that
the purchaser must be a keen observer
to be able to detect and guard against
them all. In fact no man can do 50
without trial of the horse.
WHAT CONSTITUTES A GOOD HORSE.
It's the ability to perform in the best
manner the peculiar labor for which
he IL infended that -onsfiftffcs a ooo1 |