Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-04-13
HOW TO BREED FOR a TROTTER.

Nearly every man owning brood mare
is now asking himself this question. says
Clifford in Clark's Horse Review. BY the
answer TO it may be determined the success
or failure of the enterprise. We suppose
the object is 10 breed a trotter. Do not
adopt the popular notion and try TO breed a
carriage horse if YOU do not succeed in get
ting trotter. The old notion TO so shoot
as TO hit lift is a bull. and miss If is IL COW,
has never been a very successful principle
10 follow. For that reason do not be gov
erned by the size of a stallion. II is not
the cart horses that trOt. II is those of
medium size that are most successful. The
small horse has done his work well on the
track Jay-Eye-See. 2:l0; Guy, >, 100. :
Goldsmith Maid. PA: Dexter 2:l1l4 {;
Jumps Poi, and many others who have
made worldwide regulations, including
George Wilkes, - and founder of Wilkes
family. were what would be called under
sized Breed to the stallion you think will.
coupled with your mare, produce the most
speed If he produces stock fifteen three,
or Whereabouts. all the better. but do not
reject him because his stock are not large.
and some other horse comes nearer your
ideal in size. We suppose YOU are well
acquainted with the pedigree of your mare,
and know the merits and dement's of her
ancestry. Study equally the qualities Of
the stallion YOU have under consideration,
and study also the records and see what
strain best combines with that of your
mare. If YOU ponder the records you will
find that the combination of blood OF
George Wilkes has done more TO place Nam
brico Patchen upon the pinnacle of fame
than any other one thing. and it is also
true that the best sons and daughters OF
George Wilkes come from the cross with
Mambrino Patchen blood
The same is true of other families. and
the Wilkes-Mem brine cross Is used only as
am illustration The first thing 20 look out
for is soundness Without il speed is of no
avail You must not confine yourself 10 an
investigation of the immediate stallion in
that respect You must 90 farther back
than that. for unsound animals may breed
sound i'm the first generation, and the of
spring Of the second son or daughter have
all the unsoundness and defects of the
grandparents or great grandparents. When
YOU find "A considerable proportion of colts
got by stallion showing curbs. spavins,
etc. shun him as you would the small pox.
He may be perfection himselfand your colt
may have all the dement's of the family. If
You get the true history Of the ancestry
YOU will find the source of the curbs, etc.
Having satisfied yourself Oh this point, the
next query will be as TO the speed and pow
er 10 transmit speed. This is best deter
mined by the records Of actual races. His
stock NAV have the speed without the
stamina 10 stay up TO speed for any dis
lance. or they may not have mental bal
ance so necessary 20 make them reliable
horses either for track or the road. Moth
ing can be more eXasperating than 10 have
the speed of the party. yet Of no avail. be
ft-ill II his tho
moment he is pressed By a rival. Another
thing 10 be looked at is the gait of the
progeny of the stallion under considera-
ton See that they trOt naturally. without
the mechanical aids so much employed 10
bring horses 10 their speed. Good and
fast horses may need the aid Of toe-weights
and other tackle, but they would be better
and faster if they We're not necessary, and
YOU can breed stock that will trot with
out such helps The Electioneers are a
family which do not require anything more
than weight enough on their feet 10 protect
their hoofs. and you can find other families
showing the same quality. They trot fast
and endure. because il is the natural thing
for them to do. You have now selected "a
stallion whose blood hicks with that OF the
family 10 which your mare belongs. You
have found by the records that his get
show speed and endurance, and have brains
enough to trot steadily in contention with
other horses. You have also found
that he is sound himself, and that his an
cestors are free from hereditary defects.
Yet there is another thing which Is OF the
utmost Importance, and that IS does the
family 10 which the stallion belongs breed
ON with regularity! In other words will
your colt. when he or she comes to produce,
transmit to his or her offspring the quail
tiles bred for. To determine this consult