Arizona republican., 1891-07-15
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THE THOROUGHBRED HORSE,
Some Pertinent Facts and Suggestions [


 to His Qualities.
 N. W. Motheral of Hanford, Cal, in the Tulare Register, says of the thor ougbred horse:.
 He was probably first bred in Eng land for the turf, but the traits which crowned him there soon made him pop ular everywhere. He was soon found at the front in the chase, in the stage coach, in the gentleman's carriage and even in the blow. The first importation of thoroughhreds to America was In l725 and l730. At various times inn portations have been made which formed the basis of the thoroughbreds of Amer lea. Recent Arabian importations have been made, but are not considered de- sirable. To maintain and improve the good qualities of the thoroughbred is problem which has been before the breeders for over 200 years. The law of like begetting like, and the race track have done the work. A horse that ran fast and carried heavy weight, coupled to a mare that could do the same thing, would likely produce a foal with the good qualities of its dam and sire. After years of such trial and breeding the type of the thoroughbred has been fixed as no other breed, for no other has had such long and severe test, or has been bred with such care.
 Horse-racing has been licensed in England and America because it was thought necessary to develop the horse. It has certainly done this, whatever it may have done for certain class of men who follow the turf for gambling be done and the horse developed without any of the evil influences which attend it at the ordinary track. It is as much our duty to make the most of this gift of God, the horse, as any other. He gave us the horse just as he gives us other things, not in the highest condi- tion, but in state which needed devel- opment It is as much our duty to do this as to build railroads or other na- tional improvements. This is fast age, and the demands upon us are such that we cannot drive slow horse. A business mans time is too precious to lose an hour each day by driving slow team. We are paying too much to the man who drives our blow to tolerate slow team. The sun is too hot in the harvest field for the heavy horse with his thick skin and poor lungs. The machinery must stop for hours each hot day or you lose such a horse. The stopping of ma ;, ha Ea11 heavy loss. We need horse for all purposes, with the traits of the thor oughbred. but little more weight than many of them possess. When four-mile races were in fashion our horses had to carry heavy weights, and nothing but strong horses could succeed. If our horses had to carry heavy weights as they do in Australia, and run long dis tances, as was once popular in America, it would greatly improve the thorough bred. It should be remembered that horse racing is licensed only to improve the horse, not for gambling purposes. A four-mile horse with ability to carry weight would have to be large, and he would be the best all-purpose horse in the world.
 It has been found that weight on the back of a horse, a long track before him and a spur in the side to urge him to his best is the most successful way to test a horse in all those essential points which make a good animal. His skin, his lungs, his bones, his muscle and his nervous system all go to make bis strength, action, speed ana staying qual- ities. None of these can be seen by the eye with certainty. The bones may be well shaped but porous, and have but little substance. The muscles may be we'll developed, but, like a loosely twisted string, have no strength. The skin may be sleek and velvety, but without the power to throw off heat The lung or chest capacity may be good, and the horse have no wind, because the texture of the lungs is not elastic and tough. Last, but not least, his brain and nerv. ous system may be so sluggish that the horse has no power to move quickly, and has no courage.
 It will readily be seen that tests of all these things are necessary to the produc- tion of frst-class breed of horses, and the tests should be made for years and the breeding done with these facts in view. It will readily be seen also that the thoroughbred is the only horse we now have whose breeding and test have been sufficient to justify any great ex. pectation. The trotting horse is a coming horse, but his pedigree Is too short-there are too many blanks.
 The heavy horse for farm work, even in this climate, does not stand the heat, and is too slow. Near the sea shore, and for short time-for his life is short he may do heavy work; but in my opinion, after trial of over forty years in warm climate, the thoroughbred, crossed with good sized common horse, makes the best all-purpose animal.
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