The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-11-30
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trodden before him andt the instinct Of slow
patient labor hns been intensified and in
herited. The Thoroughbred is feet Of foot
II has q capacity for speed and endurance
because the instinct and muscular develop.
ment has been handed down implanted ano
intensified by many generations developed
IN the same methods. The trotter receives
his instinct and capacity in the same man
ner. We see foals in which the t. citing in
stinct is 80 strong that the trot seems the
only natural gait when the babies get in 9
hurry.
We know that the instincts Of a thorough
bred do not teach him to stick to his pure
trotting gait when he ia hurried. The
natural impulse then is to run. When the
trotting instinct is strong enough in a
%trotter it knows no faster gait, especially if
developed, and if forced beyond the speed
call it a tangled or %stand-still break. Trot-
ters that are capable of running faster than
they can trot are rarely reliable when
pushed to the highest point of speed.
From the foregoing the reader may infer
that q mingling OF the blood OF the thor
for extreme speed at the trotting gait. be-
cause one has an instinct to run and this ia
fatal to the success Of the other. BY no
means. The thoroughbred is a pure-gaited
%trotter and rarely leaves that gate until
pushed beyond the capacity for speed at
That way Of going. EN- the ow-ler of a
thoroughbred horse that when turned into a
field to exercise delights i'll taking that ex-
erclse III y bold, pure-gaited trot, and he
rarely breaks from that gait into q gallop.
He is 4 horse Of almost perfect racing con-
formation. and / have bred hin to trotting
mares deficient in this conformation, but
strong in trotting action. / expect this
union will give produce that, if tllies. will
be ideal trotting broodmares.
1t has been demonstrated time and again
that the conformation, high courage and
muscular development to stand prolonged
exertion, all of which we find in tho highest
degree in the thoroughbred. can be infused
or, in fact, weakening tho propensity to
trot. When this happy combination is
reached We have indeed II thoroughbred
t~rotter, and always one that excels in ak
treme speed ana the ability to carry that
speed 4 great distance. In other words, We
have changed the way Of going at speed Of
the thoroughbred and have transformed the
thoroughbred race horse into the, thorough
bred %trotter. This is taking time by the
forelock. II has been frequently claimed
by no-thoroughbred- in-the-trotter thsorists
that We can breed q thoroughbred trotter to
equal in these essential points the thorough
bred rnce-horse. Igrant this; but why wait
when we can mike use OF the material that
Others before us have prepared. The. ttot
ter of the present day ia often Al unimal
whose pedigree runs into the woods before
many removes are reached. 10 perfect a
trotter as the thoroughbred
racahorse is perfected would require sew
eral coming generations to be added TO
we now have.
These accident ~trotters have been of in
injury to breeding interests. Did
you ever pause to consider, dear reader,
short the pedigrees are Of the majority
of orr trotting horses unless, indeed.
upon the thorough blood? While
| like tho ough blood | am not II believer IN
II to the extent that / would expect to reach /
The highest results in ~trotting from q half
half bred perfot mer. Gov. stamford
others have carried successful breeding
10 this extent, but | would never advise i
breeder to do SO ii he were looking for sute |
,faprinR. So far only one ttotter ont Of n
thoroughbred mare has shown ex-
RENE speed. Palo Alto, however, hay de-
that even lie he stands alone ia
,oint Of breeding he also Htanas at the very |
lead of the list. and n faster, gamer pcr- |
was never bred by any combination
" blood lines.
believe the direct union OF ~trotting and
borough blood forms too abrupt d uniting !
4 oppuaites to expect trotters in tho frat
GENERATION, except an occasional one. With
he thorough blood in lie second genera
ion, however, very satisfactory results have
zen reached.
Let ms for a moment look over the o:1g
Int and SEQ how many OF the performers
y strong infusion OF thorough blood.
hnnol, a,0834, by Electioneer, dam Wax
by Con. Benton, grandam Waxy by
arlington, Thoroughbred.
Maud ~, 2:0a5s4, by Harold, dam Miss
:ssssll. " Pilot w. Che wan cut of = thor \