Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-11-12
THE HACKNEY HORSE.
NV. John A. Logan Has Something to
Say About This Breed Which Should Be
Read By Vermont breeders.

Mr.. John A. Logan writes as follows in
the Horsemau in reply to an attack upon the
merits of the Hackney breed of horses The
author Of the attack showed his ignorance
of the facts all through his article. He de-
clares, for instance, that there really is no
such breed as the Hackney. To this Mr..
Logan replies
This assertion displays an enormous
amount OF information, for with very little
trouble and research he could have found
that they are one OF the oldest breed of
horses known. The original appellation for
the active riding horses in England was nag,
derived from the AngoSaxon hnegan to
neigh. When the Normans invaded Eng
land under William the Conquerer, they
substituted their own word haquene, or
hacqnenee This word had become Angli-
cized into hakeneye as carly as 1903 Chau-
GER who lived time in Norfolk, spells the
word in two WAYS: 'hakeney' and ''hack-
ney." The Hackney was then well known
as the Norfolk trotter, by which name in
| later years he was known almost entirely.
At tho beginning of this century he com
menced to be called roadster, " and is to
this day in many localities. In Lawrence's
"Philosophical and Practical Treatise on
Horses" published in 1896, he uses the novel
word roadster, synonymous with hackney.
The Hackney has been bred for genera
| ton after generation by the farmers In Nor
folk and Yorkshire l came across several
instances where tn. blood OF a particular
family had been on the same farm for over
| 100 years. There is p record of the foaiug
OF "Scot Shaies" e3- 10y od Sdales 500 in
| 1902; old Shades hiinsef was foaled in
| 1903, showing Inat even the breed was
thought sufficient Of to attempt to keep a
|
this, Lawrence speaks in his troatise pub
l.5hed in 1885: "No importation of saddle
horses has ever taken pjaco within tho pres
ent century Tho original breed Of English
horse, has long since Jcen entirely oxtn-
gulshed by that general Improvement which
has perveled every quarter of the country,
| y curious observer may, nevertheless, form
! g very good estimate OF its figure and
merits by examining our com.non road
| hooks, which show ut,e or no mix lure OF
! foreign blood VOL l, page 92.I). II must
! be remeo berel up until the present century
| the hackueJ was used Us saddle horse Oh
great endurance aud weight carry ing abii-
! i,y. In the Cambridge journal OF July 4
| good date, fi13. Is offered for sale OF
| Hoibeach q che.tuut stallion. got by "Mr.
! Garthsles famous Fctrnousht.n Fear
nouaht was evidently 4 popular sire OF that
day, as wallet fam Is Golden Farmer, "
noted troltins sire was advertised a. Il
son ~ Feeruought 80 the antiquity OF the
Hackney IS proved beyond question.
lie Hackney, never having any other
gait than the t!,t Tor centuries, he produced
nothing but alira. Jhst wuod go at the
trotting quit, aud trcn his loins sprang he
American trotter. ! grant we have inn
proved upon he foundation stoc!, N one re-
1 i,,t 1f, l.. l,,,t
we have foolisbiy sacrificed everything else
to this end. This gentleman, who takes it
as his duty 90 damn breed he is SO vel T. st
ell in. and TO warn the farmer ard trcc Ter
| against ueng tiie'", advising nam to suck
! to the "troticr,' might not believe TINT
self same trotter owes his very existence to
the despised Huckuev. So / thke the liber-
~ OF quoting further from Mr. Henry +.
Euren's notes Ito whom | am indebted for
my reference: 'ln his history, Lawrence
says: Samp on was Il black horse, was tho
strongest horse That ever raced before or
since his time, and entitled to pre-eminence
il viewed as e Hackney or hunter.n Nam
brine was n grandson Of Sampson and sire
Of Messenger, imported into the United
States in the yeur 1883.
The Morgan blood is almost pure Hack
ney, other famous strains show more than
half Hackney, yet this Intelligent author OF
the attack upon Hackney tells up that there
is NJ Hackney breed.
I'm breeding and crossing for sneed in The
American ,rotte?, we have eliminated al.
mos. every good qualification. Symmetry
how few trottsrs AavI thai. If they have
sufficient bone they aro coarse in the head,
have cloddy shoulders. sloying rump, flat
and hollow quarters, and the tail is Chung
on below where it should be. hey have
prominent hips, long thin stiles, and many
of them coarse hooks. They move with G
long, sweeping stride, place their hind feet
on the forward reach, TO one side and be
You'd their lore ieet generally sea p, over
reach, OF brush their anHleS. There is Nc
beauty, no symmetry, an no action. VIA,
kind OF coach horses would Nelson breed
What did tiectloneer OF Red Wilkes ever
produce that iooted like coach hotse
His shoulders you viii find light, and bon.
small and round, his feet small and usual,
bad heals. How often is lie e,gv and silt
ed looking, with narrow hind quarters
How ofie is he cow-hocied sptvIued o,
curUed? How many trottcrs are rattle
headed? What kind of coach horses would
Axtel or Guy Of an entire horso produces
Take even your trotting mares what coulc
you get Tor a colt, as coach horse, out OF
MAUI ouuOI OF lSulAOl HOW many
trottlng horses, when placed in front o
landau or broughnm, look in place? hav,
, yet to see the first one. Pairs bred in Ken
lucky which bring the best prices are no
, standard trotting bred, but invariably
have thoroug hired blood on ono side or thu
other to fine them down and give them life
but even they rarely make perfect carriag
/ teams.
Further in recalling all Of the coacl
, classes | Lave evey judged seen judged,
do not recollsct a single premium going to
trotting bred horse in compe ltion with tn
coach breeds. Why Because he is no
suited for that purpose, and, furthermore
there is one great barrier in the way OF th
trotting sire as coach sire-he does no
reproduce uniform type. Did you eve
see n trotting tyne! Can you draw m
one? Can you produce a horse and say
this is the true trotting type, "trotters vii
produce this" get this type and you vii
have trotter ~ No, sir if he has ha
any experience with trotters aud is al
honest fair minded man, he will acknow
ledge that trotiers trot in all shapes, siz
and kinds. lie is honest enough to acknow
a l.1n Ia.