Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-05-14
MEXICO MELANGE.
Horse Talk From Mexico and
Audrain COunty-It Pays
to Breed to the Best.
From C0lman's Rural World.

cdio. AAcso ScAtlcMou aIo CoA
verts to the theory OF thoroughbred
blood as the foundation for the
successful trotter. The forme,
gentleman believes Sunol will beat
Maud five times this year. DR.,
J. H. Howard is looking for great
results from this line of breeding
Saddle horse men have secured
additional money for premiums al
the coming fair at Mexico. Sad.
die bred brood mares and filleys are
in equal demand with trotters, and
almost as much price is being paid
in this locality.
| Secretary Glandon reports the
final entries coming in by every
mail and every prospect for meet.
ing equal to last year,
C. S. Leef, of Onargo, Illinois,
who has a son of old Black Squir.
rel. was here in the interest of the
business men of his place who wish
to secure more saddle stock.
R. II. !Cauthorn, of Molino, is
about to move to Mexico with his
Black Squirrel, a half brother OF
the Parish horse, recently sold to
the Tennessee parties for 50, 600.
Prof. A. F. Fleet, of the Mis-
souri, Military Academy, has re-
Gently contracted for a .s25, 900 ad-
dition to the present buildings,
erected only, a year since.
The dailles, LEDGER and Intel
Hgsncer, are having very liberal
support, as evidenced by recent
real estate purchase by Col. White,
of the LEDGER, and the erection of
one of the dandiest residences in
the city by Cook, of the InteIligeas-
Ger. The grounds around this new
building are as attractive as the
building.
DR.. Turner was found very busy.
He 3howed your correspondent a
"cystic calculus, "stone in the blad-
der, weighing over four ounces,
which he had recently removed,
without breaking, from a very
valuable mare belonging to billiard
Brothers, Shamrock, Galloway coun-
| ty. The mare is now doing daily
] work.
We met several wool growers of
the county and found them happy
and light hearted. The cattle men
step lighter and scan the market
reports with eagerness.
We looked in on Robert Rysdyk
and his son, Stopper, and found
them in fine condition. That
Robert is likely to surprise some
people in the near future, may be
inferred from his breeding, now
that SO much reliance is placed up
on the part of the dam. His dam,
Queen Bee, had two colts in 1890
to make records of 2:2O IL and
2:23 IA, respectively An inspec-
tion of the Year Book shows only
two other brood mares in the Unit
ed States produced two colts last
year with records equal to this, ,and
only nine in the history of the
trotter. Artist, Jr., Col. j. A.
Potts saddle stallion, always at
tracts attention when out for his
daily exercise. As evidence of
the growth of Mexico, the brick
manufacturer, A. M. Harrison, has
contracts for one million bricks for
spring trade. The fire clay brick
makers are crowded with orders,
also.
The sale of Messrs. Clark &
Potts was the first of their series
of sales, in which the ANIMALS eata.
logued were restricted to saddlers,
drivers, coach and carriage horses.
The attendance was not as large as
at their Combination Sales, which
are often attended by many who
do not go to purchase. The per-
centage of buyers was, however,
large and were from a wide range
of country reaching from Little
Rock, Arkansas, to Minneapolis
and Chicago.
The best of feeling prevailed
and the prices were very satisfacto-
ry. Buyers from a distance ex-
pressed themselves in enthusias-
tic terms of the stock and horse
men of Mexico. Messrs. Clark g.
Potts by this sale have populariz-
ed the Missouri horse, as well as
their own success, as they have new.
er done before. The common YER
dict was-the better the horse, the
better the price.
| King and Jewell, pair of sorrel
lgeldings, Missouri bred, were be-
lieved to be good enough to &c
abroad and were bought by F. ]
Jolidan & Son, of Elvaston, Illi.
nois. These gentlemen are impor'
ters of French horses, yet they
thought these horses good enough
to 60 across the water.
| Missouri horsemen will see thai
they have the world for market
if they raise good horses, which
can only be done by breed ing tt
the best.
Senator Cockrell, Hon. ". FL
Kennan and r. M. White left OF
the G. & A. passenger Saturday
for Bowling Green, wher,