St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-09-21
AMONG The HORSES.
Views of q Practical Turfman
and Breeder on Trot-
ting Horses.
Appearances Proven to Be
Wonderfully Deceptive as
Regards Racers.
Value Of Good Action in an
Animal Rattle-headed
Horse Handlers.
cost Pedigrees Earning
Power Of Trotters--
Equine Pointers.

4 conversation was held the other day
with Il gentleman who has proven him
lelf to be rarely good judge of trotting
colts. He has bought and developed a
number of good ones, and especially
one that has been a great sensation.
lie was asked how he selected his trot-
ting colts. He replied: That is hard
question to answer. While l am great
stickler for conformation, do not re-
gard that as any test of colts ability
to make q trOtter. / do not buy colts OF
bad conformation, because | can find
good prospective trotters that are
splendid individuals; but still L do
not Judge of their trotting ability
from conformation, nor is it even fac
tor in forming my Judgment Neither
do judge from gait do not even
care to see them moved for this pnr-
pose. Nevertheless. l like a good gait
as well as any one; but, in my opinion,
mere gait amounts to nothing when it
comes to a question of speed. Why, l
knew a horse that had the speed OF the
wind, and a great trotter, too, that had
about as bad a gait as any one ever saw.
A horse may have perfect cOnforma-
ton and an admirable gait, and yet be
a counterfeit. claim that the trOt is
in the head ANY horse that is not
cripple, and really wants to trOt, can
lrot in $50. That rate of speed really
requires no effort.
1t is as easy as walking to any horse
that wants to tTOt. The first qualllica-
ton in q trotting horse is the trotting
instinct. The stronger that is the more
certainly will the horse trot. AXtell.
Allerton, in fact every good trotter you
ever saw, trotS with his head. Another
thing that is essential is that mysterious
something known as nerve force. With
this wanting you cannot have good
trotter or good sire. Get all the gait
and all the conformation you will, with
put this quality you cannot have good
tr0tter. 1t is not necessary that horse
should be what is called a ''neryous"
horse in order to have plenty of nerve
force. What is usually called nervous
ness is really weakness of the nervous
system. A horse may be Emphatic i'll
Its temperament and yet have an i'm
menSe reserve Of nervous power. Ham,
bletonlan was a phlegmatic horse, and
so. apparently, is Red Wilkes, but the
produce OF the latter horse have all the
vim you want; yet, either Of these great
sireS was formed with the capacity for
immense effort when aroused.
The fire is all there, but is shoulder
Ing. Kindle it into life and [ will war
rant you that you will see a coDfagra-
ton. When | look at colt with view
to having him trained. am scarcely
conscious of my methods of determin-
ing whether he will answer the pur-
pose or not. l decide the question III
my mind just as 1 would decide upon
the fitness of particular individual to
make a good cashier OF bank or cap
tain of a steamboat. | do not pay spe-
cial attention to the color of the hair.
the size of the nose, or the width OF his
judgment of him. If one were 10 ask
me why selected one and rejected
another l could only say that ] felt i'm
pressed that one would do and the other
wound not y