Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1891-05-06
The Tap OF the Bell.

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if our "gait" shows faulty in this our
| preliminary ''warm up" be indulgent,
as this is our first public appearance
| and our faction" may be nervously
cratic. We want to be "stayer'
and Improve with age We are now
"going without boots or Weights" our
'sway of going" is inherent. Our four
fathers assisted in laying the corner
stone of the breed of trotters and
roadsters of America, and now we
have been asked and gladly accept the
editorship of this column, and there
by trust we will keep on promoting
the breeding of horses, particularly
trotters and road horses in Stevens
county. In selecting a nom de plume
over which to write we choose Clip"
for several reasons the clip that
tells" and in our case we think it will
be strikingly appropriate, as we expect
to most vigorously clip articles OF
interest from the best horse journals
of the day and reproduce them here
for your benefit. We will endeavor
to furnish accurate and full local
horse rotes. The methods we recon-
mend we will not claim originality for,
but the practical demonstration OF
successful horse breeders and trainers
of the United States, which will assist
you in intelligently handling your
horses,
It's not alone because we love
horse and think it a ching of beauty"
that we create this "Horse Talk" It's
also for the reason we like our home
and we know that by following out
an intelligent course Of breeding
Stevens county will be benefited in a
pecuniary way thousands of dol
lars. We have but to point to Roch-
ester Of. this state to show the results
of men trying to breed the best; it
has established that city as the horse
mart of Minnesota. For several years
week has not passed but what one
of the get of "star of the West" Allie
Gaines" or 'sHamdallah," does not sell
for an average price Of $500.
We now proclaim ourselves the
friend of standard stations, com
bined with individuality, and the enc
my of non-standard and plug studs.
Blood tells. You have but to review
the horse sales to see it pays to breed
to the best. Do you call it economy
to sbreed to plug stallion for a $40
fee, and you get a colt that will only
sell for 500, when if you breed to a
standard stallion for a fee of $50 or
$3.50 you get a colt you can sell for
$500 to $1,000 or even more? You
say who here will pay $1,000 for
colt? True, but breed to the best
and you will find there are plenty OF
buyers with money from the cities to
purchase your colt. We can here
state that within the last ten days
resident of our town has received an
offer of $500 for his colt, another $500,
another $3.50, and again $3.50 for an
aged mare. Breeding is what did it,
and if better breeding had been coup
led with individuality the figures
would have been doubled.
IF in our zeal to show you that you
can afford to breed to the best, we
should "touch up" some of the local
owners Of scrub studs, we are not
trying to "foul' them, but we now
declare to serve the breeding interest
of our county we will try and "crowd
them off the track" and if such own
ers think best to come back at us, we
give them notice we are an autocrat
in this column, we will pay no atten-
ton to what they address, for we
have not the time. Our bread-win-
ming is done in another walk in life"
and we can only take short spins
in this direction.
II "Horse Talk" is meager in some
issues, we crave your indulgence;
know that other work Gays us over
heat and FIVE could our wish would
be ito win in straight heats"
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Below we give partial list of trot-
ting bred horses owned in Morris, with
names of owners:
Chas Youngquist- $. g. 3years old;
sire, Colonna.
AL. DeKay b. f., 4 years old; sire,
Chief.
Chas. Wintermute- bl. M, 4 years;
sire, Hambletonian Chief; b. g., 3yrs;
sire, Hambletonian Chief; s. f., 3 yrs;
sire, Colonna; bl, f., 2 years old; sire,
Knight Hawk.
E. A. Hancock b. G., 3 years, pa
,er, sire, Colonna; b. h., / year; sire,
superb
T. J. Moore spotted m, years;
ire, Guido; spotted h., year; sire,
Knight Hawk.
G, p. Camp M, 8 years; sire, ]
Archer's Ainseat.
J. BerlSin-c f., z years. sire, Colon
la. =
ii. McCanney or. f., years; sire, j
ensign.
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