The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-06-01
How TO Breed---NO. 2.


thoroughbred runner, English hunter and
coach horse, have been the pride OF the
English people. The French have not been
slow to follow the lead of England in striv-
ing to breed the best. For eighteen years
the government Of France has been estab-
fishing stations and providing the best of
large sized, fnely-formed stations mot un-
like the English coacher) for public use at
small fee. All animals are registered, and
selected not for their individual quality
alone, but for their long line of ancestry
pure blooded for many generations.
The private enterprise in England and
the government interest OF France, are not
unlike in method or results They intend to
preserve, in all its purity, the lines of every
distinct breed, and by breeding only from
the best they secure individual merit aud
constant Improvement. In no other way
can progress be made. Were they continu-
ally crossing the coach horse with the hum
ter, and both with the thoroughbred racer,
they would have nothing left in its purity.
Their race of thoroughbreds would soon be
extinct, and they would have no stock from
which to select for breeding purposes with
any assurance that the produce would be
like either sire or dam.
They would then be in a condition similar
to that of the average breeder of the general
purpose horse in this country. Thanks TO a
few men of olden time, who had faith in the
law of heredity, America does not lack for
thoroughbred running stock the equal of
Englands or any other country's. Blood
of pure strains strictly thoroughbred, from
old English stock, flows in the veins of the
American running horse of the present dav.
Salvador " q: 351 for single mile) holds
the worlds record. Lexington" sire of
his dam, holds the worlds four-niile record
a. 1879. These and many other thorough
breds have an ancestry traceable in the
American and English stud-books for
nearly two hundred years. This gives in
orr qa1 IN N for hra In,
poses, and insures quality and ability to
perform in the produce. This fact was
well understood when the thoroughbred
stallion "St. Blaise " brought 100000 at
auction. Breeders who now patronize him,
at fee of $1,000, realize that Like pro
duces like or the likeness of some ances-
| tor" and, knowing him as a great horse
with long line of ancestry equally great
they are willing to pay for the produce OF
that kind. This degree of excellence would
never have been reached but for the Eng
| lish method Of registering the names and
pedigrees of all thoroughbreds, keeping a
true record of their performances, and
| breeding only from the best. The Ameri.
can Trotting Register is now doing for the
gentlemans road horse and the trotters OF
America what the stud-book has done fol
the thoroughbred racer of the world.
The American Trotting Register had its
origin and inception in the brain of John
| II. Wallace of New York. His mastery
management made it the acknowledged
authority of the world, which gave it such
value that the breeders of the United
| States, in 1884, organized Joint stock com
| pany, and paid Mr.. Wallace $4,000 for the
register, including the publishing depart.
ment from which comes the Year Book and
Walidce'S Monthly. Mr.. Wallace, by his
persistent effort, brought order from chaos
separated worth and merit from unclassi
fed rubbish, and placed the breeding of the
| american liUht-harnpSS hOrgp on qta Al A
basis, regulated by performance on the
track and merit in the stud.
Abdallah l." son of "Mambrino" sire
of Ham bletonian TO-" was the first horse
registered. From this single entry the
register has grown to colossal proportions
The volumes have been published, eacl
containing the additions for the preceding
year. They all together contain the name
number and pedigree of every standard
stallion; the name and pedigree of every
standard mare; the name and residence o.
| the breeder of every standard animal anC
the year the animal was foaled. Each veal
a year book is published, containing the
name, pedigree, year foaled, and the name
and residence Of the breeder, of every ami
NAL in the world that has trotted in 23C
and better. 1t also contains the name O
every stallion sire of one or more 2:3O per
formers, his pedigree, the name and record,
OF his performers, and his producing son.
| and daughters, the name and pedigree o
every mare the producer of two or more 2 81
performers, and the name and record of he
produce, including her producing sons anC
daughters.
By carefully studying the register anC
year book, one obtains knowledge of tn,
| breeding and performance of any or al
standard animals, and can estimate thei
worth and breeding qualities according t,
their merits as breeders and performers
| Therefore the register and year book are o
I-a1 IN ia MI Of 81,
whole country. Together they contain tn,
name of every 2;30 performer and the pedi
gree of the same, and of their ancestry a.
far back as it can be positively proved
They show that certain well known families
| of horses excel all others in certain quail
ties demanded by the market at the presen
day.
The best individuals from these familie.
command fabulous prices for gentlemen,
roadsters and also for breeding purposes
Since the beginning of the year 1870 one hun
bred twenty-six horses have been sold, tina
were raised in the United States, for tn,
sum of 1892, $50, the average price being
$50, 1886 each. All of the one hundred
twenty-six are standard with records from
2:OS4 TO 2;29f-many of the records mad,
since the sale. 1t is safe to say, Their,
are more than one thousand horses in tn,
United States which could be sold at auc
ton at an average of more than S25, 0O
each. They are not the result of chance
but have been produced by the well-directe,
effort of a few intelligent breeders who be
lieve in speed inheritance and nature
law of heredity. The successful breede
always has in mind the ideal animal he de
sires to produce, and selects his stock from
which to breed with the utmost care and
well-defned purpose. In selecting he ha
the whole equine race from which to choose
j. Malcolm Forbes selected "Arion " a
1925, 600 and Nancy Hanks" at $4,000
hoping to get the two-minute trotter by mat
ing these. Both are strong in "Hambleto
MAN" and Diomed " blood. With tn,
same intent, A. III. Moore selects Direc
tor" sire of "Direct" e: 06), and paid TO
him $75, 600. He also paid So, $50 for Mar
garet S. " e. 12h at three years old); an,
MARY Marshall " q; 12D for S12,S50; ant
Position e; 22f) for 81, 250-all of whiel
have the same " Hambletonian -" Diomed
combination of blood lines, and will be use,
for breeding purposes. Every breeder Sc
lects according to his fancy and the size o
his bank account. The prices quoted an,
the speed named stagger the farmer of lin
tied means, and he says, am not in it,"
All very true; but that is no reason VIII.
you should continue to patronize low-bre'
non-standard sires, and raise stock onl
fairly good, when the same mare, bred l.
some young, well. bred standard sire o
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