The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1892-01-15

length OF growing and working SEASONS,
and possibly in cost of feed, their terrible
handicap Of shipping their stock three
thousand miles 70 market with attendant
risks and costs of selling, Mus- always
warrant our breeders = large margin fcE
proft on stock sold in orr osn farm yards
70 the hHndfeds Of dealers who now con
sfzntiy frequent the breeding farms 81
Keutuesy AID other places il quest Of hae
rozdsters and trotterS for daily use On The
dr5YeEays almost within sighs Of car
hoasetops-neu xho xonld gladly cone
70 Is. when once convinced We can supply
them v it'll as fine stock as can be bad else
where.
Eastern purchasers, DESTROYS Of keeping
abreast With the general improvement Of
srottiBg stock. are discovering that the
purchase ard use Of the coils, consigned
70 our eastern ~aEct5oueers from distant
breeding farms # California znd other
States, bring them neither profit or sgc-
cess in improvement Of their stock, simp3!
because nearly all the animals OF merit for
either the turf or hzrem, are selected 1t an
ezrly age BIZ the kindergarten trials 4ad
fad q ready sale at home. In tie Fear
future animals selected directly from home
breeding farms. will have the preference
sith such buyers.
As in tie formation Of all other improved
breeds. SO with our American i~rotter;
much that was at first Objectionable has
been eliminated and bred out. securing a
much nore uniform type, which viii still
further improve as breeders keep within
improved lines Of breeding, avoiding those
violent out-cTosses onee deemed essential
in the organization Of an animal intended
for protracted violent effort. Through
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natures great Law, the survival Of the
fftest, applied through competitive tests
Of speed and stamina. on road and race
course. this breed stands unriyalec, not
for intense trotting speed alone, but
game. endurance and a general ~adaptability
to the many purposes for which such pre-
eminent qualities fit them, rendering them
unaaestionablY the best general purpose
lorse 10 existence.
As 70 methods Of selection and breeding
volumes have been written. Formerly
everything was supposed TO depend upon
tie sire alone. little or no attention being
paid 10 merit in the dams Of prospective
tfotters: but row. in accord With exper-
iepce, many progressive breeders give
equally great attention 10 the breeding and
individuality Of equine mothers. having
learned that, as with 'sgreat men, so q
btst horses invariably come Of ..meritori-
Gus motheFs.2
While it is very generally Acknowledged
that a large majority Of our standard
breds descend from Hambletonian 10,
Manbrino Chief II. American Star il,
Henry Clay s. Pilot, Jr.I2, and Blue Ball
-. a continuous discussion prevails as TO
the relative merits Of the many leading
sub-families that have originated from
various combinations Of the aboEe foGnds-
ton tribes. history and the records show
ing that when impartial allowance is made
for the great difference in opportunities
enjoyed, it matters little which Of the sue
eessful leading tribes We patronize, com
ing as they all do from a cODmon ancestry
FIRST one and then another securing a tenn
porsry advantage in numbers Of perform
ers produced or records broken, each IN
turn as most successful becoming the
popular fad, . fashion and tickle jade ever
smiling on the VICTOR to the p~ecuniarg
det-imeEt Of the vanquishfd,- AS witness
that 10 1851 Patron 2144 aud the blood
liaeS which produced him became the tip
Of fashion. followed In tuTn By Bell Boy
z. 49, at 3 years. Stamboul 2.f24, Axteii
2.12, Nelson 2 10, Alberton 2 094 and
Pslo Alto 2.05s in turn as each succeeded
10 reducing tie worlds records, each the
result Of different combinations of the same
foundation tTibes-heHce we see the sue
cess Of individual breeders depend more
upon the individuality, speed producing
powers, and surroundings OF the animals
they patronize than on which OF these lead
ing families they belong TO. Upon one
point the records and all history agree,
that the highest type of the tr0tting horse
must be developed from the thoroughly
developed and t%rotting-bred sire and DAM
While ell cannot hope to secure the best
To begin with, yet as hundreds Of other be-
ginners nave done, we can secure the best
within our means, always sacrificing num-
bers for quality and by the judicious selec-
ton Of sirez breed up to the desired stand
ard of excellence, disposing Of the least de-
sirable surplus stock whenever merchant
able, always bearing in mind that any
margin Of profit left the purchaser for their
development will secure you a ready de-
mand for success offerings. All may also
rest assured that, as with other prJduc-
tious, the demand will always be greatest
for the best of Whatever family we offer,
while inferior trash will always shrink in
value.
While dams of superior breeding and de-
yeIoped speed are doubtless the best, yet one
can succeed proitably at a much reduced
first cost with good standardized indiyid-
uals with good natural trotting action. car
1 rying from so to 70 per cent. OF the blood
of the above families, should YOU, as others
have done, secure any 80 performers from
f. tho Sc dams, the increased value attaching
to them and their other progeny will
render your venture especially profitable.
To best illustrate the possibilities from
such dams as We describe above. all bred to
a Salem county sire, We know of six year.
lings ard weanlings for which The several
owners have recently received in cash, or
| refused through us bona fida cash offers of
from $3.50 to $1,000 each.a total Of $3.50 for
six animals, the differences in prices depend
ing on their promise and the breeding oftheir
dams; but one of the ~latter.a 2 30 perform
or. These six youngsters have commanded
their owners an average excess Of at least
$500 each beyond their extra cost for BREED
ing and care over ordinary stock OF like
ages. Had re i~naugurated the same
methods Of improvements here that have
been practieed the last fifteen years in Ken
lucky, we should have had in Salem county
alone 200 such animals to offer now per
annum with ready buyers for them at our
doors. What think you would have been
the effect upon every business in the com
munity, and how long ere our real estate
too would advance instead Of now shrink
ing ia value simply because the old routine
of raising grain and scrub stock does not