Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-01-28

I-uAcKNEY. r--TRoTrEM m-THoR-
oU0linrfD.
and tho Thoroughbred are both built. To
Use yachting term, on speed lines, but
the imported carriage animal has no
suggestion of speed IN his bearing Ilis
action IS grand. but slow.
The illustration shows how three types
OF horses carry their heads
In choosing harness horse pick out
the type best adapted Tor the usc you In.
tend 10 give him. For riding on tho
ordinary sandy roads OF the country in u
buggy. rad wagon Or rockaway the
bost horse u tho American type. cthora
trottor or hnlfbred. For last road
work Tor pleasure tho trotter. of
course. has tho call. For city aud park
driving. 10 carriage or SNOWY light trap,
the high sioppcrs are the best.
What Is termed by dealers tho Amcri-
can horse means an animal with straight
back. rather narrow bndy. long step In
trottiug and strhight neck II is the
ordinary harneSe horse Of the United
States and Is unsurpassed for many pur-
poses This horse Is usually well bred,
stuuuing back to established trotting
families or 10 tho thoroughbred. Tho
shnpc Of tho head und neck usually
shows the infusion OF thoroughbred
blood. The Thoroughbred was tho
foundation of almost an Ut the old trut-
ting lines. Bybdyk's lluubleionan was
sired by Old Abdallah. By Mambnuo.
aud the dam was by imported Boil.
founder, and the Messenger. Diomed.
Black Hawk and Morgan lines arc strong
IA thoroughbred blood.
Tho descendants Of the Old trotting
families, cru,sed with the thoroughbred
or with the half thoroughbred standard
sircd, produced tho fast trottors Of tho
day and tie average roadster ia bred on
the same lines. Suuol ald AVtoll'B pcdi-
grecs arc rich III blood lines and tho
same IS truo Of almust all tho record
makers. Four ont OF almost every iivo
roidsters seen In Ccntral park are half
or three-quarters thoroughbred
Tho best typo OF the American harness
home is raised in Kentucky. but Vir-
ginin. Ohio. Indiana aud Now York also
produce excellent specimens.
For tandem. dog cart. phaeton, T cart
aud light carriages the Canadian horses
aud hacknoys are the best types. They
range Ia height from Is hands 10 49,,
possess high action, symmetrical form.
iine muscular development, SNOWY
limbs. tine heads GLOSSY coats and proud
bearing, The Canadian horse Is de-
scendant ct the Norman horse imported
into Canada by the early settlers and
bred for many generations entirely un.
mixed, crossed with thoroughbred stock.
The hncl.ney Is the native harness horse
of England. a breed that was distinct
before the Anbmn horses were brought
20 the country, and which has been pre-
served IN Is purity by the farmers VI
Yorkshire.
The hackney horse Fashion. owned
by W. Burdctt.Coutt Inns twice won
the tlrst prize as light harness horse at
the lslington horse show. Fashion Is
considered the best harness horse IN
England. Mr.. Coutts drives the horss
before Stanhopo gig or buggy, using
always the brdoon and London bit.
Such horse can DO guided by tho
little finger and viii 80 on for hours
Mt n fourteen mile quit at tho
Same SNOWY pace. There will be no
pulling or dwelling on the bit and the
leg action will be as high and tho foot ~
proud on tie lat mile rs the first. This
~ the typs OF horse that w. Seward
Webb, IL. X. Bloodgood. \. j. Cassatt,
Mr.. Fairfax aud host Of western breed
ors are now producing. It Is tho fnyorito
horse Of the day for snowy harness uses.
For carriage horses tho Cleveland
bays, Yorkshiros or French coach stock
aro the best, Stations and mares OF the
best strains OF each breed have been inn
ported into this country by many breed
ers, aud the best features OF tho type
have been preserved by iudicious crosses
with select stock. This horse ranges
from 10 to 1914 hands, and Is a model Of
strength and beauty But he Is horse
for coachmen, not for men who drive
for pleasure. His sphere Ia 20 pull car
riagc abou, the city with grand style
and aciion' he is too heavy for pleas
ure horse.
For four-in-hGud work a half thor,
oughbred is best This horse is game
aud full OF ambition, clean lhnbod and
speedy,
For tho children the Shetland pony Of
twelve or thirteen hands Ia the best
horse 10 buy. Continent