Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-05-31

Contest. which WIN Make Them Inter
sstlnE To the Crowd.

Coutests which WIN Make Them Inter
sstlng to the crowd.
Suppose the stake offered equal TO that
offered for the trotting -Lacc, with sirni.
lar rules as TO entry fees, iorfoiturcs,
ETC., and a draft contest arranged In
place Of a speed contest and advertised
upon the big posters with bold faced
typc. would ituo; be competed for and
would not entry fees and increased gate
receipts reimburse the society for IT,
vcntupi Tho idea may be best present.
ell for consideration and criticism by
giving IN detail the classes to which It
would b. applicable.
Take o state fair for consideration and
for smaller fairs scale down the prices
according to their resources. Ii il oifct
aprize Of 5000 for tho different races,
5fer like sum ns prize In the sweep.
stakes aud aged stallion classes for draft
horses, and specify that othoi things be-
ing equal the stallion drawing the
heaviest load shall ba awarded hrt
premium, the second, third and fourth
falling In like manner 10 those entitled
10 them. Oilor like prize for draft
teams walking a mile with load OF two
tons and for teams trotting n milo with
load Of one.hulf ton, the test In each
case TO determine the award, other
things being equal, These contests to
h. judged. timed and recorded ON much
The same plan rs the troiting races.
This plan will doubtless be met with
many objections. II will not be approved
by owucH Of dude stations that thcy
consider too fine 10 over wear collar OF
strain u muscle in proof OF the claim
that they aro draft horses. Tho man
claiming to have u trotting stallion has
10 prove 1t by making him trot. Why
not prove You haye n superior draft stall.
lion by making him pull Tho test will
act harm either one and 1t Is as impossi.
bio TO tell by mere appearance whether
a horse hus great strength as It is TO tell
whether one has great speed. Others
Will Iidiculo the idea of trotting races
for daft horses as something absurdly
foreign TO their line Of usefulness, and
scout tho notion OF culiivating speed
where strength is the essential point.
Yes, power aud endurance 10 handle
the heavy loads seem TO be the dosidor.
alum. But in the question Of economic
draft time Is always u factor, aud tho
team that can move the greatest amount
Of freight between two points In u given
time, as week or month, is tho best.
30 tho draft team, par excellence, must
not only have strength aud endurance,
but specd-the fast walk for the heavy
load, mud the lively trot for the light
loads and empty return trip.
Breeding for heavy draft alone will
give us slow, heavy, sluggish animals,
while II we try to counierAct this ten
dency by cultivating activity, sprghtli-
ness aud nerve, not only will the heavy
ones he more economical draft horses,
but the lighter ones, OF which there will
always be n good many, will better fill
The bill for handy, agreeable business
horses.
The greatest danger TO the draft horse
hnot that he will not be big enough,
but that he will not DO good enough.
80 tho assertion seems warranted that
races, and tests involving activity "
wei as strength, are for the best inter
tsla OF the heavy horses aud their breed
.rs.-A. w. Iinydon Ia Breeders Gazette.