The morning call., 1892-12-18

deemed an indication of impure breeding.
The body of the racer should be deep. Ion z
and straight, the length being really in the
shoulders and quarters: the hips long and
wide; the thigh joints strong, long and well
developed: the headquarters We'll let down.
The arms, of course, should be long, the legs
short, the shoulder obique and well coy
cred, though not loaded with muscle. The
feet, like those of all good horses, should be
moderately large. though | did see. some
time since. small feet spoken of as a fine
thing in racehorse and an indication Of
good breeding. Possibly such feet are es-
sential in the thoroughbred trotter."
The thoroughbred is apt to have bad
dlsposltlon. This is probably partially ia-
heritance from his Arabian ancestors for
the Arab horse, like his master, has fiery
temper, but mainly a result of the harsh
treatment be has undergone at the hands
OF man ever since be Spraug into existence.
The Arabian horse, with all his fire. is gen.
tie, ducile. tractabie as sheep, loyal and
honest. but the thoroughbred is usually
savage-tempered, easily soured, and for
treachery aud readiness TO serve a trick
upon groom or rider, nearly, IL not quite,
the equal of the bronco. He has more than
the bronc0'S speed ana endurance, and he is
game to the finish for he will run until ne
dDps. a point short of which the bronco
may be relied upon 10 stop. A thorough
bred horse has been known to run twenty
miles ia Al min. 40 sec. and there are mar
ord to their credit
The thoroughbred In America is no more
a trotter than he is in his native country.
Taken as class the American thorough
breds have not been so carefully and
scientifically bred as their English reia-
tIves, and the American studbook ia of
more recent origin; but the records show
very 1ayorably In comparison with those Of
the mother country. An American horse
has even won the great English Derby.
a hos alvxraV haro ha,,
great CONSERVATION of the thoroughbred in
this country. OF the 800 or Whereabouts
thoroughbred horses carried on the stud
book as imported from England prior TO
1910 considerably more than half went to
the Southern States, where they have "bred
on" to decided advance over their fm-
ported ancestors. The presence of this
thorough blood has left its impression upon
the horses of the South, and it is owing to
1t and to the bad roads that for so many
years made any but horseback travel diff
cult in the South that that section has long
been the home of the finest saddle-h0rses in
the world. There are none anywhere
even In England, where horsemanship has
reached its highest scientific Development
TO compare with the thoroughbred saddle
horses of the South.
Virginia and Kentucky have been pre-
enllnently the home of the raeehorse In
this country, but California is fast proving
formidable rival to the bluegrass section
est breeding establishments in the world
out here, and Californian bred racehorses
have achieved a distinguished name for
themselves. Tr0ttDg meetings, the dis
tinctive American racing Institution. are
not becoming less popular. The American
trotter holds first place in the regard of
horsemen. and always must. but running
races are gaining In popularity. They are
more exciting to most spectators, and peo-
pie who know no more about horses than
that some can run faster than others will
turn out by the thousands TO see them do ii.
Two CaiifOrnian-bred racers this year car
ried off the highest honors in the East.
Montana. the big four-year-old, bred by j.
Il, Haggin, winning the $4,000 Suburban
stake June Is, while Yo Tambien carried
off $4,000 as winner of the Garfield Park
Derby on the same day, with %. GOO people
looking on and shouting themselves hoarss
over the marvellous three year old lilly from
California.
Whether the Thoroughbred of to-day Is as
good horse as his earlier ancestor is by many
considered an open question. The mania
for development, which is making racers OF
youngsters and years old, is de veloping,
some claim, not horses with speed stamina
and staying power, but short distance rush.
ers, but the events of the Blood horse meeting
that have been cbr0nicled daily for several
weeks past prove that there are still some
stayers left in the ranks, and there are to-
day in America as great slres among our
American-bre races as any that have been
imported from England.
The trouble with the thoroughbred is that
he has been made more purely gambling
machine than the trOtter has ever been.
Running races are -preemineDtly gambling
races. and the development of the breed OF
nell connected with the turf has not kept
pace 9th that of the noble animals who do
the racing. Miss RUSSELL.