Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-12-09

tanned might have been added to the
three SIS. A horse may haye size,
may be possessed of speed on a trot-
ting track and of style such as it is in
the eyes of the habitues of the trotting
track, and he may nevertheless be en-
tirely destitute of what any good Judge
of horse would call good looks, not to
use a severer term. Imay add, that with
two or three notable exceptions nearly
all the great trotting celebrities are noted
for this absence of good looks.
met on the train going home, yester-
day, gentleman from the Eastern
Townships, and | repeat his words to me
in the course of horsey conversation:
"There are few really good horses in the
Eastern Townships, and they can't be
sold at any price; you can't give them
away Just now. The stations are all
small standard breds, they can all stand
a mile on track in a certain time, but
although the roads are good in our coun-
try, as everybody knows who has been
there, neither these standard breds, nor
horses by them, are of any use for long
drive. We start with a little French
horse for a twenty or thirty mile drive
at the same time as standard bred, and
we are sure to get there first. There are
very few standard breds that will last at
a good roadster pace for twenty or
thirty mile drive; from four to five miles
is the limit of most of them. They are
all small, the reverse of handsome in APP
pearance, and if they have any style it
is the style of the trotting track, not
that of the English hackney or the for
mer well bred Canadian or American
roadster on the road. Within cOmpar-
atively small radius round LennoXville
five to thirty of these trOtting stalllons.
People in the townships have been breed
ing to them for some years past, and
the horses that they get are like them
selves, but do not not think any of
them can be accused of possessing either
size, shape or speed for distance of any
thing over two or three miles at stretch,
or what would be called stylish trotting
action, either in England or on the CONT
nent, and by stylish trotting action
do not mean the eXtravagant high
stepping action. that finds its votaries In
Hyde Park, as described by Mr.. ST
George"
may add that the above gentleman is
not Interested in horses in any way, and
that therefore his opinion is certainly i'm
partial. He also told me that there is
French gentleman there, Mr.. de Guillebor
is his name, 1 believe, who imported two
Percheron and one BOullonnais stallion
The Percherons have not been mucl
patronized, but the Boulonnaise stallion
has to very considerable extent. an
rather pleased to hear this, as from his de
scription the BoullOnnaise horse must re
semble somewhat the old Suffolk Puncl
, in this respect, that he is a medium-siZed
compact draught horse with good trottinl
action, the best and only draught bree'
8 that we should ever have used in Lowe
Canada, very stout horse, about 1870
in weight and not standing over l5-l
but with tremendous girth, and for
cart horse very fast and stylish trOttin
!. action. If our political rulers will Id
sist upon our having something Frenc
D and won't have the Suffolk Punch be
=. cause he is English, let us have tn
10 N,
y nearly as good. am a French Canada
myself, but if thought Chinese horse
were the best in the world, l certainl
= should try to get them, and not endeavo
i to breed up our French Canadian horse
S until they had reached the standard {
Chinese excellence.
!. No, do not agree with Mr.. Quetto
st. George, and with all due Difference
4 would suggest the employment of Frenc
y; coach horses and good English hacl
It neys, and few good stout thorough
=: breds, and the total exclusion of all star
:. dard breds.
ii am glad to hear that Senator COcl
rane of Hillhurst, if sufficiently patrol
}. lied, next year intends to get from En-:
land the best hackney stallion he ca
10 purchase. | have followed the change
: In horseflesh fancies amongst our neigl
, bors across the lines for over 20 year
N ana | am quite sure that the popularit
r. of the hackney style of horse is ncrea
Ell ing every year, and likely to continue d.
ing so, and that before very long the Yal
, kee trotter will be severely relegated
the race track, the only place he is
for.
= In addition to size, style and speed, NJ
, st. Georges three SIS, would endeav'
n to obtain certain proportion (the larg
!, the better) of good looks as well.
~ You can at any time see horses tn
are from 1913 to 16 hands, and weigh b
tween 1000 or 1900 lbs, and can Their
fore Law claim 70 size that have stul