The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-01-08
oUTLISE OF HACKNEY STALLION MArcHLEss


have been successfully offerea to the
American public during recent years.
For the man who resides a Jew miles
from station, and must get there
speedily over rough or hilly roads in all
kinds of weather, and during al. hours, a
horse trotting-bred not too laeayy. but
with courage and endurance, level
headed and well. hammered, is probably
the most to be desired. that is provided
the strong, lightweight buggy y the car
riage preferred. If the distance is short,
and extreme speed over these roads is the
only object, then the thorough trained
trotting roadster is the horse to fill the
bill. but he will be expensive and can only
be INDUCED in by the rich. Il heavy
cart. or small brougham is used. then We
must look for a horse of an entiraly differ
ent stamp, because it Is probable that
speed will not be so much of an object,
and nine, ten or twelve miles an hour will
be the pace required. There is where the
well bred hackney gets a place, and
will prove the most satisfactory. But
good use can also be made Of horses
hackney bred-that is to say, ss-ed by a
hackney and out of big thoroughbred or
undeveloped trotting mares. and even the
ordinary native mare, many of ghIch are
found full of quality and of great endUr-
ance. The cob can be said to fifsd place
here, too, as great size is not always an
absolute necessity.
In selecting family horse suitable for
use in the city we must discard AL ideas Of
speed; the city horse is not required to
move at faster pace than six 10 nine
miles an hour, and he must have some de-
gree Of finish. if not style. In ghis cate
CORY we cannot include the trotter, nor
indeed is there room for horses bred on
the lines of the speedy trotting families,
because, in the first place, the lightweight
buggy is not suitable to work over the
stones, and it is rapidly giving way to the
heavier two-wheel or four-wheei vehicle
that is better adapted to business and
pleasure on the crowded thorolghfares
1t is natural, therefore, to find aa increas-
Ing demand for the heavy harness horse.
The price of n horse is governed, to a
great extent, by demand, the number Of
horses Of any particular class bred in the
vicinity, and the facilities for obtaining
horses from adjacent large markets. In
one locality everybody may demand
speedy trotting-bred horses. ana the de-
mand may be such that very high prices
are willingly paid, while in the adjoining
county, or state. the ordinary three to
four-minute roadster may be p5cked up
for $l25 at almost any time of che year.
These horses are quite frequently sold at
auction under 800, but it would pc unreal
sonable TO suppose that any fine-looking,
well-groOmed, sleek and sound animal can
be obtained for much under $50, and
many of the best easily fetch 800 and
al
Will OF course sell Tor any price reaching
into the thousands.
The harness horse of the heazier type
is picked up under all sorts of circum-
stances ct sales by auction NJ the dsper-
sion of breeding stock, at prlvase sale III
the city after use II summer resorts, or on
the breaking up Of large establishment,
the oNnsr intending 10 travel: etc, Well
breI hackneys cost from 5000 t. Sl,090-
4-yea--0lds OF this class, trained to all har-
ness, being from 500 TO $500.
In selecting q family horse, quality,
sOun1aesS. endurance, strength. speed. do
cNl:y should govern rather than color.
Many people are satisfied no matter how
thin and lanky horse Is so long IS he Is
lbs or 10 hands high, irres peCtiva of how
the harness fits. Height seldom en- braces
more tuan II actually stands fOr, 5lthOugh
With It necessarily goes little extra
weight, hut that IS of 10 use without
IEtTt. endurance anu strength, Tor harness
there must he substance. In Cyher words
Care must be taken that the hor@e IL Just
the right height and weight for the vehicle;
the latter, II a two-whee,er, must lie well
balanced. and the conditions muse be such
that the horse can trot along IN his best
style without apparent effort. Il > sell
dom. therefore, that you see a small hack
ney hltCAed TO . brou-ham aloae. The
coupe generally IS drawn by u pair Of
hackneys, so that they together 90 not
feel the weight behind them. AID then
they are So coupled that they seem 10
move gracefully along As one anifaai. For
larger carriage. baroUche or iams.y con-
veyanCe palv Of hackneys at last 15.2
would be proper. ana an inch higher would
oe no de;rIneur, although wheI We &c.
into lbs "A the hackney there Is great l!a-
oi!Ity Of losing the true hackney Character
and merging into the stately Cleveland
bay or coach horse. In large veA#Cies me
Cleveland bays are often seen II she best
advantage, and IIIs class Of horse or the
HanoyeTlan, generally the later, are
much used ii Europe 10 tr0t stately in
front 81 royal carriages II process!ans, etc.
The common belief Is tha; mag may De
honest IN everything aside from 4 horse
Gea-' recently read 4 clerical 4necdote
which strongly confirms this impression.
The eccentric Bishop Wilson. who was
stationed az Calcutta, was noted for has
yacy sermons. Preaching against d.shon.