The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-09-28

Clydeslale pressing them closely, with the
Percherons The lightest OF the three. Tho
last-named, too, lack the heavy fetlocks that
are distinguishing feature OF the other
heavy draft breeds.
A strange breed followed the draft horses
into the stock pavilion in the Amerlco-Arab,
which Is nothing more nor less than the pure
strain Arabian horse crossed with the Ameri-
can breed. As every horsemRn knows, back
of almost every high-bred horse in existence
Is a foundation OF the blood OF the Arabian
horse. The Percherons with nrst-class pedi-
grees all go back to IL. 30 does the running
stock, so does the trotting, and II Is u boast
that the English Hackney, now ono Of the
most popular of all horses, Is but an evolu-
tion from Arabian blood. Further than this.
II Is claimed with reason that American horses
tnat are not bred ut all, but have run wild
for generations, the tough broncoes that so
often show great qualities OF courage and en-
durance, are the offspring of the Arabian
horses that Cortez brought with him from
Spain and let loose on the American conti-
nent centuries ago. To-day the America
Arab Is small.limbed delicately-formed
horse, OF wonderfully beautiful proportions.
and with the keen. intelligent eye of human
being. Only four stations over four years
old are shown, two coming from Long Island
and two from different stock farms in Wis
consin. There are half q dozen mares and
several colts. Altogether, the display Is
rather an evidence of what can be done than
OF what has been done. or thoroughbred
Arabs themselves there Is also n most inter-
esting bunch. and among tho Russian horses
are several Russia-Arabs that arc in gen
eral way similar to the Amerlco-Arab
The exhibit Of the Russian horses Is Itself
one OF the most interesting of ali. Washing
tonians, remarks tho star correspondent,
will remember that the Secretary of the Rus
sian Legation several years ago appeared
with a Russian drosky and two Russian trot-
ting stations which he drove on alternate
DAYS. These were the first ones over seen In
the neighborhood OF Washington. They were
large-boned, stoutly built, about sixteen
hands high und very fast trotters for u long
distance. There are now shown at the Fair
n complete line OF these Russian horses, most
of them being the property oil the Grand
Duke Dimitry and the Russian state admins
tration OF studs. Several have been eN-
changed with Senator Stanford's Palo Alto
farm for American horses, so that the strain
will have the benefit OF Il trial In this coun-
try. The chief ones shown are the Orion
trotters, which are "A strain bred by Count
Orion, OF Russia. They are not, OF course,
rs fast as the American horses-none are, for
that matter-but they aro hardy, and can
keep up Il rapid gait for long time. The
two types are the light horses and the heavy
ones the former resembling somewhat our
own trotters. There is an exhibition also OF
Russian saddle horses, designed as weight
carriers.
OF American saddle horses there is fine
display, and 1t IL hardly necessary TO say that
most OF them are bred in Kentucky, although
Missouri appears second with u good show
ing There are none from other States, and
Virginia and Maryland, 80 famous Tor their
saddle horses, have sent no specimens at all.
OF other purely American breeds perhaps
the most interesting is the strong exhibit
made OF Vermont Morgans. so much have
people been bent upon obtaining English and
French horses OF late years that many OF
them seem 10 have forgotten that Engiisn-
men themselves have been compelled 20 I'D
nit that for general purposes the Morgan