Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-05-04

horses. and have been for the past
twenty years. Few dealers have bought
and shipped as many fine horses to the
eastern markets as myself. | find every
wear that the marketable coach or
gentleman's road horse such as would
be suitable for the eastern markets are
becoming scarcer and more inferior. |
claim that the general class of horses
over the State of Ohio is not as good as
it was twenty years ago. 1t is almost
impossible today to find gentleman's
first-class coach or road horse; scarcely
one in county. Yet this kind will sell
for high prices, even on this depressed
and anticipated free trade market.
will admit that we have greater speed
than we had twenty years ago, yet it is
rare. and where one trOts faster there are
twenty that can not trot as fast as they
could in the good old days of the grand
old Morgans, Bellfounders, etc.
"For the past fifteen years breeders
have gone wild on anything that was
standard bred aud the less man
knew the wilder he was. II they were
niger heeled, crooked legged, curbed
and spawned. he cared but little so he
was standard bred We have the
fruits of it in our midst today, lot of
little infe ior stuff that can hardly be
called horses.
LAS a rule it is not the man who is a
thorough Judge of good horse that is
the owner of the stock horses. This
can plainly be proven by the kind that
is kept in the country. There are hun
dreds that good Judge would not take
as gift. | consider the horse the pride
of any educated and civilized country,
and gentlemen CATER his family and
pretty daughters) should think more of
the horse than anything else he owns.
There is no other dumb animal such a
slave for the human family as the horse,
and no other so much abused.
"How shall we breed for the better
horses. and who is to blame for the in
ferior stock we have on hand? First,
the farmer does not post himself so that
he is proper Judge to breed intelligent
ly. Secondly, if he wants any informa-
ton, he is more likely to ask the opinion
of a doctor. dentist, or lawyer than he
would of a competent horseman. Third
ly, if he has a mare that would make
a good brood mare. he sells her and
hV,o l. h.,., ri at
This is poor taste and very bad iudg-
ment. The result is, he eventually
winds up by blaming the dealer because
he will not give him a good price for
his horse that he has used no good OF
Intelligent judgment in breeding; yet
the farmer is not the only one to blame
1t has been often said they would not
pay the service fee of IA good horse.
claim this is not true. The service fees
they have been paying have been Ell
tirely too high for the class of stallion,
they have been breeding to, The fact OF
it is, after 50 many high-priced stations
being sold all over the country. there /,
not one in twenty that would make
half way decent geldng, let alone gooC
stock horse. If all the stations in tn,
country had been gelded young-draft
cOachers or rOadsterS-nOt one in twenty
would make fair gelding for the mark
ct. To my knowledge, there Is only on,
thing in this world that an Engishmar
, knows more about than an American
and that is breeding horses. | must ad
nit they can breed more Intelligent,
and with better fashion than Americans
If we expect marketable horses in thi
country, we must breed in Fashionable
lines, not haphazard and all breeds.
would suggest to any farmers raisin;
! horses to keep goodsized mares on you
, farms, of fine finish and action, and
! you can find a Morgan horse within an
reas enable distance, by all means mat
I them with the Morgan horse. After al
q the efforts that have been made for fin
horses in this country, | consider tn
1 Morgan the best horse, with better al
2 pearance, more intelligence, more styl
/
q es than has ever been owned in America
n and predict that in less than five year
4 there will be greater demand for tn
typical Morgan than any other horse
r There was never better time for fal
/. mers to breed their good mares wit
= judgment and intelligence than the pres
Il ent time. We will not always hay
h these hard times. Before your col:
d grow to be horses, women and childre
/ will not be begging for bread, working
r men will have employment, and thcI
v will be no demand for oX-tail soul
a You will get one dollar per bushel fc
o your wheat. thirty cents per pound fC
II wool and 5000 per head for your fir
Is horses, bred intellgently.