The Newtown bee., 1894-12-21

kny other taif In the fink The Wheel. ,tss hoHetef. kete teft ordinary, and htndfeds 0f readers drive | better pair to | church Ur to market. As looked at the plain animals, 90 deficient in speed ! that one had to keep on gallop when goipg at eight miles m hour, wonder ed-if, with all the cry of overproduc- tions in horseflesh, such horses captured 1 ribbons- what better opening any man could ask than to produce . type that l should completely overshadow them!
 The public sale of horses that followed the horse show indicated the type of horses tho public demands, and also what the public are willing to pay for such stock. It Is probable that the greater part were trotting-bred, but mostly in obscure lines or outside the fashionable families. AS stated above, few of the so-called fashionable. trotring families are calculated to produce anything but speed. Some of the less fashionable families are moro noted for finish size and pleasant road qualities, and all these are iEdis- pensable In driving horse.
 The highest price of the sale for driv- ing horse was e1 300, and this was ob- tained for bay gelding 15 1-2 hands, i've years old, trotting-bred. His breed- ing, was given a by son of Red Wilkes, out of mare by Kambrino King. He WAS not only beautiful geiding, but he could trot mile close to 3 30, and it is a pleasure for any man to drive such a horse. Mr Logan, the well-known Hack ney breeder, had picked up the gelding in Ohio, and after having the tail docked, and the horse put in show shape, brought him to the horse show and swept all before him.
 Now the question is, taking this horse as type, cannot small breeder hit it oftener, or come nearer to it, every time, than he can to trotter with speed enough to command price requiring four fgures9 I believe he can. Had some friend pointed this out to me few years ago, when I began breeding horses, I should today have far more to show for my years of study and toll.
 The hiGhest-priced pair sold on the same day brought &240O. These were bay gelding, Is hands, perfect beauties, matched to drive and act like one horse. They were evidently halfbred Hackneys, and one had beaten field of 27 in a show class for high-acting cobs. And yet, starting with the right material, any reader of these lines can hope to produce as good pair quite often.
 E The well-known show pair, Gladys and Queen, owned by Harry Hamlin of Buffalo, sold for 82O5O. This pair are broken to drive tandem and believe are by Hackney sire out of trotting. bred dams. Neither has any speed; they sold merely on high-stepping qualities. It fig just as easy to add fair speed in breed. ing, and 1t always counts in selling. A pair of fine, closely matched coach horses, ,16 1-4 hands, brought 4l425. Ex. Mayor Grant sold his private stable ot horses, one pair of bay geldings 15 1-2 hands bringing 8925. His saddle geld. ing Skylark, l5 3 4 hands, brought $500 and here is another field open to small
 breeders having . taste in that direction, One of the most beautiful horses ever saw was the gaited saddle mare Lou Chief by Harrison Chief out of mare by Peavine. Of course it takes skill tc teach horse all the gaits, but the gait. cd ssddler is not the fashionable horse in the metropolis. A trot and canter are
 the saddle gaits preferred here.
 A pair of black cobs, IA 3.4 hands, with blaze and white ankles, all round
 brought 1925. This was . showy pail
 that would attract attention anywhere
 Tho average for the day was 3276, and
 some of the common offerings sold fol
 less than el00 cash, which shows how high the general average was for tn,
 really flrst-class ones.
 There is still profit to the breeder who produces and sends to market il proper shape the class of horses tha
 the public demand. This type of hors,
 is not hard to produce if the breeder
 starts right, and the expense of raising
 breaking and fitting for market is bu
 little if any emore than that attending
 the production of draft horses.
 The signs of the times point to tn,
 fact that only he who excels in . giver
 line can hope for success, and certainl,
 this is doubly true regarding the breed
 ing of horses.-(L. c. Underhill il Country Gentleman.