Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-03-28
THURSDAY. MARCH Is 1875.
BREED BIG CARRIAGE HORSES

EnEEG G81 A-fsst4-SG FOEOEo
TIE Dc=nznd FOR Them Il BrIsker Than
Ever.
One remarkable feature q the present
unprecedented depression in the horse
market is the active and increasingly
keen demand for horses Of the coaching
or carriage typo. English and Scotch
buyers, French and German buyers,
New York and other eastern city buy
ers hare all been quietly but constantly
picking up every desirable horse Of this
class that presented itself during the
past year. As business men these buy
ers very naturally wish 20 purchase as
cheaply As possible. but il Is an open
secret that IL the horse IL only good
enorgh-possessing the size. the form,
che quality and the action desired
very handsome prices, and in some in
stances exsrayegant prices, are being got
Tor them, prices that would seem in
credible 90 tho average breeder Of ordi-
nary horses.
Now, assuming that those good prices
are obtained on account Of the scarcity
Of this class of horses. the question nat
rrally arises, Why this scarcity How
comes il that with the multitudinous
hordes Of almost every conceivable kind
Of equines which meet Us on all hands
many Of whom are ''fearfully and
wonderfully made"-thcre are really SO
few specimens ft for carriage purposes?
TIE problem 10 Al interesting and high
ly ~importaS: oHs 80 consider and does
not by any means reflect favorably on
orr ability and intelligence as breeders
In conversation with some foreign
buyers at tho Chicago stockyards re-
Gently Iculled the following facts-yiz:
That the demand for certain kinds OF
American horses In better than ever;
that price cuts little figure IL only the
horses are good enough; that the ones
which best I'LL the bill are produced in
various different ways-some from trot-
ting bred sires, some from hackneys and
other imported coach breeds, while some
Of the very best in point Of quality have
q large infusion Of thoroughbred blood.
1t is of ourse only natural 70 suppose
that in n country SO vast as ours, with
mares of such extremely varied types
and qualifications. no one stallion or
one breed will give uniformly good re-
suits. This, in my opinion, is why
many otherwise intelligent breeders
have become discouraged in the bust.
ness by want of succesa, whereas the
primary fault lay III their own inability
60 discriminate and make the proper
connection.
For instance, n farmer has two brood
mares, both good individuals, bat Of
quite different types. He breeds than
both 20 q certain trotting bred horse
with perhaps a good reputation. One
raises q good colt. tho other rather an
Inferior one. Ee sells the dan of the
latter, and the new owner breeds her 10
q good hackney, we shall say, and OBJ
tains q carriage horse. Now, where the
Grst mars faiied ths second easily sue
ceods, and this knowledge Of how TO
'.nick'' or blend certain individuals IL
obtain q desired result is the highest Gt.
tainable aim of the scientific breeder.
without this knowledge or inspiration
our breeders only work in the dark.
Their operations are haphazard and in
the highest degree uncertain. Most OF
tho disconragemcnts and hearibuIlings
which breeders have experienced IN re.
tent years are only the na.ura! result of
mistaken ideas or o want Of knowledge
Of the proper essentials Of mating just
as q well balanced ration Of feed is in
disreasable 20 the highest Development
OF the young animals physical frame,
SO an experienced, we'll balanced Judg-
meE.. coupled with the requisite kDowi-
edge If the science Of breeding. is re-
cuircd 20 make any kind Cf success IN
that limo. TIE question Of the demand
for coach horses resolves itself into the
following:
FirsG-Tnai coachers are wanted and
In ali human probability will coEnnue
x be WANT, AZ good figures. for many
years 10 IN
Second. That they are today the only
kind Of horse in America for which the
demand is greater than the supply
Third. That the production of such
horges offers probably better prospects
Of remuneration than that OF any other
kind Of live stock.
Fourth. That quality, style, size and
action are indispensable qualifications
az good coach horses
Fifrh.-1hat with the material which
this country already possesses and the
requisite knowledge in mating, feeding.
handling and fitting such horses there
is today a most profitable field for the
farmers and horse breeders of America.
Alex Galbraith in Horseman.
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