Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-04-26

weight In the matter Of what Is the best
breed Of horses for our farmers and
breeders to produce. will start out by
saying that my favOrite Is the Morgan
horse. and right here will say why he is
the favorie. He is the one that | pay
the most for to the producer. He is the
one that ships best. lie does best after
he arrives at destination, and consequent.
ly sells better and gives the buyer such
satisfaction that when he wants another
horse and am in the market with a
Morgan have his patronage.
Our farmers and breeders have bought
and patronized the different classes of
imported horses, English coach horse,
Cleveland Bays, the French coach horse,
the Hackney and the various classes of
draft horses, and with the exception of
a few of the latter they have been "A
damage to the breeder, dealer and the
consumer. The only ones that have
protited by him is the foreigner and
importer, who has oftentimes supplant-
ed good Morgan stallion to make room
for some outcast from some foreign
country which is not ever a good worker
on the farm. and much less adapted to
the requirements in our cities and the
great markets of the East. The foreign
er is buying our American stations and
taking them home. and will soon be
sending here the culs of their product
and demanding large prices from our
farmers for them for breeding purposes
because they are imported.
We have the material for making the
best horse in the world right here among
our own people. We may all be thank
full that some of our eastern brothers
have so carefully maintained the purity
Of the Morgan blood as to give us an
American breed-the Morgan-the best
all-purpose horse in the world. Nearly
every great trottng horse is readily
traced to some of the noted families of
this now world-renow breed.
His high order of intelligence has made
1t possible to develop this, the most
graceful of all movements of his kind, to
the growing admiration of all the world.
These are the qualities that make him
! the most desirable as roadster and
gentleman's driver, the safest and most
reliable family horse, and, with his
spirited gracefulness. constitute him the
best carriage horse. He never meets
but one criticism, and that is his size.
We have in some families a uniformly
good size, with such purity of blood as
to mpart the most desirable size. l. e.,
/ from II to lG hands high and from 1000
to 1900 pounds, which is the most
adaptable to all uses.
The American turf is indebted to the
Morgan family for "A long list of its
most level-headed compaignels. few of
which are Joe Patchen, :04; Lord
Clinton. :0Sf Prima Donna. , :09i; La
Belle, , 90; Directly, 2:074; Pamico,
2:l0; Online, 2:04: Rubnsten. LOS /;
WIFE Kerr, , :0S4 Gambrel. 2:l04, and
very many others that are no less wor-
thy of mention, but would occupy more
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wish to add few words with regard
to care in rearing and fitting horses for
the market y colt should be kept in a
specially healthy. growing condition
nippers, when he can better help him
self. | do not mean that he should be
fed too high on grain, but have plenty
of good hay and water and small por-
with them it is an Improvement. lie
should be bitted and taught where to
carry his head when past two years old,
and then broken to harness aud learn to
obey the word with promptness. He
should not be driven till too tired. Care
should be taken not to break down his
spirit. Many Il good horse has been
spoiled by want of a little Judgment and
to dc service. When he is five wears
old and you want to sell him, put him
in good flesh. At this time fat always
brings good price and pays the seller
a SOON DiOut' meyer uicUSuTt nun
by that barbarous practice of cutting off
his toretOp, thinking that the dealer or
buyer will accredit him with having
speed or any other quality by this treat
ment. If he has speed, do not fear that
the dealer will not find it out. He is
not deceived by this pernlclous practice,
but Oftentimes the purchaser is preiu-
diced against the horse. This barbarous
practice was commenced by the groom
on the race track, and has been followed
up by the driver, till the boy on the
farm has adopted it to the loss of a
natural adornment and often loss of
many dollars in the sale of his horse.
a good horse, well broken, in good
flesh, with all his natural sdOrnments,
will always sell for nearer his value
than one robbed of his foretop or tail.
The more natural he can appear the bet