Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1895-04-05
BREED BIG CARRIAGE HORSES.
The Demand For Them Is Brisker Than
Ever.

unprecedented depression In tne morse
market is the active and increasingly
keen demand for horses Of the coaching
or carriage type. English and Scotch
buyers, French and German buyers,
New York and other eastern city buy
ers have all been quietly but constantly
picking mp every desirable horse of this
class that presented itself during the
past year. As business men these buy
ers very naturally wish to purchase as
cheaply as possible, but it is an open
secret that If the horse is only good
enough-possessing tho size, the form,
the quality and tho action desired
very handsome prices, and in some in
stances extravagant prices, are being got
for them, prices that would seem In
credible to the 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
urally 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 - -- arc really so
few specimens fit for carriage purposes!
| The problem is an interesting and high
| " important one to consider and does
not by any means reflect favorably on
our ability and intelligence as breeders.
In conversation with some foreign
buyers at the Chicago stocky ards re-
Gently culled tho following facts-viz:
That the demand for certain kinds OF
| American horses is better than ever;
that price cuts little figure il only the
horses are good enough; that the ones
| which best fill 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
large infusion Of thoroughbred blood.
| 1t is Of course only natural to suppose
that ia q country so vast rs ours, with
mares Of such extremely varied types
and qualifications, no one stallion OF
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 success, whereas the
primary fault lay in their own inability
to discriminate and make the proper
connection.
For instance, q farmer has two brood
mares, both good individuals, but OF
quite different types. He breeds them
both to certain trotting bred horse
with perhaps q good reputation. One
raises a good colt, the other rather m
inferior one. He sells the dam of the
latter, and the new owner breeds her K
a good hackney, we shall say, and OBJ
tains carriage horse Now, where thu
first mare failed the second easily sue
ceeds, and this knowledge of how Il
mick" or blend certain individuals T.
obtain a desired result is the highest ut
tainable aim of the scientific breeder
Without this knowledge or inspiration
our breeders only work in the dark
Their operations are haphazard and II
, the highest degree uncertain. Most o
tho discouragements and beartburning
which breeders have experienced in re
ONT years are only the natural result
, mistaken ideas or a want Of knowledg
Of the proper essentials Of mating. Jus
/ as q we'll balanced ration Of feed Is in
, dispensable to the highest development
, of the young animals physical frame
so an experienced, well balanced judg
. ment, coupled with the requisite knowi
, edge of the science Of breeding, is re
auired TO make any kind of success II
, that line. The question of the deman'
= for coach horses resolves itself into tn
3 following:
First. THAT coachers are wanted an
in all human probability will continu
) to be wanted, at good figures, for man
2 years to come.
. Second. THAT they are today the onl
{ kind of morse in America for which tn
, demand is greater than the supply.
Third. THAT the production of sue
. horses offers probably better prospect
( of remuneration than that Of any othe
kind Of live stock.
, Fourth. THAT quality, style, size an
5 action are Indispensable qualification
2 of good coach horses.
! Fifth. That with the material wbio
this country already possesses and tn
0 requisite knowledge in mating, feeding
=. handling and fitting such horses ther
!. is today most profitable field for tn
4 farmers and horse breeders OF America
a ALEX Galbraith in Horseman.
Iive Stock PointA.