The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-02-14

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Chicago report the market last week
as follows:
Expresses and heavy Drafters. ........ S70gl60
1lOO 70 l4OO Chunks. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Z9g 50
Coachers and good Roadsters. ......... yO@2O
ordinary drivers. cO up
Never in the history of the country
perhaps was there a better time to
raise good horses. This may seem
like bold statement but it is not too
bold. Farmers as rule live isclat-
ed but Notwithstanding no class of
men move more in crowds 80 far as
their interests are concerned. AT one
time it is all corn then all fax and
again something else until there is an
overproduction and low prices pre-
vail. This is true of horse raising
and is one of the chief causes of the
low prices now, but as has been said
previously there is no time so good
to begin so when everybody else is
leaving Off Never mind the electric
cars and bicycle. AS long as the world
lasts we will want horses, but we do
not want poor ones. According to
the National Stockman, but few colts
are being raised in Illinois, not many
in Michigan, not more than thirty
three per cent in Indiana and very
few in Ohio and Kansas for the last
three years. There are many reasons
why breeding the trotter should
Prove much more profitable than any
thing else on the farm and as soon as
the breeders learn they must cater
to the wants of the road as well as the
track they will have realized some
thing that is bound ito be of national
advantage to them. Now why not
have as many as possible colts well
put together in order that they may
be IN demand as road horses if they
fail to be fast enough for the track.
OF course there will always be
some scrubs but they are freaks of ma
ture over which we have no control
but the general law is that like pro-
duces like and if the owners of good
mares would always take care that
the stations to which they are bred
are high class individuals with the
best possible breeding, they would
soon find that raising harness horses
is a very profitable business. The
demand for good road horses is mex
haustible and the man who can afford
to keep a good road horse is willing
to pay a nice sum for the right kind
of article. Leave costly experiments
alone until times are more prosperous
and you will reduce the chances
against you in the lottery of breed
ing. Breed only to horse who has
already produced something to show
his quality and ifhe is a handsome
bold gated trotter bred in good lines
there is an almost absolute certainty
of producing a salable carriage ami
NAL. Let the man who has the
wealth and inclination breed the
two minute trotter. Common people
cannot afford to breed ungainly indi-
viduals in the hope of getting world
beaten.
At Grand's winter sale in New
York the following were sold at
tolerabIy good prices as all are with
out records, Kinsington h 8. (6) 5000,
Roble CHI 8 (5) 1856, Duchess CHI m (5)
5000, Maggie Green CHI m (6) $40,
Graylight SO (6) $3.50, Baker CHI 8 (6)
S6O2. These are the kind it pays to
breed.
AS an example of how the Ameri-
can trotter has found favor in. Europe
nine American sires owned by the
Austrian government are placed at
the service of the public at $500 to in
sure a colt for two and S1.26 for the
others. This is done to encourage the
breeding of the animal.
Negotiations are now pending
whereby H. c. Toler of Wichita own
er of Ashland Weikes sire of Jno. r
Gentry 2O34 may remove to Richlawn
Farm, Mo.
The White Star steamer, Georgia
took a number of fast trotters to Liv'
erpool, England last week, among
them was the fast stallion, Curtis
Brown full brother of Campbelps
Electionneer 2:17f and raised al
Kiowa Kansas.