Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-11-19


that have been imported from the South
and West have blended so well with our
native blood that many high class ami
| mails have been sent to market which
| have achieved national reputation for
| their style, conformation and action.
$50 it happens that the thinking farmer
| is catching on TO these pointers and IS
| breeding better than ever before; and he
will succeed in saving to Maine its we'll
earned reputation OF being the best place
| on earth To find the ideal roadster"
j. S. Sanborn, proprietor of Elmwood
| Stock Farm at Lewiston Junction, whose
| displays of coaching horses have won 50
much admiration at the recent Maine
| State fairs, writes thus:
"The best type of horse for the Maine
! farmers 10 breed is the good sized. high
| stepping carriage. road or coach horse.
with the best Of quality. conformation,
action, style, with a certain amount OF
| speed, standing 1873 to 16 hands high.
weighing from 1860 TO 1900 lbs Extreme
speed should not be the object in breed
| ing, and there is a type. which II extreme
| speed Is not obtained, win produce a fine
carriage horse.
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their energies to make the business sue
cess by mating their well bred native
mares TO good conformation and as much
size as possible without being msshapen.
with a sire possessing the essential type
| of the ideal coach horse. known to re-
| produce his kind and to belong to a breed
which has done so for generations, or
| the progeny will be very uncertain
! . =
Nelson zoo, says briefly: ~ consider the
| best type of horse TO be one which shall
I, stand Is to 1s hands high. with good
neck, shoulders, back, Joins, legs feet,
with good action.
THE best way 10 make this business a
| success is to be mindful in breeding of
| size style, color action, with speed as
| well, and then to feed the animal well,
and break and educate it young. Farm
ers many times breed colts like sheep,
| let them run wild until three TO five
years old, when a matter Of fact colts
| should be handled early as they are
more easily governed then. and make bet
ter horses than when broken later on,
and are more suitable for family driving
and safer 10 use. Farmers do not want
to see how many they can raise but how
good an animal they can raise, to COM
mand a good price
| G. =. Drake of Lewiston, advocates the
high class trotting bred horse and says:
stick to the high class trotting bred
| horse You may get extreme speed there
by. and if you do not, you will still have
| high class road horse which gives YOU
two chances to dispose Of him. The only
| way TO obtain the best results is by
| breeding the very best mares to the best
| stations obtainable. While | think the
| question relating to the income derived
| by the State from this business hard
| one, | think il is safe to safe that 1t OK
ceeds the amount obtained from any 9TH
| er live stock in Maine" Mr.. Drake says
| further: TRY in breeding ventures t.
| produce the high-headed. high knee-aet-
| ing, high back-acting horse BY so do
ing you will have produced a salahle an
| imai, and the way ia obtain these results
is by breeding our most likely high step
ping, trotting bred mares to our best
high stepping, trotting bred stations
| James Edgecomb of South Hiram at
| the head of whose stud is placed Fran
cisco, by STEAMBOAT, 2.0lI2. speaks in favor
of "a 16 hands horse. with substance.
style and speed" Extreme speed should
be an object, but not the only object in
| breeding. Size, style substance and ex-
| IRENE speed are not, however, incompat-
ible qualities. The way to make BUSH
ness a success, is by producing what the
market demands. and by telling the
| TRUTH the whole truth and nothing but
| the truth" when disposing of the prop
erty. Mr. Edgecomb concludes: I'm my
| opinion the prevalent idea that speed in
| the horse must be at the expense of 9th
| er desirable qualities, ana that to pro-
duce speed YOU must produce an animal
| that is good for nothing else has done
the horse business in the State of Maine
| irreparable injury. Personally | can say
have had more calls for good horses in
the last few weeks than for as many
years just passed.
Editor George NJ. Twitchell of the
| Maine Farmer, advocates the carria se
horse, with style, courage, speed and ac-
| ton. but thinks extreme speed is not 10
| be desired. There is, however, a desir-
| able type when speed is not sought after
in the old time Messenger and Morgan
| cross, typlfied today in the half blood
| French coach horse. Referring to the
| money brought into Maine by this busl-
ness, Mr.. Twitchel says: ut is impos-
| Sole to estimate. but one man has
brought in over s125, 900 this year"
| Mayor F. o. Beal of Bangor well
| known lover of fine horse flesh. advocates
also the French coach horse. stating that
when extreme speed is not sought, fine
carriage horse is most sought after. This
| is obtainable only by breeding good sized
| mares, and being most particular IN
| breeding for style, and conformity. Mr.
Beal while unable to give figures, ex-
pressed his knowledge that a very large
amount is annually received in the State
from this important industry.
Col. Walter G. Morrill, of Pittsfie,d,
says:
by all means the best type Of horse to
breed is the gentleman driving horse,
| 15la to 16 hands high. a good type with
good action. Mr.. Morrill, says: Breed
good gated, good sized and stylish
horses, but by no means make extreme
speed the prime object. The best way
to make the business a success is to pay
strict attention to breeding, refusing to
breed from inferior stock ! estimate the