The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-18
u. w. Rdngler & Co. report quiet week,
a lew good buyers and a small retail trade.
These are some Of their representative sales:
THE IDEAL ROAD HORSE.

The 151s to 16-hand horse of solid color,
with with broad forehead, ears of good size and
wen propoTtioned. good length from base of
ear to eye, eyes full and expressive, with
nos free from meatiness, face straight, nos
trlls we'll rounded, full, large and thin lips,
not thick and we'll closed, neck of good
Iengtn, shapely, clean cut at jowl and fitting
well at shoulders, which hardly be too
sioping, the point of the withers being back
OF the saddle. chest of good width, forearm
lor- and heavily muscled, knees firm, broad.
straight ana strong, cannons short, fiat, broad
ana finty, pasterns good length, muscular
and nervy, free from meatinesss. the ankle
1Ve degrees, feet round, OF size proportionate
to the animal. free from contracted heels,
OF good material and with elias c frog, bar
rel-shaped like an inverted egg, deep at .girth
as well as waist, allowing full use of lungs
without infringing upon other organs. back
short. the point of coupling on a line with
of the muscles of attachment well forward
over the kidneys. giving greater strength to
the weakest spot in the animal anatomy as
well as in man, quarters of good length, not
too sloping, thus affording room for the free
stife action SO necessary in the ideal driver,
STILES and gaskins long. of good width.
Astounding in muscular attachments. hooks
free from meantiness, sound. strong. neither
straight nor having a decided angle. and
not cut under too sharply at base:
Such horse, going smooth and true neil
tier padding nor toeing in forward nor,
as we say straddling behind, will always
command top price in the market, provided
Gus energy. Form. size, color, symmetry
and substance are essentials, but these do
not insure the road horse. To these must be
1t manifests itself in what we term nervous
energy, the up-and-get-there power. 1t Is
the power of heredity, so desirable, so neces-
sary. To secure this there must be high
ideal and fixed determination in BREEDING
G. M. Twtchell in Iowa Homestead.
ONE MANS PREFERENCE.
I prefer a compact short-legged horse
weighing from 13C0 to 1500 pounds. There
is no practical difficulty in producing such
horses even from miscellaneouSly bred
mares well bred draught stations. have
proved themselves successful sires of this
class of stock. Such a horse be raised
almost as cheap.y as a steer OF. the same
age. the only additional cost being the STALL
ion fee. which is now very reasonable fig
training or breaking and as soon as old
enough such horse will sell readily unless
seriously blemished.
We have made mistakes in the past in be-
ing anxious to produce horses of extreme size.
and have bred for that regardless of quality.
The product was not very satisfactory; they
lacked endurance, were apt to have poor
feet or unsound joints-especia.ly the hook
joint-with legs round and beefy, and pre-
disposed to scratches and other ailments.
The depressed horse market and the conse-
Quent close discrimination exercised by buy
ers have shown the necessity of endeavor-
ing to produce useful animals of superior
quality. and to produce such we must select
our breeding stock with more care.-Ex-
change.