The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1900-06-05
The Hackney Horse.
T. j. BIcstAFF, E.q,

e"S A"' @HiyHit Aehcu luN t}i Ily
stallion aud .res. which wa- vary
much less tha their intrinsic value.
The gentlemla who was SO for'n.
nate as to &c n, bad boalAt mtnv
Of their coli 2nd knew sow hey
would breed
I am plea tsas you a ohsu-
pioning the aekney IN icn eelr --
his success j. ured wtaH
preciated, 1T IS true value theie.
HIS true slue, in my mind, is his
ability 20 gsr 80 per cenJ OF ais0le,
high action carriage horses, OF the
type long a44 1nded by fashion in the
older citie tls vorld-whero roads
are hard .al oak wood vehicles ara
heavy and where horses are Of less
use for rtIii.r. but muoh afioced by
the fashio4aa'e world for displsy.
His utility to The farmer breeder is
his abili;5 TO draw the plow at 8 yrs.
old, and early maturity, which makes
him marketable al 4 years old.
As a weight carrying saddle horse
he j. cnly thing-for being low
OF statue the heavy-usuaIy old
man has 10 difficulty in mounting,
and if he s;unlbles, cast him out, for
he is no hackney, but a counterfeit OF
bastard origin. They are the great
est walkeIa we have. They are con-
formed to carry weight and stand
abuse, are rugged and wear well on
long journeys. They are hot fast for
a mile-but keep pegging At it to the
undoing of many faster American
bred trotters on a long journey.
The hackney breed contributed
Belfoundie-3ire of dams OF Hamble-
tonian 10 and Harry Clay 45-slso
sire OF Browns or Ohio Beltounder--
sire of ConQueror, who still holds the
100 miles trotting record
The American who despises the
hackney blood IN our trotters is to he
pited for his narrowness,
] gues fl ave our kniie blade
trofter5 fsst h.s aea1A ,s-,a..
we can uso his blood 10 restore form
and sction-both sadly lackiug in our
native roadsters-from the point Of
view taken by the fashionable world,
who prefer the heavy style of vehicle.
l have seen some very common hor-
ses driven by Kentuckians in their
buggies. The money they have once
made out of horses was certainly not
made by supplying the home market.
Ii they want the New York, or
Philadelphisns or Boston mans good
money. they will have to barter there
for that which he wsnts-they can
keep their own preferences at home.
1t is simply business-at present
and for long time, the dem and will
exceed the supply.
Every newly rich man affects the
style of the European aristocrat and
drives the docked tail cob.
If you want re-division of the
gold which seeks our Atlantic Sea-
board as its final resting place, send
along your half blood hackneys bred
out of your high quality mares, and
keep your prices stiff, for if you do
not yourselves admire their broad
butts and graceful action, your buy.
ers do, and will pay.
Make it clear to your readers that
the field of the trotter and hackney is
distinct.
The trotter as a racing prospect is
all right-one in a score of attempts
as buggy horse he sells in this Eas-
tern country to the country store
Keepers clerk, the country doctor and
collector, and, of course, does not
bring much.
The heavy harness horse is some-
times bred from the trotting sire
not oftener than one in a thousand of
all produced, are capable of winning
at a horse show.
AT Madison Square this past No
vember, hackneys got prizes in every
class where they compared with ma
tive breeds.
The department of Agriculture at
Washington, says we have 81 million
trotting bred rosdsters. 1 doubt if
we have five hundred hackney mares
in the stud or out of it in America.
1t is significant, therefore, of the
value of hackney blood for producing
the requisite substance and action.
That the progeny of 80 few could sue
cessfully compete against the progeny
OF so many.