Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1901-04-18
PRINCE GOODWIN, CLYDEsDALR.

and heads-old Holland Major is a case
in point-but as a rule it is the horse
with stations neck, head and pres
ence that stamps his own image on his
progeny. The neck must be properly
set into pair of sloping shoulders to
give it and the head the right "set."
The head ought not to be too small nor
should the ears be too fine. The droop-
ing piglike ear is to be avoided, but if
q horse has big ear that sits up prop
erly when cooked and does not droop
when in rest he should not be faulted
for it.
The little fine pointed ear set close to
its mate and right on top of the head
is as bad as the "sow lug" and always
comes with narrow forehead betoken-
ing brainless animal prone to rash
ness and meannesses of all kinds. Get
a horse with a good, bony, sensible
head, prominent, but mild, large eye,
broad forehead and ears of fairly large
size we'll set forward and looking to
round out harmonious whole. The
neck must be well risen. If it is not
that is, If the crest is lacking-the stall
lion will not lAok altogether like stall
lion. On the other hand, avoid too
thick and "bully" n neck. There must
be length to the neck corresponding to
the range of the body. The very short
necked horse, though of good size him.
self, is apt to beget too many chunks
and too few drafters.
These particulars are gone into so
fully for the reason that the writer has
heard lot of nonsense and many false
ideas voiced by purchasers of stations.
Many of them seemed to be looking for
deformed administrations with the
heads of 1900 pound geldings. This
will not do at all. The head must be in
every way proportionate to the body
or the animal will lack sense in some
way, and when a stallion does that he
is not only undesirable, but dangerous
property.
1t is not so much the intention to de-
scribe in detail the points that go to
make up the good horse as to suggest
certain things that are essential to the
good breeder. Along this line let US say
first that the stallion with weak and
narrow lCin is to be religiously tabooed.
He will never prove success, and the
entire world is defied to show a good
breeding horse weak in his loins \
long back Is not necessarily weak
one, but as a rule weakness of loin goes
with length of back and lightness of
flank. Again, avoid the horse with the
latter fault, q light flank. To this are
always Joined short back ribs. The
for IN, haf I'll f,1r M
poor feeder, hard keeper and liable
to attacks of collie and kindred trou-
bles. Get stallion with an ample
bread basket-plenty of space in which
to put his three or four or five meals a
day and take perfect care of them after
he gets them tucked away.
Look well to the width behind A
horse that is fairly broad on top and
then slopes gradually inward to his
gaslzins is a bad one. A few horses are
in mind right now that otherwise were
very good, but were entirely spoiled by
being too light in the thighs. This fault
seems. to run in families to a very great
extent and comes back and back, so
that it must be guarded against and
bred against whenever practicable
AS before noted, the stamp and style
of the horse are the prime requisites
after size enough has been found. We
will emphasize the statement that if
the horse is big and sound or practical
| ly so he will do the purchaser no good
unless he is of the right kind. Never
| buy a great big rough brute simply be-
| cause he is big.
Regarding pedigree, any horse that is
registered in any of the recognized stud
books Of the present day may be ac-
cepted as well enough bred to act as an
/ improving agent if he is individually
| what is wanted.