The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-12-25

w. II. Rice of Kauai. is n gentleman
who has for years interested himself
In horses and their breeding, and some
of the finest saddle horses on our
streets today were bred by Mr.. Rice.
willie" Rice, aside from being good
fellow, is an accomplished horseman
and knows a good horse when he sees
him, never hesitating to pay the price,
IL the animal is the one he wants. In
the list of animals owned by Mr.. Rice,
I notice such we'll bred horses as
"Spraydon," "Traducer," imported
from Australia by the Sinclairs, Dos
well. Jr.," "Almont," MAUD" bred by
II. ]. Agnew, Santa Teresa, "-"sa-
BILE wilkes'-"Lyle A." Mr.. Rice is
also an admirer Of Oregon" and "Lau-
rel" as I notice "Bismark'
"Oregon Mare" Laurel" Laval"
and Charley Wonder" Mr. Rice is
also breeding draft horses. and has
three fine stations in Rover" Capt.
Growl," and "Solon. Jr."
"Signap' by McClellan'-"Signal'
mare, imported in 1884 by Hoaeae
ranch, Oahu, has produced a number
of stylish saddle and carriage horses.
| All of his colts are well proportioned.
"The Mallard" by "Fellowcharm"
out of 1.-THE Teal by "Hindor," was
foaled in 1891, and imported in 1895 by
Kapapala ranch. In size he is 16.1
hands, and in color a bay. His colts
are good cattle and saddle horses.
| The writer has before him list Of
over sixty imported stations, stand
ard, thoroughbred, Arabian, Cleave-
land Bays. draft and Mustang, and it
is far from complete. In looking down
the list I find the blood of such world
famous horses as "Longfellow," Lex
ington," "Leamington," Great Tom"
| "Norfork," wilkes" "Almont.' Joe
Hooker" "Wildidle," running through
| the veins of these stations, and this
question arises in my mind: To what is
due the lack of good horses in these
Islands? 1t is certainly not for the
want of good blood. In the opinion Of
the writer, 1t is lack of good judg-
ment in breeding and good brood
mares. There is no question in my
mind but that had the stations Of
"early days" and the present day, for
that matter, had proper care and adj
vantages the Islands would have been
stocked with a fine lot of brood-mares.
and today instead of importing, would
have been exporting. The custom of
turning out an imported stallion, who
from birth has been we'll cared for.
stabbed and fed, with a lot Of mares on
| inferior pasture, and expect him to
produce good hardy colts in the wri-
ter's opinion is all wrong. I know
| of ranches in these Islands, where the
| stallion Is turned out winter and sum-
mer, and never taken in when the feed
| is short, and the owners expect this
| stallion to get first class colts. If a
| stallion can be turned out where feed
| Is good, from January to December,
well and good, but there are not many
ranches where this can be done. Feed
| your stallion, have your mares in good
| condition always, and you will get
good results.
A fact that strikes the writer very
forcibly, is that the best of our sad
die horses and "cow ponies have the
thoroughbred blood in their veins, be-
| ing quick on their feet, quality
lacking in standard bred. I don't be-
lieve we can infuse better blood into
our range horses than thoroughbred,
| and l think most of you will agree
| WIFI lie III tHlS. III SeltCll1lS q llOT-
oughbred stallion with an idea of
breeding horses one should he careful
to select an animal who has descended
from long distance horses ITnfortu-
natelv ali over the United states thew
ara breeding sprinters and # is hardly
ever even a four mile race is heard
Of now
| Don't buv stallion inst hacausa he
l. cbean or vou win ragrat n hut If
Won end stallion who is fright "
hu,, hin, even ~ Won have to nav q
love nrice Good tbinos come high.
caei,g most of tho roncbes allow their
colts 70 ,,,n until thev are 2 or 4 wears
ala hafora bond,,ng n &c weu 70 Sc
Loot q sto,Iion ~ GOOD disnosit,on
great p,istolke made is that of
o,Iowing colts to rim With their dams
of,ar thoy are yearlinrs This Is a
dangarous nroctice nc risk 10 run in
h.,,;n. tho collie cover tbe,r dams The
uriter b,s seen this time and time
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