The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1904-09-07

The growing popularity of and the
great prices realized by the high
acting, fashionable harness horse,
and the undisputed fact that the
American trOtting-bred horse is the
source par excellence from which this
type OF harness horse can he pro-
duced. plus the hitherto unattendant
accompaniment, speed. make it seem
to me that those gentlemen in this
country who are making a specially
OF breeding coach horses and other
fashionable high-going harness
horses with speed, should lose no
opportunity of taking advantage Of
trOtting bred brood mares and trOt-
ting bred stations with size, shape,
make, individuality, bottom, bold
ness. courage, temper, temperament.
action, and, of course, speed and
sOundness, which are likely to help
them along in their very cOmmendable
and at the same time r~emunerative
business.
am not going to argue the pros
and cons of the American trOtter for
this purpose, nor am l going to say
why the types which have been so
long preserved with have not found
favor in the eyes of people who not
only require action but speed.
The American trOtting-bred horse
possesses the latter of these elements
to such a marked degree that he
stands alone, is unique in the equine
creation.
Those who have read my articles on
breeding in the various journals will
understand my ideas and realize the
tremendous Importance of selection.
l mean to say, that by proper
selection a type of fashionable, high
acting and fast harness horses of fine
presence and individuality can be
bred from any family of American
bred-trotting stock without going into
the sO-called blue blOOded lines.
The trOtting speed element is SO
rooted in the American trOtting horse
that it has come to stay, and is so
potent that it will make itself known
wherever the family cross may be, in
sufficient quantity-if l may use the
expression-to fill to the full the
requirements of the speedy, high-go-
ing harness horse, from the pony to
the cOacher.
1t was my privilege and pleasure
the other day to pay a visit to Miss
A. A. Marks beautiful home, evil
lowmere," Sound Beach, Conn.,, and
to see what I am bound to say is the
most superb type of coach horse sire
it has eve been my good fortune to
look upon.
King Alar fills the bill l have just
alluded to, to the brim: he is a majes-
tic horse, a noble horse, and has
all the accessories which 20 to form
this character-Outside physique,
good temper, ~gentleness, tractability;
with holiness. dash, courage, bottom;
standing II hands and weighing 1,4jO
pounds in mid-seasOn stud condition,
with q girth of 70 inches and measur-
ing 81 inches under the knee, 1O1 be-
low the hook. D around the fore arm
and 81 around the second thigh, this
animal stands q levia-than among
fast harness horses, yet he is built in
absolute proportion and on beautiful
Il may say fine-lines. He has good
slanting shoulders, clean cut and fine
for his enormous muscular develop
ment, q short back with the most
powerful lOins. quarters and thighs.
He is closely coupled and wonder
fully we'll ribbed up, has q grand inn
posing crest, although anything but
heavy: q we'll set on head and a
beautifully turned neck: the biggest,
soundest and cleanest cut joints for
SO big q horse I have seen, and the
best shaped and soundest feet l can
remember. He has grand action all
around and can step up to his chin
going q 2:1O clip. His color is a
dark brown without q white hair,
save q faint star.
The gentleman who bred this horse
was 70 years old when he gave him
his record of 2:26 driving himself and
never intending to mark him better
than 2::3O in order to please the owner
of Alarw Clay, his sire, because he
had issued q challenge to match King
Altar against any stallion of his size