The sun., 1907-12-29
TYPES AT TIE HORSE SHOWS
TROTTERS HOLD THEIR OWN
WITH ENGLISH HACKNEYS.


be used are the essentials IN the choice OF a
heavy harness horse. A handsome bearing
accuntuated by high knee and hook action
b also required.
light harness roadster. which includes
the range o. buggy and surrey or rookaway
horses, should have good looks, dOcile
manners and pace which means the ability
20 get up and git.' but high action 10 not
essential. The light harness roadster
usually has more shoulder than knee action
and throws out its hOORs close 20 the ground,
Jrst "a SOnOma Girl and other fast trotters
DO In racea
IL In consequently easier to convert q
track trotter to buggy horse than to find
one that will make n taking heavy harness
horse. Pacers too are valued by many as
light HARNESS. roadsters. but they are not
wanted for heavy harness purposes.
Horses have speed in all shapes" is an
adags with those who have 20 do with
racing thoroughbreds or light harness
hOrses. and they do not seek good looks
when they arc buyers. Indeed. through
generations Of breeding for speed alone the
track trotter or PAGER is often an excessively
homely horse.
The thoroughbred when thrown out Of
training and sound often becomes a very
handsome horse for the rounded outlines
oH an easy life succeed TO the greyhound
ssimness Of the racing days. 10 that many
prefer this sort for the eaddle or M hunters.
while in England they are often used as
carriage or gig horses.
fast stopper and game looking mare"
remarked an American to his English host
a. they rolled along in dOgcart
Yes, like a bit Of blood in the shafts
was the reply. as he touched up the nag
with the whip. Il once thought had a
chance for the Oaks with that one"
This was the first inSling the American
had that after he Ia through racing them
an English gentleman will often drive or
ride his thoroukhbrsds instead Of selling
them for nnenial uses. az is often the DISPOSE
tf0n made in this country OF horses that
have won fortunes for their owners on
the turf
Parole, the gelding that won many races
in this country and England for the late
Pierre Lorillard, ended his days as the
park hack OF a friend to whom Mr. 1,oriI-
lard presented the horse Racecourse
trainers usually have a thoroughbred as
their driving horse. and more than once
the buggy horse has been put back into
training to confound the talent by winning
q race.
TIE track trotter will make as useful
buggy or utility horse a. any one may |
desire; in fact, Is per cent. Of the country |
roadsters represent the dlsappointmsnts |
of breeders who have been seeking record |
trotters or PAGERS. They improve in looks |
when out Of the training stables, although !
often eve necked and with props that |
suggest q daddylOnglsgs spider.
Yet in many trOtting families speed |
and good looks have always gone hand in |
hand together. ManlbrinO King and |
Quartermaster. for instaute. trOttink stall !
Hons that were well known TO the Nsw
York horse shows in the '0Os. we're excep-
tionally handsome horses and transmitted
their good looks as we'll a. speed. the former
having sired several blue ribbon winners in
heavy harness.
In this country the trOtters to gain dis
tinetion in heavy harness far outmmber,
despite the proportion Of chafY In the wheat.
any OF the thoroughbredH. and under saddle
they hold their own as show winners
sometimes a false test but the only public |
test avaiable-with the thoroughbred and
the registered saddle horse stock. registry
based on thoroughbred foundation lines.
As n coach horse the trotter In equal
TO tt French ccachers CT other Continental !
importations as to individuals. while also |
individual trotters repeatedly defeat in
carriage. gig and the general heavy harness |
horse Glasses at the shows the best English /
hachneys. Remember. too, that the GrOt-
ters. 20 gain these signal SUCCESSES, were |
primarily bred for speed Man have |
track records.
There is nothing wrong with the excep-
tlonal or specially selected trotter for any
IL I'D IN thaR hau-
lexicon. Once the type has been outlined /
here the Individual trOtter has been found /
to fill the requirements to a greater degree |
than any imported horse
This condition suits the dealers and the /
whips. the gentlemen who buy their show |
horses ready made. But now comes in i
a broader aspect Of the subject.
To what extent have tbs heavy harness |
triumphs of the selected trUtters benefited /
the farmers or the stock breedersp The |
United States Government. through the i
Bureau Of Animal Industry Of the Depart |
nent OF Agriculture has virtually entered /
q discouraging answer 70 the question.
All the show suOC9sess OF ths selected /
sorts of trotters have served only to sc-
centuate a condition made evident TO indi- !
vidu~l breeders fifteen years ego. IL is
that however brilliant the individual trotter |
nAay be in heavy harness. II seldom breeds
IL was 70 Offset this tendency by an out
cross that individuals have bsen importing
French coachers and EngIish hack Y
neys. a venture that IL welding q slow but
promising harvest; but the Bureau Of AMI
NAL Industry IN to endeavOr TO hnd Amer
loan material that will breed tr,ls TO tyre
As a carriags horse. Not until this type
has been established will the bIue ribbons
won at horse shows BY trotters be direct
benefit TO the stock breeders
A coach horse or one for uss In heavy four
wheel vehiCIes, s,lch 40 q mail Dhseton.
must he not less than sixteen hands
Noted trotters OF this typo are Reginald
vanderbilt's DR.. Schwsnk. 1e1 hands, by |
Junsmont. 3:lR. end onoe ussd - doc
tors horse In Virginia viIless. who sold
him for $50: Jamss Hobart MoOrps Bur-
Rngams and Buriinghem. A. q. Vandsr-
hits Sweet Marie and The Major, each
ie.l hands and 9. W. Wats0n's Lady HaIti-
more and Virginia just over sixteen hands
This type In also adapted for single
broughsm or in . single victoria. but In
smaller forms OF these vehicles the horses
may be OF less height.
Gwest Marie won tbs slngle brOuQhnn
class at New York In 1909 and W. n. MOOrs's
trotter Debator. ls.Sh hands. winner In
similar ciaAees for John Doyle a. rhe
aanle=, won &c the last show Dictator