The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-22
by j. c. rEnNEyuoucH, d. v. $,
3. s.,
Stptc Veterinarians,

state Veterinarian,
During the last few weeks have
had several farmers who are contem-
plating breeding their farm mares this
spring 10 ask me why ] was partial
to registered stations when as u mat
tor Of fact many OF the registered
horses are not as good individuals HI
some that are not only not registered
but not eutitled to registration.
owing 20 the fact that the above
questions have been asked me so often
lately. ana that / consider this an
all important subject for every one who
is going to breed a mare this season
TO consider, ! shall try to explain in
this article exactly why / advocate al
ways using registered stallion.
In tho fret place. If tho stallion Is
registered lie Is not only what he
should be as to his breeding blood
llnes-but any one IAN look into the
breeding of the registered horse aud
find out for himself Just what
horses this particular stallion has de-
scended from. Let 1t be plainly un-
derstood hat when l speak of reg
istered stallion here / am not partial
To any particular breed OF horses, as
am now leaving this. for the pres
ent at least, to the choice of the far
mer without suggestion from me
But if you want "A draft strain oil
horses on your farm for farm use. breed
To q registered stallion from one OF
the draft breeds. Tho Percheron. tho
lClydcsdale, Belgium and other breeds
are well known as the draft breeds. and
when you breed to these you are breed
ing the true draft blood thus know
what you have on one side at least
The same may be said If you want q
horse for speed in harness; al the cN.
pense of everything else. you woul6
be foolish to breed to anything but .
standard pred stallion. The standards
bred is the fastest harness horse ir
tho world; and why? Because this
breed has been bred for years ant
years to develop speed at the expense
OF anything else. II matters not what
thus the blood which produces spec
in harness is now so rich in the veins
of some of the best bred horses that II
is known fact that we can nearly fore
tell the record of the offspring of some
of our best bred trotters and PAGERS.
do not FOR one moment mean to say
that the .rottinS bred horse is of nc
use except for speed as l can call tc
mind now some Of the best looking
and most useful horses for many pur.
poses which arc standard bred ami
mails. Take the thoroughbred horse
Che running horse): While he may be
of service elsewhere, he is never a
home except when at the gallop. Com
| ing to the coach breeds here / am very
partial to the hackney. l realize, how
ever, that while | know many hack
| neys that are doing good farm work
some doing good work under the sad
die. yet as breed they are never 50
much at homo as when shown in ths
IleaCv harness II is their
turc to go at a good gait and at thu
same time pull good load, and Will
| it all show the high action of the
knees and hooks. which make them tht
most stylish harness horse in th'
world.
Then, the above being the truth, how
was all OF this brought about in th'
beginning? How was this size cstab
lshed in The heavy draft breeds? How
was the ,Xtra speed gotten In the ligh
harness horse, tho standard bred? VIII,
| is it that the thoroughbred outrun
any other breed OF horses is tho world
And why does tho hackney give 20,
such wonderful action Of the knees ant
| hooks? It all came from careful
breeding. IT matters not how perfcc
the individual appeared to be, this in
dividual horse was not used to breet
from, unless tho good looking hors'
with unknown breeding was used Will
some horse with established bloodines
in order 20 be able to intcligently OBJ
serve the offspring. so as to SEQ whc
tther or not the animal with unknown
brcedns was able to transmit his O
her good qualities.
Then why is 1t that YOU can not taxi
q good looking stallion, when 20,
| know HIM to be an extra good indi
yidual. and breed him expecting goo,
results, 1t matters not about his pedl
/ gree? This should never be practice,
for the following reason: Tho stal
i lion, in order to hake money for Iii
owner (here l am speaking Of the ordi
| nary horse). Is going to he bred t
nearly every marc that any one care
10 breed 10 him. 1T matters not abou
| tho breeding. or even the qualities o
the individual mare. the result will b
that tho horse without any particula
good blood OF his<own to help him on
will not be able to overcome the lac
of breeding OF tho poor mares; thus tn
colts will simply be something of tn
horse kind. In many cases no one wi
be able to tell any one Just how the
Are bred because no one knoWs.
We can Well afford to breed til
more when she Is a good individuals;
Imatters not about hcr breeding, unles
we want TO produce horse which
entitled to registration. II we maks
mistake here we can soon correct y
as the mare will soon. tell you whethe
or not she has any good qualities 7
mpart to her offspring, AT any rat'
she can not, as rule, give you nor
than one bad colt year. IloWeNe
take the stallion, on. the other llant
and If he IS going to leave indifferel
colts, lust think of the number he WI
have loft In the county. before he