East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-04
Finest Strain OF Blood Selected for
Breeding Farm In ColOradO-Object
Is to Improve the Grade OF Amer
lean HOrses-Review OF the Good
Horses OF the United States.

George NJ. Rommel, of the department
OF agriculture.
More than three years ago a stut
was established, at which Carmon
| formerly owned by Thomas w. Law
son, and campaigned at horse show!
under the name Of Glorious Thunder
cloud, was placed at the head.
1t has been the almost universe
rule, in breeding, that a great line OF
horses has been founded not by the
gradual improvement of certain
species, but by one horse, OF such
yirIlity and prepotency that his char
acteristics were reproduced not only
In the first, but in succeeding gener-
ations. Generally the type Of the pa
rent horse has been fixed by inter
breeding or "inbreeding." until It has
become so firm through several gen.
erations that the offspring will re-
produce themselves-in other words
breed true" to type.
For breeding purposes, a horse
must not only be superb individual
himself, but he must come from
fashionable" ancestry as horsemen
put 1t. II he does not, his offspring
will almost certainly revert to the type
from which he sprang, and will come
nowhere near approaching him in APP
pearance or stamina.
In the case OF Cannon, no horse
could be better fitted for the purpose
for which he has been acquired. Him.
self superb individual in appearance,
he comes from some of the stoutest
lines in the American trotting horse
register. On the side of his sire, Car
negie, he is related to the great trot-
ting stallion Cresceus as Carnegie was
a son of Robert McGregor, the sire OF
Cresceus. On the side of his dam,
Monitor Maid. he traces back to Ethan
Allen, Hambletonian II, Abdallah l
and Black Hawk.
While coming from such great
speed producing lines. Carmon was
never trained for the track. He was
bred by Norman J. Coleman of st.
Louis, who was secretary of agricul-
ture during the first term of the late
President Grover Cleveland. and his
conformation was so perfect that he
seemed emlnently fitted for the show
ring.
He Is a big, outstanding bay. 13
years old, 16 hands high and 1900
pounds in weight. AS a type of car
riage coach horse, he would be almost
impossible to beat. He has a finely
chiseled head, a beautifully arched
neck, clean cut but powerful limbs
and full, well-rounded quarters-the
latter in decided contrast to the lanky
ancestry.
But as a carriage horse, the Amer
lean trotting horse has of late years
been coming into his own. There has
never been any doubt as to his stami-
ma. still, he has hitherto lacked
type" He has been the product of
many different lines. And, until late
years, he was often crossed with thor
oughbreds, from whom he acquired
his great staying powers
Methods Arc Changing.
Now all this is changing. Horse
shows are in vogue as never before.
is being taken into ac-
count as well as speed by men who
take pride in their turnouts. A great
many hackneys have been imported |
from England by those who did not |
care for speeding, but were keen on !
style.
Yet, in spite of the great vogue OF |
The hackney, particularly along the |
Atlantic coast, the trotter, when cho-
sen for conformation as well as speed,
has held his own more than fairly |
we'll in the show ring. Newsboy, the
little runabout horse, who
lolds all records for blue ribbon win
ling in America, and at the age Of 13
'ears took down blue after blue rib
)on at the international horse show
It London, is of trotting ancestry. So
llso is DR.. Salwonk, Reginald VAN
ierbilt's great gig horse, who has
aiken championships into camp at all
he leading horse shows for years.
Another magnificent trotting bred
stallion who can go into the show ring
md win from the hackneys in the
leavy harness classes Is Mails, cam
,aigned for a number of seasons by
7. w. Hartman.
In fact, the list might be almost In
definitely extended, But enough ex-
Lmples have been given to show that
When "hackneyized"- is to say,
locked and put through the high
topping paces-the well-formed trot-
er can hold his own in the heavy
harness classes as well as on the
rack. {
For Judging at fairs and horse
hows the following classification as
o type has been adopted by the gov
Not under Is hands for mature
orses; smooth, compact and symmet-
lcal conformation; neck OF good
ength inclined naturally to arch;
looping shoulders; we'll set legs of
ledium length: sloping pasterns and
ood feet; we'll ribbed up to coupling;
loins; full flanks; straight
roup, with we'll set tail; full round
uarters.
To be entered in the government