The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-18

? along moving ponderously with world
Of power IN their great strong bodies
. $500 pounds or more many ut these teams
1 will weigh and Il you want shoes
ask the man who holds the r"inS whd,
: price he wants for thein smooth
{ gated trottsr drawing mud h"-pat
tered buggy they don't wash their
buggisI in the country once freezing
weather sets in-pass.'S mead m the AIR
with "A roll To his knee. and "A lift to his
hook that makes "A horseman turn To lOoh
after him. Sixteen hands high. he would
do for ON. 81 a carrag" pair And 81 II
goes all day long
A. has been already said. there has been
no attempt made to breed III" hunter IN
canada along approved methods. In
England they have the Hunters Improve
ment Society. which spends s25O,u'S an
nually It would appear that the efforts
of tn. society have IN the main not been
| as successful as could be- desired. Tier"
is "a tendency to breed too fine. Their
| horses haven't enough bCne and sub
stance for heavyweight purposes. hut
perha ~ admirable. as hghtw.Ight-
| But there are lots Of blg men who lik"
| TO ride To hounds Some OF these with
saddle will tip the beam al from go To
/ c5n pounds and they should not be- de
| priNad Of their pleasure. The admIrahl.
suggestion is made by On English cor
RESPONDENT 81 the Breeders Gd-sn. Of
Chicago that perhap, the solution Of tho
/ h.avyw-iEht hunter problem would hs
/ found IA ma, ing the half bred stallion with
| III. half bred mare The experiment -
worth max ng and II would perhaps h"
pn--ibi. t. get some breeder IN Virginia
or Canada. admittedly tn" homes of the
/ hunter on This continent. TO try IN" cross
The hest ~ the heavyw.ight- hdV" been
bred IN Ireland. where horses and men
have tremendous bone. du" no doubt m "A
certain measure To the limestone under
living tn. entire island. The wafer j.
strongly impregnlted with IL and lime
makes bone The Irish have thorough
bred -Ir.s Of size which they utilize for
breeding hunters. and ~ far no country
has b.'.n able 10 approach them al their
,p.cL.l,v The Irish hunter is the top
notch Il quality the world over
f. England th"r" hav. rscn many ms
fit ~ q result of too close breeding and
the. problem confronting them - the typ"
of iuarr they must turn 70 IN order to
keep beyond the danger line. Would the
p-oduc. If the half bred horse and mare
furnish the desired outCum" To which
they could occasionally turn ne
hunters from Canada and tn" United
States which were so highly praised ~
the Olympia show by IN" for"ign critics
were -orn. of them hy thoroughbred sIr--
and our OF -o-cill"d cold biuud.d mares.
though in some instances there were
horses shown that were out of half bred
dams.
That England j. very much IN earnest
in her attempt To- prud'Ic. horses OI tbs.
hunter tvpr Tor rrmpunt purposes - shown
by the, Inducements offered to breeders
r." purchase il recommended Of the
horses at ; wears instead of T. thus saving
"A wear, keep for IN. breeder. and II -
suggested that the purchases De mad.
from the breeder without the m"-lum of
4 IN. niddl~man. who generally r"Ips the
profit Subsidies are to b" granted for
the pIrchn-" II mares and stations {" be
supplied TO intending breeders on easy
terms
There are many men IN western Ontario
who hav. made IT u practice 10 develop
the half breed The work has been con-
genial and there has been good money
IN II for the professional The practice
has been for these men 10 keep in touch
with tho stallion owner and tho farmer.
and when the colts are old enough. say AT 3
years. they are picked up by these experts.
who with a corps Of experienced riders
whip them into shape Tho transforma-
ton from the unbroken crude three year .
old in tn. pasturs into fh. sleek. smooth
hunts- or saddle type is accomplished
quickly and TO the unframed .y" mar
v.llou-ly Their mancs are pulled and
their -1ils trimmed. The dumb Jockey
With liberal feeding and careful grooming
does tho rest
Tho dumb jockey gives rhe fine curve
20 IN. neck. and IN" biting apparatus
used lu conjunction with n supplies that
most a-s.ntial requisite" IN n s1dd"r or
hunter \ perfect mouth The education
proceeds sllon Z regular lines. II il gradual
and thorough
When "A good mouth has been esta hllzhsd
th" h'r-' - taught To jump. sometimes
being led over ia" obstacles on a lUngIng
rein. but tr"p u"niiy With "a rider in
the saddl.. from the initial stages
! Hnrn"fnaD!" fruC.- and walls are con
. struoi"I for ~" primary grade. bui later
! ON he "'iuuIt On - continued 10 "A com
7 pia'Irn ac~ps- ~" natural country brooks
stOn" walls Lnd t"nc"S 81 post and raII
being tak"u A. they come. and often 70
the accompaniment 81 = chaH" with 'he
hounds after tho aui-., bag or IN some
instance after k"ynari himself
| The raining - hprn" J. AL right. bur ~
il moi 10 b." conn t'"d with the beneficial
r,Si.lT. Dp'ains.,i py contact with IN" actual
Cror--' puntry gan" Competition -tir-
the blood II 'h' hi'-" aUB IN" "ha-s not
infr",l'r"n'ly brings uW latent qualities
which would 9TH" wI-.. b" hidden
Tho lion Adam b.ch tn. master 81
the London HUM. whps.. hDm" Hettl.y
~ one nf the show places 81 thus city js
pe -hays IN" most "nih'!siEStic amateur
dev"Dys- If m" half bret IN Canada
to-day Eis wif" - "A clue., second and IN
the opinion II many - entitled 10 first
place Ms She rides to hounds regularly