Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-03-24

MADE BY OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES CONEN-
TRY MAKES INTERESTING SUGGESTIONS
REGARDING BREEDING. b
Washington Post.) o
The English government has made i
grant of 100000 to the development 6
commission, the sum to be devoted !
purely to the encouragement of the
breeding of light horses. England has :
always been prolific in its supply of the
heavy animal, and of the light for that
matter, but of late years Great Britain
has had to take back seat to other ,
countries in the classes and production
of the light animal. For number of
years foreigners have been making
raids on the British studs, with the re-
suit that they have captured the cream.
of the stations and broodmares. This
process of denudation has had its result,
and meantime the government looked
on and did little or nothing to encourage
the light horse breeds. Each year there
used to be grant of $25, 900, which was
distributed here and there in kings |
premiums at the different shows, and |
. this did well enough until the buyers and
breeders from the European countries
began to acquire the best of the stock
This new grant of 5000, 900 will be dis
G tributed during the year in the way of
kinks premiums to thoroughbred stall
: lions of second-rate calibre. The
work of awarding the prizes will begin
o at the annual show of the Hunters
Improvement Society, at Islington, in
= March, and will continue all through
the season. Owners will have to apply
for the premiums, and in all cases the
soundness of the stallion will have to be
taken into consideration and will have
to be vouched for by veterinary
surgeon. Another part of the scheme
is that owners who do not care to APP
ply for premiums can have their horses
registered, and this will be guarantee
of soundness.
LORD COVENTRY'S OPINION.
One of the best known men in con-
nection with the Improvement of the
DIeeuS VI HOrSeS Oh all KINDS is LOrQ
Coventry. He has been master of the
royal buckhounds for a number of
years, is a member of the Jockey Club
and has had the distinction of winning
the Liverpool Grand National in two
successive years. Along with these
qualifications he has been an eminently
practical agriculturist and on the
question of horse breeding he makes
some suggestions as follows:
"If you want to be successful in
breeding you must breed from young
ID animals. My own idea is that if we
want to increase the number of useful
., horses in the country we ought to pro-
coed on the lines which the Royal Com
mission has followed for so many years,
and provide larger number of thorough
bred stations than has hitherto been
possible. considering the limited sum
VA which has been placed at their disposal.
I've But they set out on the right lines in
NV supplying thoroughbred stations, sound
IN in every way for the use of the farmers
a. at low fee. | would increase the
'e' grant very largely and provide more
7"' thoroughbred stations, which should
''o receive certificate of soundness be-
fore they are passed, and | would allow
=. those stations to cover farmers mares
"A free.
'"' think if we provided free service the
mares would always be Forthcoming.
VA do not mean mares which would produc,
al a high class hunter, but those which
W. would breed useful animals suitable TO
on army purposes, and in connection with
~ this subject have always recommended
y" farmers to breed from their light
"'i active cart mares if the services of
WI thoroughbred horse could be procured
"ne Cart mares would work on the farm
III until within few days of toaling anC
IRE therefore would entail little or no extr
cost to the farmers.
~ GOOD RESULTS ARE SECURED.
ice | have seen the best results from
,as breeding in this way, for many excel
1t lent hunters have been got by thorough
mt bred horses out of cart mares, and
edJ have known these sold for large sums o
in money, and curiously in many case
ar. they have shown great amount O.
I'd. quality which one would not have ex
le- pected; but the difficulty of breeding il
.er this way is that it is only the first cross
an which succeeds. If you think to improve
NO upon the breed by having foal from &
is filly bred as | describe very likely yor
ed will be disappointed.
eg "The first cross is the best. l an
very much opposed to the introduction
civ of what they call half-breed hunting
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