Studies in horse breeding; an illustrated treatise on the science and practice of the breeding of horses . at many times reviewed theseworks, bringing out the more essential features in sucha manner that the public generally, has a very fairknowledge of this subject. For business reasons, thepress above referred to, has been silent, concerning afew of the things, which the breeders of the countryhave been wanting to know. Because of this delin-quency upon the part of our live stock press, I willgive a brief description of the chief characteristics ofthe more important breeds. This will be done
Studies in horse breeding; an illustrated treatise on the science and practice of the breeding of horses . at many times reviewed theseworks, bringing out the more essential features in sucha manner that the public generally, has a very fairknowledge of this subject. For business reasons, thepress above referred to, has been silent, concerning afew of the things, which the breeders of the countryhave been wanting to know. Because of this delin-quency upon the part of our live stock press, I willgive a brief description of the chief characteristics ofthe more important breeds. This will be done only fromthe viewpoint of the breeder. No attempt will be madeto write or regard it in any manner as a history. Todo this in a manner worthy of the subject, would re-quire the space of a large volume. Only the briefestmention of the breeds from the viewpoint of today willbe made. The first division of the horse into breeds or classes,is into the draft horse, and those to do the lighter andmore speedy work of man. Into the horse of greatmotive power, and those of greater action. Of the THE Breeds 175. 176 STUIHES IN IIORSK HREKDING former class we now have five breeds, Belgian, Clydes-dale, Percheron, Shire, and Suffolk. For the purposeof this chapter the latter class can be subdivided intofour subclasses, the heavy harness or park horse, fur-nished by the Hackney and Coach breeds; the lightharness horse of which the Standard and modern Mor-gan are best representatives; the five-gaited saddlehorse and the Thoroughbred or running horse. Thelatter is the basis of all good blood in all the lightclasses. Where Draft Horses Are Grown. To speak intelli-geutly, or to have a correct understanding of the mer-its of a breed of horses, one must know something ofthe country in Avhiclr they were grown. We shouldalsjo know something of the people originating horse that would be a good one in one part of theworld might possess but little value in any other loca-tion. The conditions of
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