. Cyclopedia of farm animals. Domestic animals; Animal products. Fig. 474. Russian Orloff stallion. one of which, Barss or Bars 1st, is an important factor in foundation blood-line descent. He was foaled in 1784 and died in 1808. The dam of Bars was a big Dutch mare of fine knee action, and from this ancestry comes the size and action desired. Count Orloff used English Thoroughbred mares for many years in his stables, and they were bred to Orloff stallions, but no stallions were ever sold from this stud. In-and-inbreeding was finally ac- tively followed in one group, while another group of Orl
. Cyclopedia of farm animals. Domestic animals; Animal products. Fig. 474. Russian Orloff stallion. one of which, Barss or Bars 1st, is an important factor in foundation blood-line descent. He was foaled in 1784 and died in 1808. The dam of Bars was a big Dutch mare of fine knee action, and from this ancestry comes the size and action desired. Count Orloff used English Thoroughbred mares for many years in his stables, and they were bred to Orloff stallions, but no stallions were ever sold from this stud. In-and-inbreeding was finally ac- tively followed in one group, while another group of Orloff and English blood stock was main- tained. In 1845, the Russian government bought the Orloff stud from the Countess Orloff, daughter of its founder, when there were 21 stallions and 194 brood-mares of the Orloff breed, and 9 stallions and 112 brood-mares of Orloff-Hackney blood. In America.—There have been a number of importations of Orloffs to America. In 1877, four stallions and one mare were brought over and sold at auction, all being purchased by Lieutenant Ismailoff of the Russian army. In 1890, Jacob Heyl, of Wisconsin, imported two black stallions, and, in 1892, two stallions and four mares. One of these stallions, Wzmakh, made a record of 2:21J. This same year F. G. Bourne imported five stallions and one mare. In 1893, eighteen head were imported from Russia for exhibiting at the World's Columbian Ex- position. In 1902, Bergh & Company, of New York, imported twenty-eight head, which were sold at auction in New York, at an average price of $1,243. The breed has never secured any permanent foothold in America. Distribution. The Orloff is generally distributed over Russia, and is the predominating trotting horse of that country, although other breeds occur. It has no distribution to a great extent outside of Russia. There are several types of the Orloff, and, of those exhibited in 1893, criticism was made of the dif- ference in type. Mr. M. W. Dunham, who judged t
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