Hand-book of Horsemanship and the habits and diseases of the horse and other animals . ir were on dress-parade, and the scene reminded one of the days whenRarus was trotting in public before tens of thousands of people and the dogwas nearly as much of an attraction as the horse, The other horses in the stable were Pickard, that has trotted a mile , and that is used as a mate to Rarus, and Leesburg, a young stallionof whom great things are expected, I generally have a good many of myhorses jogged during the winter/ said Mr, Bonner, but this year I haveadopted the plan of taking off their
Hand-book of Horsemanship and the habits and diseases of the horse and other animals . ir were on dress-parade, and the scene reminded one of the days whenRarus was trotting in public before tens of thousands of people and the dogwas nearly as much of an attraction as the horse, The other horses in the stable were Pickard, that has trotted a mile , and that is used as a mate to Rarus, and Leesburg, a young stallionof whom great things are expected, I generally have a good many of myhorses jogged during the winter/ said Mr, Bonner, but this year I haveadopted the plan of taking off their shoes and letting them run out at thefarm, which is why you see so few of the horses. You have a good many horses altogether, Mr. Bonner ? Yes, but not so many as I used to have before I had made any sales. Ihave always tried to have the fastest trotters in the country, and althoughI have spent a good deal of money in my efforts to do this, I want to saythat there has never been a time when I was more willing to pay a longprice for the best trotter than at the present day. ^^?lA m. ^ jWJh^ j A Perfect Horse HAND-BOOK OF HORSEMANSHIP, 53 Mr. Hamlins Ideas on Breeding. My great aim in breeding is to combine speed with size, soundness, styleand elegance of form. In the pursuit of this object, I have weeded fromthe list the mares which have not produced foals up to the standard, andstallions have been selected with the greatest care. Hamlins Alraont, Jr., and Mambrino King, according to the criticaljudgment of the country, are horses of the very highest type. Their lineiare symmetrical, their balance perfect, and their movement bold and fric-tionless. They also represent families which have won renown in the battlesof the turf. The trotting propensity is strong in them ; the welding ofstrains which have been tested in harness, has confirmed this .propensity;they trot themselves, and we know by actual results that they have the powerto transmit speed at the trotting gait. The other
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