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besL thoroughbred stallion suitable to get hunters. I would like to see 

 the different fair associations in Missouri give suitable prizes for the 

 best thoroughbred stallion to get hunters, riding horses and horses suit- 

 able for military purposes. 



Sttggestioiis to Breeders. — In breeding, be careful and never breed 

 to a roarer ; it is very hereditary. Be very careful also to never breed a 

 riare that has been foundered. Try to select mares that are free from 

 any hereditary unsoundness, such as spavins, ring-bones, side-bones, or 

 moon blindness. If your mare is deficient in any point, be sure and pick 

 out a stallion that is proficient in the same point; for instance, if you 

 have a mare that is a little bad in the withers, pick a stallion that is very 

 prominent in the withers. If your mare is coarse in the head, be sure 

 and pick a stallion with a very neat, small head. If she is short in the 

 neck, look around until you find a stallion with a good, long neck. It 

 is very hard to get brood mares that are proficient in all points, but this 

 can be overcome by being careful to select a stallion that is very promi- 

 nent in the parts that the mare is deficient. 



I want the breeders and farmers to thoroughly understand that while 

 I champion the thoroughbred so strongly as a sire, I am not throwing 

 "cold water" on any other breed, as I think the American trotter is the 

 grandest horse today in the world. I have won more prizes in the show 

 ring with American trotting bred horses than any man in this country. 

 I sent the American trotting bred horse, "Governor Brown," to England, 

 and won seven blue ribbons and the championship for best heavy har- 

 ness horse at the Crystal Palace show, London. 



Missouri Honored. — Missouri ought to be proud that she has pro- 

 duced one of the best heavy harness horses I have ever had the pleasure 

 to ride behind. He was bred by Governor Colman of St. Louis, a mem- 

 ber of the Board of Agriculture. He is now owned by Thomas Lawson 

 of Boston, and has been picked out by the United States government 

 and by other governments as the best type of heavy harness horse to be 

 found. 



The Horses the Market Demands. — The class of horse that I part'.c- 

 ticularly want to draw to the attention of Missouri breeders and farmers 

 is a class that has never been produced in this country unless by acci- 

 dent. When you come to think that a good hunter will bring all the 

 way from $1,500.00 to $2,500.00 in New York City, and that a medium 

 hunter will bring from $700.00 to $1,200.00, and a common hunter from 

 $400.00 to $700.00, it is surely time that some steps be taken to pro- 

 duce this class of horse. 



The dealers in walk, trot and canter saddle horses in the east at 

 present are scouring all over the western country to find material for 



