600 BREEDING OF HORSES. 



PocAHONTAS, of Messenger descent. 



MOUNTAIN BOY (2:20), of same blood as Maud ., both descend* 



ants of imported Bellfounder, he three and she four degrees 



removed, and both of Messenger origin. 

 JOHN MORGAN (2:24; 2 miles in 5), of the Pilot stock, as are 



Maud S. and Trinket. 

 GOLDSMITH'S MAID* (2:14), of the same blood paternally as is 



Maud S. paternally. 

 LADY THORN (2:18) is of Messenger descent, as are Goldsmith 



Maid, Pocahontas, and Maud S. In her blood, too, is the 



American Eclipse strain, which is an emphasis of Messenger. 



To Secure the Greatest Profit in Breeding The 

 economy of raising live-stock is an important matter to consider. 

 The object is, of course, to get the greatest return. It is to be 

 borne in mind that it costs no more to raise a first-rate colt than it 

 does to raise a poor one; and the objection that farmers sometimes 

 make that they cannot afford to pay a high price for the services of 

 a first-rate stallion, is not a good one, because they cannot afford to 

 have their mares served by a common horse at no charge at all. 

 That is, they cannot afford it if they want to realize the most profit 

 out of their breeding. Horses bred to pure blood are valuable not 

 only for driving and for racing; they are more valuable for the or- 

 dinary work to which horses are put for omnibuses and horse-cars 

 in the cities, and for the ordinary work of the farm, and for work 

 on the road, than are any other horses, and there is no risk what- 

 ever in making the experiment or attempting to breed the very best 

 sort of horses. 



Treatment of the Mare in Foal to Secure Best 

 Results Upon the care which is given to the dam will depend in 

 a great measure the condition of the colt. She should be allowed 

 as large a quantity of food as will secure the best development of 

 her offspring, and such also as shall keep her in good condition to 

 supply her colt with proper food. The breeder should not allow 

 his mare to remain without work; neither should he overwork her; 

 but exercise and good care are as important to the mare when she is 

 breeding as they are to the colt after he shall have been dropped. 

 The mare should be allowed room-range in some field, or else her 

 stall should be large and roomy so that she can take exercise enough, 

 and she should never be subjected to any annoyance whatever after 

 she shall have dropped her foal. If it is necessary to work her, as 

 it sometimes becomes, her colt should not be allowed to run with 

 her, and particular care must be exercised to see that the colt is 



* The pedigree of this celebrated mare is worthy of study She was very 

 closely in-bred. Her grand-sire was Rysdyk's Hambletonian; he by AMallah. 

 Her maternal great-grand-dam Amazonia was the granddaughter of Messenger, 

 which got Membrino, her great-grand-sire, so that Abdallah was the offspring of 

 an uncle and niece. Her sire was the grandson of Abdallah, and her dam was 

 Abdullah's daughter ; in other words, they were uncle and aunt. There cannot be 

 found many instances of closer in-breeding than this in America. 



