THOROUGHBRED VS. KENTUCKY HORSE 43 



that I am not so hidebound by prejudice as to be 

 unwilling to admit that each and every breed has its 

 good points as well as its bad, and that there are many 

 splendid hacks of all breeds. A good hack is a good 

 hack no matter how he is bred, and a good Kentucky- 

 bred saddler is preferable to a poor thoroughbred. In 

 order to come to any fair conclusion, unbiassed by per- 

 sonal feeling, one must go into the matter most care- 

 fully and never forget that " intolerance is but another 

 name for ignorance." 



It is deplorable as well as ridiculous that in some 

 circles horsemen are so intolerant of each other's pet 

 hobbies and favorite types that the "racing" enthu- 

 siast will sneer at the "trotting" devotee, and the 

 "hunting" man think the "school" rider rather an 

 idiot. In the saddle horse world the lover of the 

 thoroughbred is too apt, without giving any real 

 thought to the matter, to disregard the Kentucky 

 horse's claims to beauty and usefulness, and vice 

 versa. Let us, therefore, in comparing the various 

 breeds and types endeavor to divest ourselves of all 

 prejudice, and remember that in judging horses as in 

 judging men and events there is no quicker way to 

 acquire true wisdom than learning to look at things 

 from another's point of view. 



The merits and demerits of the Standard bred and 

 Arab are as follows: 



The Standard Bred. The Standard-bred horse, 

 pure and simple, without any intermixture of outside 

 blood, as a rule has too harsh and violent a trot ever 

 to make a good saddle horse.* His canter, at which 



* There are, of course, exceptions to every rule, and out of hundreds 

 of trotters Mr. C. K. G. Billings has been able to pick a number who 

 give you an excellent ride at the trot. 



