HACKNEY BREEDING IN AMERICA- 



IvKcaxALi) ('. Vaxderbit/i- 



President. American JIacUney llorso Society, Sandy Point Farm, Newport . Pv. T. 



The iniprovcnieiit in the ehiss of Ilack- 

 iievs hred in this eountrv during the past 

 few vears lias l)een so marked that many 

 helieve that we can show as good speci- 

 mens of the l)reed as the best that are 

 imp(3rted from Enghnid. With the exis- 

 tence of the European war and conse- 

 ijuent stoppage of importations, compari- 

 son, for tlie j)resent at least, is useless, 

 and it is to the stock farms of America 

 that the TTackney niu.-t look foi- its future. 



What will the Hackney of the future be and from what blood 

 will it be produced ^ To answer these questions we must look 

 to our breeders, for upon what they are doing today will depend 

 the results of tomo^rrow. 



I wish to call attention to the l»lood lines which the ditferent 

 breeders are following and to their own opinions on matters of 

 interest to the lireeder. 



I shall take, for example, the Pabst Stock Farm, belonging to 

 Mr. Fred Pabst, and situated at Oconomowoc, Wis. ]\[r. Pabst's 

 foundation was secured by an importation in 19(h; of two stal- 

 lions and twenty mares, and in the spring of 1907 he further in- 

 creased his stock by purchasing from Mr. F. 1). Jordan all the 

 Hackneys at his Plymouth Hackney Stud at Plymouth, Mass. 

 Among this lot, which consisted of over one hundred animals of 

 all sizes and ages, were such well-known stallions as Gentleman 

 John, a champion of the Xational Iloi'se Show, and Dilham 

 Prime Minister, probably the best pony sii'C in America at that 

 time, having go^tten such good ones as Lady Dilham and Bit 

 o'Fashion. Later on Mr. Pabst added to his stud Meanwood 

 Majesty, by the celebrated F(u-est King. 



* Courtesy of The Field: Tlie Advanced Apricnltiiral Publishing Co., Xew 

 York Citv, piiWishers. 



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