58 STALLIONS. 



STALLIONS. 



The Committee on Stallions, having attended to the duty assigned 

 them, submit the following Report : 



Five horses were entered. Only two of them were considered 

 worthy of a premium. One of these, was the thorough-bred horse, 

 " Tri-Color," owned by F. Boyden, of Topsfield. The other, was 

 the " Black Hawk " horse, " Anglo Saxon," owned by William 

 Peters, of North Andover. Tri-Color was regarded by the Com- 

 mittee as a horse of excellent blood and fine action, possessing 

 many good points, and most of the necessary qualifications for a 

 stock horse. And they accordingly recommend that the first pre- 

 mium of twenty dollars be awarded to his owner. Mr. Peters' 

 " Anglo-Saxon " is also a horse of good blood (sired by Josiah 

 Crosby's horse, Anglo-Saxon, which is now dead,) and possesses 

 good form, size, color, and action. The Committee considered him 

 a valable horse, and worthy of the second premium. But as Mr. 

 Peters received the second premium for him last year, he is now, 

 according to the regulations of the Society, necessarily excluded. 

 The Committee recommend that mileage be allowed to the owners 

 of all the Stallions entered for premiums, and that come within the 

 rules of the Society. 



The Chairman of the Committee, having paid considerable atten- 

 tion to the breeding and rearing of valuable horses, does not feel 

 willing to leave a subject of such vital importance to the agricul- 

 tural community, without making a few general remarks, hoping 

 that they may be instrumental in improving the character and con- 

 dition of that much abused and long neglected, yet patient and 

 faithful friend and servant of man. Until quite recently, very little 

 attention has been given to systematic horse breeding in this country, 

 and the consequence is, that we have few or no horses among us, 

 which can be considered strictly reliable for the purposes of breed- 

 ing. Most of our valuable horses are the direct descendants of 

 English stock, that has been bred with the utmost care and study, 

 for centuries, and unless the strictest attention and judgment be 

 given to the crossing of these animals, they very soon lose their 

 most desirable qualities. Let us cross the best EngUsh stock with 

 our best native stock, and we can create a class of animals adapted 

 to our peculiar wants. 



