BREEDING CITY HORSES. 
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trotter because lie is an American production. They insist that 
they shall boycott the u foreigners ” because of their birth. Of 
course this is meiely the narrow view that is inspired by “ vested 
rights.” Ownership or interest has much to do with it. Horse- 
breeding is a matter of the pocket-book, not u patriotism.” The 
farmer should found his operations on this proposition. 
Another class of teachers insists on the use of the thorouo-h- 
bred stallion on draft mares for the production of carriao-e 
™ s - We warn our readers against it. Let those who can 
artord to draw blanks from this lottery experiment to their 
‘ 1 5 arfc . s L c 1 ontent it. The temper of the thoroughbred and 
his stiff-kneed, daisy-cutting action are all against such a sys- 
tem of breeding. Moreover, w^e earnestly warn against draft 
blood in the mare when trying for carriage horses. We need 
not rethresh this old straw; our views on this subject have been 
repeatedly emphasized. 
Tinning to the stallions that have been especially bred for 
the purpose of getting carriage horses we find the French and 
German Coachers, the Hackneys, and the Cleveland Bays. All 
have their advocates and all have demonstrated their value 
when properly mated. Much “trash” has come across under 
the names mentioned and it is no better than our own home¬ 
bred trash. It is all off the same-piece and good stuff to let 
alone If there is anything in heredity, if there is aught in in¬ 
herited instincts and tendencies, if blood in breeding is not a 
mere name, then the surest and most sensible way of'producino- 
coach horses is to resort to coach-horse blood. Men do not 
gather figs from thistles. Every living creature has been 
wrought jForth after its kind since the Creation, and will continue 
to be. The principle of heredity was fixed at the Creation. Do 
men breed to dairy sires when they want beef beasts? Do 
men breed to bull-terriers when they want birddoo- s ? Why 
therefore, should a farmer breed to a 2:30 trotter or "draft horse 
when, he wants a coacher? Master-breeders have spent their 
lives in evolving the foreign-bred sires of heavy-harness horses. 
I hey have fixed those types; is there any reason why we should 
not avail ourselves of the fruits of their lifetime of endeavor? 
e lave amply demonstiated the ability of tne coachers and 
the Hackney. to reproduce themselves. Many misfits have 
resulted from injudicious and indiscriminate patronage of such 
sires, but that was not the fault of the stallions. Properly 
mated The Gazette believes that the best results in breeding for 
carriage or coach horses will be attained when the breeds 
