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Identifier: breedingdevelop00brad (find matches)
Title: Breeding and developing the trotter
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Bradburn, John, 1842- (from old catalog) Thomas, Arthur Caton, 1885- (from old catalog) ed
Subjects: Horses Horse racing
Publisher: Boston, Mass., American horse breeder publishing company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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because where a man wishesto purchase but one stallion I would advise buy-ing a trotter. You can secure better payingpatronage with a trotting stallion and you willget enough pacers from him. So many breedersgive you that knowing smile when you speak ofbreeding to a pacing stallion. The good trottersare harder to get, and they are better liked bywealthy patrons, who support the breeding in-dustry. SHALL THE STALLION BE RACED? After purchasing the stallion you must decidewhether or not to race him. I have given myreasons for not wishing a horse to be raced ex-cessively and said that it is advisable sometimesto race the stallion one season in order that thepublic may have a chance to judge of his gamenessand speed. If you are to race the stallion, placehim in the hands of a competent trainer. Do nottry to economize at this point and give him to acheaper, but less experienced, man, who mayinjure your horse for life. Do not race the horsetoo hard, even in the one season you are to cam- 74
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2 < M o o H <! WQ H < g < BREEDING THE TROTTER paign him. Three or four good races are prefer-able to a season of ins and outs. You can escapea possible chance of racing-out your horse bygiving him a time record, but this opens an oppor-tunity for the knockers to claim he is notgame. THE STUD SEASON. We have now arrived at the stud season. If youhave selected a good stallion there will be severaloutside brood-mare owners anxious to breed theirmares to your horse and you should try to inter-est more. Many stallions pay for themselves intheir first stud season. Remember that you arein the same position as a merchant with goods tosell and do not therefore be afraid to advertisejudiciously. Always patronize a few of yourlocal papers, including nearby horse papers, ac-cording to the good they can do you, and by allmeans advertise in at least one or two turf journalsof national reputation. This keeps your horsebefore the general public, and will not only secureyou enough extra m

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