Show rapid progress in the matter of raising fine horses utah is rapidly forging ahead in the matter of raiding horses we had here from the earliest settlement of this region a splendid foundation upon which to build races of draft all purpose or trotting horses the spanish stock which formed the bulk of our horses in this country until within recent years possessed those qualities of courage and endurance so necessary in any breed and which are in fact the main virtues to be sought in a race of horses which it is proposed to breed up that native spanish stock is hard to break after the fourth or fifth year only proves it to be lacking in intelligence for tho more intelligent a borso is the more easily may it be subjected to the will of man docility merely a form of intelligence is imparted to the horse by crossing with better blood and by thoroughly breaking and training generation after generation from now on horses are destined to be on important product of this territory and to constitute one of the main elements of the wealthy of our agriculturists within the last few years an immense amount of money in the aggregate has been expended in importing blooded mares and stallions and elaborate preparations have been made 1 by farmers stockmen stoc kmen and ranchman ranchmen ranch men to raise horses as a business or as a distinct branch of some allied industry the late fair presented ample evidence that the progress rr ogress made has been rapid and abo enterprise displayed highly respect to the breeding of good horses the question now presents itself which class of horses are the most profitable to raise draft or race it is a question which hundreds of our farmers and stockmen stoc kmen are considering and one which demands intelligent action on their part of fast borses it may be said that they usually bring much higher prices than do a corresponding grade of draft animals there is more interest because more pride and excitement experienced in raising racers than workers and undeniably there is something fascinating about a horse which goes upon tho track and wins a closely contested ewt against competitors worthy of hia rivalry A horse wins a good race by being steady courageous and persistent as well as well winded and strongly muscled in other words by hig intelligence and solf control as much as by his physical howera and it may properly be here observed that self control is one of the highest forms of intelligence in the horse as in tho man the man who breeds a fast horse is who so operates under tho laws of nature as to produce a creature of greater mental as well as physical powers than were possessed by its kindred or progenitors who brings forth from certain elements which man is permitted to control a sorva ot sven S ven in whom it is both natural and proper for man to take pride and pleasure ingrained in human nature are the reasons why a man delights in the possession of a horse chieh is able to excel its fellows esthetic considerations probably give preference to the fast horse as alie one to raise so probably do pecuniary reason under some circumstances cum stances but it is doubtful if draft stock are cot the better investment from a practical point of view for most of the farmers and stock men of this territory jt requires he investment of a great deal of capital to begia the raising of fast animals for common marcs are of little value requiring several generations of high crosses to produce good results and the stallions must from tho outset be of the most ex kinds experience and good judgment 6 an order higher than more than a few average banners possess are required in mating siro anadem to produce th e best results as to speed and even with plema of capital and the best of ekpo expo ion ce and judgment there is an amount of uncertainty and disappointment connected with the of trotters two colts from the isamo sire and dam cannot be depended depend id upon to make nearly the same radeord many colts of the very best breeding droyd failures on the track aid a colt bred to trot which fails at that is likely to be a failure for mos purposes and is nearly always a heap animal eastly the sale foi fast horses is generally slow ii sped is their principal merit the animals necessary to begin raising good draft horses ari not very expensive and common mares produce profitable results biti the first cross made more so with each subsequent grade there ia little disappointment for results are reasonably cert airland can be foreseen by a person of limited experience there is always plenty of work for good draft horses and consequently they are always in demand for exportation if not for the home market and prices are nearly always remunerative on the whole we incline to the belief that the farmers and stock men will average better profits from raising draft horses than fast ones but probably the most profitable breed of all is an all purpose and draft combined |