Show v- v Raising Thoroughbreds I Costly Horseman Finds The word thoroughbred is often even in well informed circles erroneously erroneously erroneously erro erro- used in referring to a full- full blooded breed of horses when the collect coIled descriptive e word is pure pure- bred Thoroughbred rightly used means a definite breed of horse which is commonly known as the racehorse The history of the thoroughbred thoroughbred thor thor- I is well known The breed descends from the Arab the product product product prod prod- of years of breeding for speed and size The breeding still goes on Not generally known is the thc fact that it costs much more to raise an offspring from a large fast horse than from a small inferior one writes Capt Maxwell M M. Corpening in the Chicago Tribune Thoroughbreds Thoroughbreds Thoroughbreds Thorough Thorough- have a general range in size of from 14 2 to hands the hand being four inches and to 1300 pounds in weight Color varies greatly The chief uses to which a thoroughbred thoroughbred thor thor- is put are arc in the field of sports sports racing racing polo and hunting Usually it is much higher strung than a common horse and therefore more easily casily spoiled Because of the long struggle gle to improve the Arab for speed faults in conformation are frequently found in thoroughbreds The commonest cum cum- monest of these are small bones and not not enough heart girth Like their Arab ancestors thoroughbreds exert exert exert ex ex- ert little effort in motion giving a comfortable ride They have great strength and their greatest asset- asset endurance has endurance has given rise to the expression expression expression ex ex- ex- ex A A clean thoroughbred never never never nev nev- er quits |