Show Raising Thor Thoroughbreds 5 Costly Horseman n Finds The word thoroughbred is often even in well informed circles circes erroneously erroneously erro- erro used in re a tull- tull full full- blooded breed of horses when the collect descriptive word IS pure pure- bred Thoroughbred rightly used sed means a definite breed of horse which is commonly kno known m as the racehorse The history of the thoroughbred thor thor- is well known The breed descends from the Arab the product product prod prod- of years of breeding for speed and size The breeding still goes on Not generally known is the fact that it costs much more to raise an offspring from a large fast horse than from a small inferior one one writes Capt Maxwell M. M Corpening in tI the e Ch Chicago cago Tribune Thoroughbreds Thorough Thorough- have a general range in size of from to hands the hand being four inches and to 1300 pounds in weight Color varies greatly The chief uses to which a thoroughbred thor thor- I IS put are in the field of ports racing polo and hunting Usually it is much higher strung than a common horse and therefore more easily spoiled Because of the long struggle to improve the Arab for speed faults in conformation are frequently found in thoroughbreds The commonest commonest com com- monest of these are small bones and not enough heart girth Like their Arab ancestors thoroughbreds exI ex- ex I 1 crt ert little effort in motion giving a comfortable ride They have great strength and their greatest asset asset- has endurance given rise to the expression expression ex- ex uA A clean thoroughbred never never nev- nev er quits |