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As to the stallion, it is a well established fact, that the cross between large, 

 upright shouldered, overgrown horses and small mares, generally produce a race 

 of long legged, small chested, spongy boned animals. 



It is also a well established fact, that to obtain speed, courage, spirit and 

 bottom, with hardness of bone, we must have what breeders call a strong dash 

 of blood ; and we should aim to get as much blood as we can into the horse of 

 all-work, consistently with the necessary weight. However, in doing this we 

 should avoid the long-legged, narrow-loined, pot-gutted, degenerate class of race 

 horses, and endeavor to select such as are well formed, with sufhcient bone, body 

 and muscle, and shortness of leg, to enable them to bear up under long conti- 

 nued and severe exertion. Diomede, Sir Archy, Medlej^, and other far famed 

 thorough breds, are said to have possessed these very desirable qualities in a • 

 pre-eminent degree, and transmitted them largely to their otispring. 



It is said that Lee's celebrated legion, in the South, during the Revolu- 

 tion, chiefly owed its great efficiency to these qualities, and the prevalence of 

 blood in his horses. They were i-emarkable for their wonderful endurance of 

 hunger, thirst and fatigue, making them the terror and scourge of the enemy. 

 According to the turf register, the blood of the Lindsay Arabian, once the 

 property of the Emperor of Morocco, entered largely into these horses. With 

 such well authenticated facts before us, we should feel fully impressed that we 

 can count on no permanent supply of desirable horses for saddle or harness, 

 without a portion of good blood, and a judicious and careful system of breeding. 

 Always bearing in mind, that in order to produce the most perfect formed ani- 

 mal, plenty of nourishment is necessary from the first period of its existence until 

 the growth is completed. It is also well worthy of our I'egai-d, to hold out 

 proper inducements to measure the speed, and guage the bottom, and record 

 faithfully the performance of the horse, in order to be able to select from the 

 best, and prevent degeneration. Hoping these hurried remarks may contribute 

 to stir up a spirit of inquiry on this subject, 



I am, dear Sir, 



Your obedient servant, 

 To Albert C. Ingham, Esq. WILLIAM H. FOX. 



Sec. Wis. State Agricultural Society. 



LOjS"G WOOLED sheep.— No. of Exteibs, 7. 



Judges. — B. B. Gary, Milwaukee; Worden Matteson, Delavan; E. Newell, 

 Kenosha; Samuel R. McClellan, Wlieatland; B. E\ Pixley, Janesville. 



Second best buck over two years of age — Bakewell; Chas. Wardlo, Union. $2. 

 Best ewe over two years of age — Bakewell ; Charles Wardle, Union. Di]iloma. 

 Best buck and ewe lambs — Bakewell ; Charles Wardle, Union. Diploma. 



