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farmers who keep from one to four or five 

 mares. In such cases the mares do ordinary 

 farm work, and are used on the road driving 

 to and from market. These mares are usually- 

 bred to neighboring stallions, but sometimes 

 are sent long distances to be bred to stallions 

 of fancy blood. Some men in various walks 

 of life keep stallions which they use for 

 breeding purposes in their neighborhood and 

 also for driving on the road. Such stallions 

 usually get more trotting work than any 

 others except those for a long time on the 

 race track. Some of them have been "abus- 

 ively" driven. There are many cases in 

 which a man keeps one stallion to which he 

 gives his whole attention, and which he 

 moves about the country from place to place. 

 Such men rarely drive their horses. If a 

 railway is not convenient for their transpor- 

 tation, they are led. Some "vicious" stal- 

 lions have been kept in chains without 

 exercise for years, while others have not 

 been driven ^for fear they might be injured. 

 Finally, there has been a small class of 



