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BREEDING. page 



To breed a Succession of good Animals difficult — Families "nick- 

 ing in" — Meaning of " thorough -bred " — Arab — Welsh Mare 

 — Good Females hard to obtain — Bakewell — Jonas Webb — R. 

 Booth — Orton — Abd-el-Kader — Imaginative Contamination — 

 11 Like produces like " — Holds true rather as respects wild than 

 domesticated Animals — Midland Mare — Arabian — Chillingham 

 Cattle — Dutch Cattle — Charles Collings — History of the Short- 

 horn — Never breed from the infirm — Sir Tatton Sykes — Stock 

 of aged Horses — Touchstone — High Condition undesirable — 

 Crown Prince — Jonas Webb never showed Females — Change of 

 Air restores Fertility— Gestation over Time — Twins— Free- 

 martin — Dishley Breed — Colour — Crossing requires great Judg- 

 ment — Mental Traits most enduring — Growth of Likeness — 

 Leslie — Wilson — Spectator — Horns — Ireland as a Grazing 

 Country— Proportion of sexes regulated by Breeder — Newcastle 

 Captain — Marmaduke — Size of Sire — Royal Butterfly — Dwarfing 

 — Persian Horses — Italian — Danish, &c. — Mr. Buckland — You- 

 att — Keep in Youth — Welsh Cob — Welsh Ponies — Yarrell on 

 British Horses — Rug Breed — Colonel Vaughan — Apricot — Mare 

 slinking Foal — Period of foaling — Listen but decide — Colts' 

 jumping— Breeders' Cares — Black Quarter— Darwin on Species. 188 



