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They should be ridden or led about for two or three 

 hours every day. The confinement of a stallion in 

 a close hovel, without exercise, makes him suscep- 

 tible of disease, produces fever in the feet, and 

 diminishes his power of procreation. Thirty mares 

 is a full allowance for any stallion ; the number 

 of weedy animals we see in training is owing to 

 the stallions being worked beyond their natural 

 powers of healthy vigour. 



In all our great horse-breeding establishments 

 for public sales, the ground is too limited, and the 

 paddocks are tainted by the number of occupants. 



In Count de la Grange's stud in France, I am 

 informed that the yearlings are never shut up, 

 but are allowed a very extensive range of pasture ; 

 this is the true policy ; it stands to reason, they 

 have an enormous advantage over our stall-fed 

 stock, but as long as the yearlings fetch fancy 

 prices there will be no reformation or improvement ; 

 it is a case of pounds, shillings, and pence. We 

 lose every year our crack stallions, because the 

 wise government in France will buy the best 

 'articles, and there is no public fund in this country 

 to act on the defensive ; everything here depends 

 upon private individual speculation. 



