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mediocre class. Some of them won races, but they did 

 nothing to attract especial attention. 



The fault lies in the fact that no care was exercised in 

 the mating. Heavy, bulky mares were bred to him, and he 

 got a class of horses that inherited all the bad traits of the 

 dams and but few of their illustrious sire's. The mistake 

 was made in breeding Ten Broeck to such a class of mares 

 The animals he should have had should all have been light, 

 fast and vigorous. In the event the mare was of a vicious 

 temperament or nervous to a marked extent, the docility of 

 the sire would have offset this in the progeny. But every 

 owner was anxious to breed his mare to Ten Broeck because 

 he was a noted performer and because they thought it 

 would add to the value of the produce if the Ten Broeck 

 blood coursed through their veins. 



A man having a mare that he desires to breed to a stal- 

 lion must first take into consideration all the weak points of 

 the mare herself. He must give them careful thought and 

 must not omit a single detail. Then he should consider the 

 points of the stallion. If his mare is gentle, speedy and a 

 sprinter, he should select a stallion that is full of good tem- 

 per and strength. This is necessary in order to get all of 

 these requisites in the foal. Then the greatest discretion 

 should be used in bringing together the sexes. Of course, 

 the first thing needed is a groom who knows how to educate 

 the stallion to approach the mare in a gentle manner. No 

 man owning a stallion that is making a season should neglect 

 this very essential point. He should use the utmost dis- 

 crimination in the selection of the groom who is to have 

 charge of the stallion. 



When the stallion is brought out he should be perfectly 

 broken. If he is a vicious and rushing animal, he should be 

 held in check, so that the operation may be a natural one. If the 

 mare is a timid creature, no matter how passionate she may 

 be, the stallion may frighten her, and the result is frequently 

 that she will slink. Then the groom should be able to judge 

 whether or not she has caught. In the event he is unable 

 to make a good prediction of her condition, he may breed 

 her to another stallion when in reality she has caught by the 

 first. Then the first or second stallion may have been too 

 vicious, and the foal is lost. 



