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JRelinquishiilg, therefore, so extravagant 

 an idea, we proceed to the time most natural 

 for bringing the mare to the horse after her 

 foaling, if she is intended to continue her 

 services as a brood mare, and to be managed 

 accordingly. The time most applicable in 

 one respect, may not prove always the most 

 convenient in another, as it should be regu- 

 lated, if possible, to avoid the before-men- 

 tioned extremes of the foal falling too early 

 or late in the season. Most mares will take 

 the horse on either the ninth, fifteenth, 

 fxoentij'- first, or twentij- seventh day after foal- 

 ing; of these, neither will occasion any great 

 variation in the time of her foaling the next 

 season, though I should adhere to either of 

 the two last, unless the mare had foaled late 

 in the year, when the^^V^^ or second should 

 Certainly be preferred. After which cover-^ 

 ing, or refusal of the horse, she should corl- 

 tiime to be tried at the stated periods so par- 

 ticularly specified in the earlier part of the 

 work ; always concluding the mare to be 

 stinted, and in a state of conception, when 

 she has repeatedly declined the horse in the 

 manner there described. 



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