34 BREEDING. 



an adl of confiftency to evade fo palpable a 

 chance of difappointmenl, by forming an union 

 of propriety apparently calculated (from every 

 external appearance) to tranfmit fuch original 

 purity to their produce. 



To cfftA this, the mare having been ob- 

 tained correfponding in fize, frame, bone, 

 and ftrength, with the wifli of the breeder, 

 and found upon accurate examination to be 

 perfectly free from the blemifhes and defedts 

 fo frequently mentioned, the choice of a 



Jiallion becomes the object of ferious atten- 

 tion ; in him ihould be accumulated all the 

 points and good qualities it is poffible for a 

 iingle objed: to poffefs, upon a proof exceed- 

 ing all fpeculation, (and this every obfervant 

 naturalift will allow) that the produce, Whe- 

 ther male or female, much more frequently 

 acquires and retains the fhape, make, marks, 



' a*id difpofition of the fire than the dam ; and 

 although fuch affertion may not obtain im- 

 mediate credit with many, yet rigid obferva- 

 tion has long lince demonftrated the fad:, 

 and juftifies the great confiftency of rejecSling 

 fiallions v/ith the lead appearance of difeafe, 

 bicmifh, or bodily defed:, indicating even the 



flighteft 



