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Relinquifhing, therefore, fo extravagant 

 ian idea, we proceed to the time moft natural 

 for bringing the mare to the horfe after her 

 foaling, if fhe is intended to continue her 

 fervices as a brood mare, and to be managed 

 accordingly. The time moft applicable in 

 one refpedl, may not prove always the moft 

 convenient in another, as it fliould be re- 

 gulated, ifpoffible, to avoid the before-men- 

 tioned extremes of the foal falling too early 

 or late in the feafon. Moft mares will take 

 the horfe on either the ninths fftcenth^ 

 twenty-jirjl, or t-iceiity-feventh day after foal- 

 ing ; of thefe, neither will occafion any great 

 variation in the time of her foaling the next 

 feafon, though I ftiould adhere to either of 

 the two lajf, unlefs the mare had foaled late 

 in the year, when the frjl or fecond fhould 

 certainly be preferred. After which cover- 

 ing, or refufal of the horfe, flie fliould con- 

 tinue to be tried at the ftated periods fo 

 particularly fpecified in the earlier part of the 

 work ; always concluding the mare to be 

 ftinted, and in a ftate of conception, when 

 ftie has repeatedly declined the horfe in the 

 manner there defcribed. 



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