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nine hands, or a yard high, extremely convenient for children; and all 

 under-sized Horses possess the power of carrying burdens beyond the 

 proportion of their size. 



In regular or systematic breeding, as has been already observed, both 

 Horse and mare should be adapted to produce the particular species 

 required. In the case of a person casually desiring to breed from a 

 mare in his possession, he may select that species of stallion for. her, 

 the specific character and properties of which, blended with her's, will, 

 in practical probability, give the desired result. The glorious press has 

 spread among mankind all sorts of useful intelligence, and from the 

 newspapers of the breeding counties, and in the Racing Calendars, 

 are to be found annual notices of covering stallions of every variety in 

 use, with their prices. And in every county in England, stallions 

 attend markets and fairs, in the covering season. 



The term stallion is said to be a contraction of the Latin equus ad 

 stabidum, because it was necessary to confine the stone-horse in a stable 

 or stall, by himself The Italians and French making use of the same 

 figure, write Stallone and etalon. The practice of gelding all Horses 

 intended for common purposes, even for the troop, is now universal 

 among us, and with the utmost reason. The business is equally well 

 performed by geldings, which are void of the trouble, and of some of 

 the diseases of the stoned-horse. Even in the view of humanity, it is 

 a point gained, to deprive the male, by a temporary suffering, of that 

 powerful apjietite, which must be perpetually recurring with no chance 

 of gratification. In this respect, the mare stands a better chance, and 

 it is a point of interest to keep her perfect, since she may, from various 

 accidents, be disabled from labour, yet be well adapted to procreation. 

 The fashion indeed, of spading mares, which never prevailed to any 

 considerable degree, has ceased probably almost a century. The 

 number of dray and cart stallions in the metropolis, formerly so con- 

 siderable, is now reduced to few, and it is desirable that geldings maybe 

 entirely substituted, particularly as less liable to grease and cuticular 

 disease. 



To describe usefully the stallion and brood mare, it must be done 

 with respect to their different species, and in course, purposes to which 



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