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mated with other horses aud breeding from them, will jDroduee foals par- 

 taking of the conformation or type of the first sire." — JoJin James, 

 Dmarth Hall, Colivyn Bay. 



11. "I have crossed .scores of mai-es of coach, cart, hackney, and 

 tlioroughbred varieties, and have never yet been able to find in my 

 experience that it made the .slightest difierence in regard to the subsequent 

 produce." — Mansfield Harrison, BrooJcfield Stud, Highgate. 



12. "I believe in some ca.ses the effect of previous mating is visible in 

 the produce, but personally I have not come acro.ss a case in the horse. 

 On one occasion we had a Clydesdale mare accidentally served by a 

 Shetland pony. The produce was a nondescript animal, just what you 

 would have expected from such a violent cross. Her next foal was to a 

 pure Clydesdale, and it did not show the slightest trace of the Shetland 

 with which she had previously been mated, though I fully expected it 

 would have done so." — R. Brydon, Seaham Harbour Stud. 



13. " My experience is quite contrary to the idea that the first sire 

 has any influence on the subsequent produce of mares by other sires." — 

 J. Paisley, Waresley Estate Office, Sandy. 



14. "The point you raise with regard to breeding of horses, that foals 

 partake after the first sire, is, I think, a common belief I have, however, 

 had considerable experience in breeding, and I have never as yet been able 

 to .satisfy myself that such is the case." — J. Lett, RiUington, Yorks. 



15. "I really cannot say that I have ever noticed that when a mare 

 has been put to a horse and bred a foal by him, foals from the same mare 

 subsequently born to other sires have partaken after the first sire." — E. 

 Green, The Moors, Welshpool 



16. "I believe that when a mare is served by a good horse, her subse- 

 quent progeny to other sires will be favourably influenced by the first. I 

 have not had a case myself." — F. Buttle, KirMmrn Manor, Driffield. 



17. "Having studied the question of a sire's influence on stock other 

 than his own for now forty years, I am convinced that there is no ground 

 whatever for saying that he has any influence on the future progeny of the 

 mare when put to other horses." — J. Forshaw, Carlton-on-Trent, Neuxirh. 



18. "I certainly do not think that when a mare has been put to a 

 horse and bred a foal by him, foals from the same mare subsequently 

 born to other sires will partake after the first sire." — John Rowell, Bury, 

 Huntingdon. 



19. "I have heard a good deal said about the matter you mention, 

 but I do not think there is so much in it as many people seem to tliink — 

 in fact, if there is anything at all. I give you one or two cases of my 

 experience. 



