HORSES: THEIR POINTS AND MANAGEMENT 



The views in the |)r('sent day arc the very reverse of this, 

 and in the humble ()})inion of the author, rightly so. By 

 breeding hunters from hunter stock, true or fairly true to type, 

 the progeny of such mating will certainly inherit some or all of 

 the cpialilications of their progenitors, therefore the stock from 

 such a source have, as it were, the " dormant " essentials of 

 the hunter born in them, so that "schooling," though secondary, 

 becomes a matter of comparative ease, not only to the pupil, 

 but also to the master of his equine scholar. Light weight 

 carrying hunters can, of course, be got by crossing a thorough- 

 bred sire with a hunter mare, but weight carriers are now 

 mostly bred from a selected hunter sire. Anyone interested 

 in the breeding of hunters naturally goes to the Society's 

 Annual Show at the Agricultural Hall, and may there select 

 what he considers most suitable to meet his requirements, either 

 for stock or for stud. The Society will register a stalhon two 

 years and above, if got by a thoroughbred or registered hunter 

 sire, and out of a dam registered in the first volume of their 

 stud book, provided the animal is certified sound by a 

 M.R.C.V.S., and approved by Council. 



A yearling (filly foal ) filly, or mare, may be registered if her 

 sire is a registered hunter sire, or a thoroughbred, and her dam 

 registered in the first volume of stud book. Likewise any 

 mare, filly, etc., can be registered if she has the direct crosses 

 of thoroughbred or registered hunter blood in her veins, such 

 as sire and dam's sire. 



Registration can also be effected if her produce has won 

 races under either the Jockey Club or the National Hunt Rules. 

 Mares and fillies are also eligible for what may be termed supple- 

 mental registration, but no numbers ai'e allotted. In this case 



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