CHAPTER V. 

 MANAGEMENT OF THE STALLION. 



Having seen that there is nothing super- 

 natural or occult about the transmission of life, 

 but instead that the development of the germ- 

 cell and the sperm-cell is a normal physiogolical 

 process, it becomes plain that in order to pro- 

 duce young of normal vigor the parents should 

 be in normally vigorous health. Possession of 

 the highest condition of health implies the con- 

 tinual breaking down of the bodily tissues, elim- 

 ination of the waste and replacement by new 

 tissues, prevention of undue accumulation of 

 fat and thorough cleansing of the system by the 

 eliminatory channels. This desired condition 

 inheres in the proper degree only in the horse 

 when he is worked and well fed. It follows that 

 every stallion should be worked, and the same 

 is true of every brood mare. I can see no rea- 

 son why both should not take their turns regu- 

 larly in the harness and do their reproductive 

 work as well. 



There comes a time, of course, in the life of 

 every stallion and mare when, on account of 

 failing bodily vigor, only moderate labor, or 

 none at all, should be required of them. In the 

 sere and yellow stage of equine existence the 

 system's physiological processes are much 



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