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him, to be sure, but he should be able to get 

 out and trot on occasion and not fall all over 

 himself. If a coach stallion is to be trusted to 

 beget coach or carriage horses of good to high 

 class he should be able to do just what is ex- 

 pected of his get. If he can not step along the 

 road at a fair clip and keep it up for a reason- 

 able distance, get one that can. It is hard 

 enough to find stallions that will transmit 

 strongly and regularly the good qualities which 

 they possess themselves; it is nothing short of 

 folly to expect them to transmit those which 

 they have not. 



If a stallion is worked the feeding problem 

 solves itself. He will get his regular rations 

 every day, and while I prefer oats and bran 

 it does not so much matter what a working stal- 

 lion gets to eat so long as he gets enough and 

 the quality is good. There is no wonderful 

 secret formula for feeding stallions in or out of 

 the season. Oats and bran, about one-fifth bran 

 by weight, form the best ration. With the work- 

 ing stallion the ration should always be the 

 same. Corn is good feed also for a stallion that 

 is worked, providing it is not changed. 



Time was when I believed that for stallions 

 during the season it was an excellent plan to 

 give a mash of boiled barley every Wednesday 

 and Saturday night, but I have changed my no- 

 tions. Time also was when I advocated the use 

 of cut or chopped hay in feeding stallions. Ex- 



