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the heavier, larger class of mares show good re- 

 sults, but as 'like produces like,' the larger jacks 

 are preferable. 



" Black, with light points, is the favorite color 

 for a jack, but many of our gray, blue, and even 

 white jacks have produced good mules. In fact, 

 some of the nicest, smoothest, red-sorrel mules 

 have been the product of these off-colored jacks; 

 but the black jacks get the largest proportion of 

 good-colored colts from all colored mares. 



" The breed of the jack is also to be looked into. 

 There are now so many varieties of jacks in the 

 United States, all of which have merits, that it will 

 be well to examine and see what jack has shown 

 the best results. We have the Catalonian, the 

 Andalusian, the Maltese, the Majorca, the Italian, 

 and the Poitou all of which are imported and 

 the native jack. Of all the imported, the Catalo- 

 nian is the finest type of animal, being a good 

 black, with white points, of fine style and action, 

 and from 14 to 15 hands high, rarely 16 hands, 

 with a clean bone. The Andalusian is about the 

 same type of jack as the Catalonian having, 

 perhaps, a little more weight and bone, but are 



