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mated with other horses and breeding from them, will produce foals par- 

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

 Dinarth Hall, Colwyn Bay. 



11. "I have crossed scores of mares of coach, cart, hackney, and 

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

 experience that it made the slightest difference in regard to the subsequent 

 produce." Mansfield Harrison, Brookfield Stud, Higligate. 



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

 the produce, but personally I have not come across 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, SeaJiam 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, Rillington, 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, Kirkburn 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, Newark. 



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 think 

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

 experience. 



