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dispensed with. Either the mare or the staHioii 

 ought to be young ; for if both be old, the 

 produce will not be good. Those who breed 

 horses, and who wish to have a good produce, 

 must be careful in choosing well-shaped, 

 spirited mares, as well as good stallions. 



Race-horses are very properly bred from 

 those that are most celebrated, and the same 

 rule should be observed in breeding hunters 

 and hackneys j for if the mare, or the stallion, 

 or both, be ill-shaped and spiritless, their off- 

 spring will be the same. The stallion should 

 be handsome in all his shapes, have a small 

 head, bend his knees well, and shew a great 

 deal of spirit, blood, and action. A mare 

 tliat either cuts or brushes, goes close on the 

 ground, or that has come down, should never 

 be selected for breeding, for her foals will in- 

 herit her bad qualities. She ought in every 

 respect to correspond with the horse above re- 

 commended. 



Lowness of condition in a mare that it is 

 intended to breed from, is not very material; 

 but if she be too fat, she will not keep the 

 horse. It has been conjectured that the breed 

 will be the better for the mare having a foal 



