2 ELEMENTS OF HIPPOLOGY. 



A stud-book is a book that is kept for the purpose of re- 

 cording the pedigree and performances of thoroughbred animals. 

 The stud-book for the American thoroughbred horse is kept by 

 the editor of the American Stud-Book, in New York City. To 

 entitle a horse to be registered as a thoroughbred in this stud- 

 book, his ancestors, for at least six generations of sires and five 

 of dams, must have been so registered. 



If, in examining the pedigree of a thoroughbred horse, an 

 ancestor not of pure Arabian blood is found, the horse is said to 

 have cold blood. 



A well-bred horse is one descended from a line of selected 

 sires and dams, chosen for the qualities they are known to im- 

 part to their offspring, and whose rearing has been carefully 

 attended to. 



The horse shown in Figure 1* is an example of what cen- 

 turies of intelligent breeding and the most scientific care can 

 accomplish. 



An ill-bred or under- bred horse is one carelessly bred, 

 whose sires and dams have not been well chosen, and who, for 

 generations, have been neglected in their rearing. 



Figure 2 shows an under-bred polo pony of poor quality. 

 This is a coarse animal, with abundant mane and tail. While 

 it is a perfectly sound, serviceable animal for slow, light work, 

 its sluggish nature, the result of careless breeding and rearing, 

 unfits it for anything that demands courage or stamina or spirit. 



The varied uses to which horses are put has led breeders to 

 develop special strains of horses that will best accomplish the 

 special work demanded of them. 



*This colt was bred by Mr. I. Simons Harrison at his stud-farm 

 in East Yorkshire, England, and it is due to his courtesy that the 

 photograph is introduced here. 



Mr. Harrison says of him: "This colt is very handsome and 

 racing-like and on good lines. I hope he may, with luck, make a name 

 for himself on the turf." 



