THE BREEDING AND REARING OF COLTS. 



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breed to line with individuals having the distinct points required. If the 

 object is to breed-up, to found a breed, or to refine certain points and 

 characteristics with a view to their perpetuation, it will be safe to 

 breed in-and-in, or closely, for three generations, and then take an out 



A CHOICE ROADSTER AND MANY TIMES A CHAMPION. 



Note the unusual length of body and rangy conformation. Note, also, the 

 unusual length from hip to hock and well muscled thighs and quarters indicating 

 speed qualities. Height, 15-3 hands; weight 1150 pounds. 



Good roadsters stand from 15 to 16 hands high and weigh from 900 to 1150 

 pound.s. While 16 hands is the upper limit for this class, a 16-hand roadster is 

 not nearly so desirable as one that does not stand more than 15-3 hands high. 

 Some authorities go so far as to say that a 16-hand horse is not wanted; how- 

 ever, if the extra height is all that is against him, he usually finds a buyer with- 

 out great difficulty. 



cross, or breed to line, as the case may be. For ordinary purposes, 

 where stamina, strength of constitution, and not exceptionally constant 

 characteristics are required, crossing is not objectionable, though violent 

 crosses, as heretofore stated, must not be allowed. Breed your females to 

 the best male vou can find, having due regard always to the i)oint that the 



