34 THE PEECHEEOIT HOESE. 



From the issue of this first selection, make a similar 

 choice, and with them and their progeny march persevering- 

 ly in the same way, without ever looking to the right or to 

 the left that is to say, without ever listening to advice 

 which would modify the work commenced, or to praises 

 which might induce the desire for too rapid results. To 

 proceed too fast is perhaps a still greater error than to 

 stop on the way, inasmuch as it often renders a retro- 

 grade movement obligatory and reduces to nothing the 

 results of several years of success. 



It is indispensable that the selections from which a 

 good progeny is desired should be completely grown that 

 is to say, the horses should be at least four years past, 

 and the mares fully three years old. 



Sell, without remorse, to the trade the least successful 

 types, and most carefully keep the good. The horses, after 

 serving some campaigns in their adult age, can be sold 

 without inconvenience ; a few well-proved types are suf- 

 ficient for a district. But never part with the mares when 

 they are remarkable for their conformation, temper, 

 aptitude to work, and for their qualities as breeders. 



Thus, in order to keep the breeders clear of tempta- 

 tions which are always dangerous, and as a good means of 

 guidance, prizes become a question of life or death for the 

 future of the race. It is, in fact, by means of prizes and 

 rewards, liberally distributed for the class of mares of 

 three to ten years inclusively, that they can be kept in the 

 region. It is by awarding the prize at three years, after 

 they have been covered, in paying at first but one-half 

 of the prize and the remainder only after they have foaled 

 and have been again covered, that they can be virtually 

 controlled. After ten years, as they no longer meet with 

 either a good or profitable sale, special encouragement 

 may cease. Moreover, the breeder who during eight years 

 has received in prizes a sum often superior to the money 

 value of his mare, and recognizing that he possesses in her 



