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find that tlie progeny lias not got as good and safe 

 action as we could wisli. It is true that a good 

 hunter, as I have stated in describing what a hunter 

 should be, requires one of the characteristics of a 

 racehorse, that is, breeding, and one of the character- 

 istics of a coach-horse, that is, size, and therefore it 

 is desirable that they should have both thoroughbred 

 and coaching blood in their veins; but it is not 

 enough to have these only, and possibly the only way 

 to produce a horse having the qualities of all the 

 four breeds I have mentioned would be to breed one 

 which should claim descent from all four strains. 



On this head I shall write more fully in the section 

 devoted to breeding. 



