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HANDY HOES E-BOOK 



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BREEDING. 



A few words only of observation would I make on this 

 subject.'"" Palpably our horses, especially racers and 

 hunters, are degenerating in size and power, owing 

 mainly, it is to be feared, to the parents being selected 

 more for the reputation they have gained as winners 

 carrying feather-weights, than for any symmetrical 

 development or evidence of enduring power under the 

 weight of a man. We English might take a useful 

 lesson in selecting parental stock from the French, who 

 reject our theory of breeding from animals simply be- 

 cause they have reputation in the racing calendars, and 

 who breed from none but those which have shape and 

 power, as well as blood and performance, to recommend 

 them. They are also particular to avoid using for stud 

 purposes such animals as may exhibit indications of any 

 constitutional unsoundness. 



* It, however, is treated more fully in a new section, page 93, 

 which, at the request of many readers, and in consequence of its 

 increasing interest to a large portion of the community, has been 

 added to this edition. 



