^Relative to Breeding, — a very iraportaot 

 N subject, all will admit — two very common mis- 

 p^ takes are made; the first, that mares are bred 

 from only because they are useless for work, 

 and consequently have to be turned out to grass 

 for the season ; the second, that a mare is put to a handsome 

 horse which may chance to strike the fancy of her owner, without 

 a jioment's consideration on the part of the latter as to how far 

 feifi particula: mare is suited to that particular horse. The 



