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the parents may not appear in the immediate progeny 

 they will most certainly be found in the second gen- 

 eration. From the foregoing considerations, we may 

 deduce the following important points to be observed 

 in breeding. 



First, the mare should he selected from a stock 

 known to be suited to the purpose for which it is 

 proposed to breed. She should be of proper age and 

 size, well formed, of good color, proper gait, and free 

 from any disease or malformation, or any hereditary 

 taint. 



Second, select a stallion of good blood, but not of 

 near kin to the mare, which will be as nearly as pos- 

 sible a perfect complement to the mare ; by which 

 it is meant that if she is deficient in any point, this 

 shall be remedied by his peculiar excellence in the 

 same point. 



Third, it is more important that the ancestry of 

 the mare should be known to be healthy and of good 

 stock than that the same should be known of those 

 of the stallion, for although some mares breed after 

 the horse, I believe that it may be truly stated that 

 three-fourths breed after their own stock. 



To illustrate more fully these principles, suppose 

 the mare to be too fine in her limbs ; to remedy this 

 in the offspring, the horse should be even heavier 

 limbed than desirable, but not clumsy. The dam 

 and the sire should always be paired ; their points 

 should be well compared, so that any defect in the 



