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faster by training ; that is, he will be able to go a 

 greater distance when quite extended than he could 

 before ; he will also go two miles somewhat quicker 

 than he could before ; but training will not increase 

 his speed for a short distance in the same ratio as 

 practice will that of a trotter. This induces me to 

 call extraordinary speed in trotting more an artificial 

 capability than that of speed in the gallop, where each 

 have the natural gift of going in their different paces ; 

 for this reason I would with under-sized horses, which 

 the hacks should always be, aim at getting a trotter 

 by breeding from trotters. Should they not ride 

 quite as we wish, they are worth long prices for har- 

 ness : if the galloping sort do not ride well, they are 

 worth literally nothing : the Penny Postboys would 

 not like them, and they are fit for no one else. 



In breeding, I believe the fact is not absolutely yet 

 proved as to whether the produce partakes most of 

 the qualities of the sire or dam : I have ventured my 

 opinion that the former predominates, if I may be 

 allowed to give my further impressions on the subject, 

 I should say, I think looks, speed, manner of going, 

 and temper are chiefly perpetuated through the sire ; 

 constitution, through the dam. Vice and peculiar 

 habits and tricks I think we may generally trace to 

 the former. Some mares take a dislike to a sire, why 

 or wherefore they can best tell ; but I have seen in- 

 stances of it. However favourable I might think 

 the cross, I would never permit such a connexion. I 

 am quite sure in animals the mind or predilection in 

 favour of or against the sire has its influence, and I 

 am certain aversion has a very great one. I will 

 mention one instance of predilection in the case of 

 dogs. 



