FIRST-HAND BITS OF STABLE LORE 



on hand say twenty or thirty animals, any two of 

 which will make a pair, the value of your whole 

 stud is increased, both for use and for sale 

 purposes. An additionally practical reason for 

 this ability to work a horse anywhere is that one 

 may constantly arrange new combinations, secur- 

 ing thereby practically different teams to the 

 furtherance of his own enjoyment and practice. 

 Let all your stud be good-necked and up-headed, 

 running up to 15.3 average. A horse of 

 about that height is always salable, whereas the 

 demand is limited for the one an inch or two 

 smaller. Colors may be anything, and always 

 try for a few odd-colored or flash-marked ones, 

 leaving out " soft " bays. 



Having secured your " gee-gees," put them 

 through physic, trim them up, and pair them off. 

 Two mild doses of physic are better than a severe 

 one, and ten days should intervene. A quart of 

 Carron oil is excellent, or four drachms of aloes. 

 When you "pair" them off, mate them by 

 mouths and manners, rather than by exact heights 

 and precisely similar appearance, if you want to 

 drive comfortably; but of course secure as much 

 similarity of make and shape as possible. Not 

 half the preliminary work that is usually done 



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