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qualities of the dam. Those qualities, the 

 hardiness, robustness of constitution, sure- 

 ness of foot, and ability to thrive on poor 

 feed, are the natural outcome of the con- 

 ditions under which they have lived for 

 centuries ; and to preserve them in the 

 young stock, it will be necessary to rear 

 the cross - bred foals under conditions as 

 nearly natural as their constitution will 

 allow. What those conditions should be 

 circumstances must determine ; but it is 

 possible to combine large measure of liberty 

 with a certain amount of shelter from the 

 rigours of winter, such as the foal with 

 Arab blood in his veins would require. 

 To take up the young stock as soon as 

 weaned, stable and feed them artificially, 

 though this course would preserve them 

 from the risks of exposure, would produce 

 failure in other directions. It would en- 

 courage undue physical development while 

 undermining that capacity for endurance of 

 hardship which is so essential. 



Whether, by careful attention to mating 

 and management, it would be possible to 

 establish a breed of small horses as a fixed 

 type is a question only prolonged experience 

 will be able to answer. It is quite certain 

 that we shall never be able to reckon on 



