4 HORSE SENSE. 



it is trotters and pacers, there are plenty to make selections from, and 

 stay there. Il it is draft horses of any of the established breeds, you 

 can make good and careful selections out of them, and confine your breed- 

 ing to that class. If your choice happens to be with the coachers, you 

 can possibly find those that will fill the bill, and reproduce themselves: 

 but this last is the hardest to maintain, as the fashions are constantly 

 changing with the fastidious people who are the buyers. Saddle horses 

 will in time become a luxury, and they will not be hard to find, as they 

 are well established in their gaits, and breed with great uniformity; but 

 they, too, must be kept within their line and breeding, for improve- 

 ment. 



HORSE BREEDING SHOULD INTEREST EVERYBODY. 



Reader, will you kindly consider this breeding subject in its true 

 light, and from now on give it the attention that it justly deserves, for 

 the interest you have in it, the interest your neighbor has in it, the in- 

 terest your country has in horse improvement, and also the great ad- 

 vantages that will accrue to the country if we can attract foreign buyers. 



WAKE UP. 



"Wake up, you dormant breeders. 



Who've been sleeping for past years. 

 Strike out anew — the night has passed — 



The morning light appears. 

 The times have changed; cash buyers now 



Are scouring east and west, 

 Ready to lay their ducats down 



For horses of the best. 

 The horse with size and action, 



Well formed, with color right, 

 Is hard to find, but when he's found 



The price they will not fight. 

 The scarcity of horses soon 



Will open up your eyes; 

 The prices that the fine ones bring 



Will fill you with surprise. 

 There's money in horse-breeding now; 



By the time your colt is five 

 You'll find he's 'lasses in the jug, 



And honev in the hive." 



