Xii CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER VII. 



Selecting the Stallion— Size and Form for Purpose Required— Indi- 

 viduality of Type Considered— Crossing Jack and Mare— Cross- 

 ing Thoroughbred and Jenny. 43 



CHAPTER VIII. 



Wintering Stallions— Condition for Wintering— The Feet— Exercise- 

 Stallion Barn and Lot — Harness or Saddle Work — Winter Food 

 —Watering— Salt— Cleanliness— ^Management 45 



CHAPTER IX. 

 The Stallion in Season— Regulating Services— Feeding— Handling- 

 Artificial Impregnation 5° 



CHAPTER X. 

 Government Ownership of Stallions— Breeders" Associations 53 



CHAPTER XI. 



Selection and Care of Brood Alare— Conformation — Pedigree — In- 

 Breeding— Haphazard Breeding — The Brood Mare and Stallion 

 —Time to Breed— Early Grass — Examination of Womb— Trying 

 the Mare — Treatment of Mare in Foal — Food For Mare in Foal 

 — Time of Foaling — Care of Young Foal 54 



CHAPTER XII. 



Hereditary Traits of Horses — Plabi'.s 63 



CHAPTER XIII. 

 Horses in the United States— The Number and Valuation of— En- 

 couragement to the Breeders 65 



CHAPTER XIV. 



Farmers as Horse Breeders— The Stallion Half the Herd— Mixing 

 Breeds— The Farm Horse — Draft Horses for the Farm — Power 



—Draft Brood Mare 66 



CHAPTER XV. 



Intelligence of the Horse— Education— ^vlemory— Sugar for the Nerv- 

 ous Horse— The Horse and His Instructor— Examples of Intelli- 

 gence and Thought 69 



CHAPTER XVI. 



Horse Education — Horses are Naturally Timid and Sensative — The 

 Horse a Slave to Humanity— The Horse Considered Only a 

 Brute — The Horse Naturally Submissive— The Horse is Endowed 

 with Intelligence and Passions— Useful Every-day Lessons Rather 

 Than Tricks— Representative Heads of Horses — Extent of the 

 Horse's Capacity for Learning — Fidelity of the Horse to His 

 Master— Remembrance of Wrongs— Right Treatment— Underly- 



