30 THE HORSE BOOK. 



sharply and brought forward promptly well be- 

 neath the body. A wide-going duck-like motion 

 is bad. 



Soundness of wind must be insisted on al- 

 ways. Make a pass at a horse as though to 

 punch him in the flank and if he grunts it is 

 well to let some one else have him. When a 

 horse can not keep that kind of a secret he will 

 most likely tell his troubles loudly at the end of 

 a smart run. Look well to his eyes, his teeth 

 and his testicles — see that he has a full normal 

 set of each. 



In choosing broodmares the same general 

 qualifications must govern with the exception 

 that instead of the bold masterful masculine ap- 

 pearance of the stallion the mare should have a 

 distinctly feminine turn to her, though her 

 outlook should be lofty just the same. She can 

 do with a bit more range than the horse, so 

 long as she is strong-backed, deep in the flank, 

 roomy all over and good in her bone. 



In grading up native stock with pure-bred 

 sires it is best to avoid extremes. ' If the mares 

 are small do not mate them with a great big lub- 

 ber of a stallion. Nature abhors extremes. 

 Rather choose a medium sized compactly built 

 stallion. He will give better results. If one 

 has none but small runty mares to begin with it 

 will pay to hasten slowly and lay the first-cross 

 foundation securel}'' in a uniform lot of fillies to 

 which a larger horse may be bred and size grad- 



