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highest possible state of licaltli and vigor, they would breed others of equal 

 merit. 



^Ve have miincrous and weighty examph'S to show that dauis of aristocratic 

 lineage, with a robust constitution and superior action, stinted to a stallion of 

 equal merit, have bred trotters and runners of the highest pretensions, one 

 after anotlicr, for years in succession. 



The celebrated English mare Penelope had several foals to Waxy in succes- 

 sion ; all attained to great celebrity on the turf, and became far more distin- 

 guished in the stud as successful progenitors than any of her produce by other 

 stallions. The records of the turf and the stud bear witness to the superior 

 get of Waxy with this famous mare. The blood of Penelope may be recog- 

 nized among her collateral descendants in Touchstone, Alarm, Defence, 

 Cotherstone, Orlando, Hero, and the Flying Dutchman. 



Madame Temple bred two worthy scions from the only stallions that ever 

 served her with any pretensions to trotting. She bred Flora, the former queen 

 of the turf, and Pilot Temple, the present heir apparent to the trotting throne. 



The dam of Doble, the fastest two-year-old on record, bred Mambrino, and 

 others of good repute. She never failed with a trotting sire of great speed to 

 reproduce his equal. 



The reason why some men have succeeded while others have failed with the 

 same breed, is obvious, and is the result of several causes. Among the most 

 prominent causes of success are the appropriate imion of sire and dam ; suit- 

 able condition of parents in the stud, and particular attention to the food, 

 exercise and comfort of their otispring. By condition we mean the high 

 state of bodily health and nervous activity at the time of breeding. It is the 

 active state of the vital and physical powers that transmit in full force to the 

 issue. Why is one colt better than another from the same dam ? The reason 

 is obvious— from robust health; she was in better condition at the time of 

 conception. 



Mares breed their best foals in the prime of life, before age has exhausted 

 their energies or hard work enfeebled their health. Dexter was the first foal; 

 Flora Temple was the first foal of her dam at five years old. The unequivocal 

 soundness of wind and limb, body and bone, are inestimable qualities in the 

 broodmare that will go down to the third and fourth generation of her de- 

 scendants. Such mares, in suitable condition, would soon regenerate our 

 present weak, diseased, limping apologies for horses. Stallions and mares 

 may perpetuate their defects and do incalculable mischief. Diseases are 

 hereditary, and lial)le to be entailed by the sire and sown broadcast over 

 the land. 



Mares will breed on to the common age of eighteen ; some breed on to the 

 age of thirty. Madame Temple bred until she was over tliirty years of age. 

 Her daughter Flora l)red her last colt to Leamington at twenty-six years old. 

 There are long-lived families in the horse kingdom as well as in the human 

 family. Stallions last in the stud to greater ages than mares. Diomed was 

 imported at twenty-two years old ; he served in the harem for many years on 

 this side of the Atlantic, and left a valuable progeny. 



Hamblet(mian produced his best colts at the following ages: Alexander's 



