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and in the parks of the East, or attract the foreigner enough 

 to make him valuable in other countries as a riding horse. He 

 is, however, a gem of his kind, and being of American breed, 

 should be cultivated for the benefit of those who love him so 

 much and who have taken infinite pains is making him what he 

 is todav. 



THE SECRET OF GREAT BRITAIN'S SUCCESS IN 

 BREEDING. 



THE success, and the perfection of all the great breeds of 

 live stock that have emanated from the British Islands, 

 are due to the thoroughness, the soundness, and the de- 

 termination never to breed into any family, or through any in- 

 dividual, that does not measure up in every particular to the 

 standard of excellence that the finished breeders of these 

 islands have in view. This subject, so comprehensive, so in- 

 teresting, and so beautiful, can only be alluded to here in the 

 most elementary way. It is a subject so deep, so entertaining, 

 and so entrancing, that to write of it in detail, would occupy 

 a life time, not only of profound thought and consideration, 

 but of fascination and delight. 



All the breeds of cattle, sheep, swine and horses that have 

 been alluded to in this little book, have reached the acme of 

 present-day perfection, and the American breeder who wishes 

 to take up, and make a business of reproducing any of these 

 breeds, has the ready-made material to go upon, and not all the 

 uphill labor, disappointments, and failures to confront him 

 that his cousins across the water attacked and overcame. 



The Britisher, in the cases of cattle, sheep, and swine, has 

 bred for constitutional soundness, individuality, quality, size, 

 and rapid meat-producing properties, with the least possible 

 amount of bony structure ; and in the case of horses, for bone, 

 substance, quality, individuality, size, weight, and i)ower, com- 

 bined with grit and stamina, speed and action, according to the 



