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thoroughbred mare or hunting mare, pro- 

 viding they are of good whole colour, of 

 nice symmetry, and standing and going 

 square with moderately good action, you 

 may put such to a good big hackney sire 

 in the hope of breeding carriage-horses. 

 The other cross is to mate a big 

 thoroughbred sire of suitable colour and 

 without twisted legs to a big hackney 

 mare. Remember a carriage-horse should 

 be built on lengthy, flowing lines of 

 graceful symmetry, not short, coupled, 

 or goose-rumped. Avoid white legs, 

 and by selecting a stallion that will in 

 all probability be available another 

 season or two you may possibly breed 

 a match pair, but this is by no means 

 a certainty. 



Coming now to the breeding of hunters, 

 it may almost be laid down as a sine 

 qua noil that the sire should be thorough- 



