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bred, but one does very occasionally 

 come across a crossbred sire which 

 would get hunters from thoroughbred 

 mares, but it is most exceptional. 



Some years ago I did tumble across 

 a rare good stallion of this description 

 who proved himself a real good hunter 

 sire. He was by a thoroughbred horse 

 out of a so-called hackney mare showing 

 lots of quality, but which was in the 

 H.S.B., and as a matter of fact I 

 bought a foal out of this mare by a 

 thoroughbred horse with which I won 

 several steeplechases. I bought this 

 stallion for the Indian Government as 

 an experiment, and he was most suc- 

 cessful out there getting troopers. For 

 breeding hunters I should myself never 

 have put this horse to any but clean 

 thoroughbred mares. 



To go back to the safest and most 



