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popular cross, i.e, thoroughbred sire on 

 a three-quarter-bred mare, let us for a 

 moment discuss the thoroughbred sire. I 

 must again, at the risk of repetition, draw 

 attention to the essential for square 

 standing and true action. If your sire 

 dishes, or Is cow-hocked and goes wide 

 behind, his progeny is pretty sure to do 

 the same. If you have a habit of 

 wearing your own boots unlevel or are 

 knock-kneed, your children will be pretty 

 certain to have the same tendency in 

 a reduced degree. You have only to 

 look at the soles of your own boots 

 and your children's for proof of this 

 argument. 



The various masters of hounds in a 

 great many counties generally offer the 

 services of good sires to the farmers and 

 puppy walkers, as also do many of the 

 large landowners, notably the Duke of 



