IV 

 BREEDERS AND BREEDING 



BY A BREEDER 



There are few more interesting or absorbing 

 studies than the breeding of any high-class animals, 

 and to the lover of horses a stud farm for the 

 raising of thoroughbred stock presents an ever- 

 varying round of excitement and gratification, 

 though not, it need hardly be said, without the 

 attendant and frequent disappointments common 

 to most things, and I am inclined to think 

 peculiarly so to this. If a man goes in for racing, 

 how much greater his pleasure must be if a horse 

 of his own breeding wins good stakes than if he 

 secures them by means of one he has purchased, 

 very likely not even on his own initiative, not- 

 withstanding that he may doubtless derive keen 

 satisfaction from his perception in selecting a 

 winner if he does depend upon his own eyes and 

 experience. But, as a rule, the best horses on the 



