48 THE HORSE 



enough firmly to attach the limbs to the body; so 

 close -ribbed that one will not continually be re- 

 minded of a slatted corn -crib that can never be kept 

 full, and yet not so close -ribbed as to prevent long 

 action, for it is evident that a short -bodied, very close- 

 ribbed horse must be short -gaited; that symmetrical 

 development of hind legs, rump and levers which can 

 neither be fully described nor illustrated, but the 

 symmetry of which the trained eye takes in at a 

 glance, and the judgment approves because the pro- 

 peller end of this complex machine gives evidence 

 that it will make things move in this work -a -day world. 

 Who will breed these horses, always salable at 

 fair prices, wanted not only in America but in Europe 

 as well, in countless numbers 1 There is a superabun- 

 dance of foundation stock from which to select. Such 

 an animal as has been described is not difficult or 

 expensive to produce. He may be of mixed -blood 

 ancestry and yet be very good in his class. He will 

 stand intermediate between the two extremes and 

 might be bred on the principle described by the owner 

 of a very superior dog, who, when asked about the 

 blood of the dog, replied that he was "half pointer, 

 quarter setter and the remainder just plain dog." 



