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mares, the best their dam ever bred from any other 

 horse. Flirtilla, Jr., bred in the same way, was not as 

 fleet an animal as her dam, but a better brood mare, 

 producing Cassandra, one of the best of the noted Priam's 

 get in this country. I think that to establish any point 

 of excellence in a family, not usual to their race, but prom- 

 inent in them, this system is far more certain than any 

 other that can be pursued. 'Twas thus that Collins, Bake- 

 well and Webb built up almost a distinct race of short 

 horns, Leicesters and Southdowns, and though we want 

 our horses famous for something else than early maturity, 

 large size and capacity to take on fat, the soundness of 

 constitution necessary, ere they can possess these quali- 

 ties, wMl likewise tend to the forming of muscle and 

 adaptability for rapid locomotion. 



These ma-res I would also select of a uniform color, 

 which should be the same as that of the horse, having an 

 eye to the progeny resembling each other, which would 

 enhance their value both as trotters or carriage horses. 

 Pairs are now much sought after, by those who delight in 

 going fast on the road, and to one who can afford the 

 added expense is certainly much more pleasant than driv- 

 ing one, if they are lucky enough to get together those 

 alike in size, speed and action. 



Having now got my stock, I would prepare the place 

 by fencing those sheltered ravines into small sized fields 

 or paddocks, in each enclosure placing a shed, tightly 

 roofed and closely boarded on three sides. This would be 

 for the accommodation of the mare, and foal soon after it 

 was dropped, and where I would keep them till the foal was 

 old enough to wean. In this shed should be two feeding 

 boxes or troughs, the one that the mare eats from large, 

 but so low that her colt could also reach it, so that the 

 little fellow would learn from his mother to nibble at the 

 oats, -and when the teeth got through the gums, eat his 



