YOUNG MARES PBEFERRED. 27 



Pantaloon out of Pasquinade by Camel; whilst from 

 the loins of Camel's son, Touchstone, sprang Lord of 

 the Isles out of Fair Helen by Pantaloon ; and reverse 

 the parentage, and we get Windhound, Hobbie Noble, 

 Elthiron, &c., by Pantaloon, out of the Touchstone 

 mare Phryne. 



6 Alarm, Elcot, and Caractacus tell us how well the 

 Venison blood has suited the Defence mares. 



f In fact the examples of successful coincidences in 

 breeding might be multiplied till they wearied my pen, 

 and more than exhausted your readers.' 



Young mares are to be preferred for many reasons 

 to old ones. First and foremost they can adapt them- 

 selves better to change of food and temperature, but 

 all thoroughbred stock must have corn and good food. 

 They have been accustomed to it since they were 

 foaled, and therefore their circulative organs require 

 such treatment in a moderate degree, if they are to 

 withstand the searching rains and piercing winds sub 

 Jove frigido from October to April. In this climate 

 the change from heat to cold, combined with damp 

 atmosphere, are so great and so frequent that mo- 

 derately good living is indispensable to health and 

 stamina ; and most of the dangers during the process 

 of foaling are due to the feeble action of debilitated 

 organs, not to mention a host of cutaneous diseases 

 which may be traced to similar causes. 



Nevertheless a caution may not be out of place in 

 certain seasons of the year, when the grass is too luxu- 

 riant and mares fatten and eat too much, thereby 



