CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I. 



HOW TO BREED A HORSE— CHOICE OP STALLION. 



National Yalue of the Horse — The best class of Horses the cheapest for all 

 purposes — "What constitutes excellence — Blood : what it gives ; should 

 be on the side of the Sire — Breed up, not down — Diseases and Defects 

 Hereditary — General Rules - - - - - - -IT 



CHAPTER H. 



HOW TO BREED A HORSE— CHOICE OF THE MARE. 



Size, Symmetry and Soundness more important than Blood— Points of the 

 Brood Mare — Diseases Hereditary — Condition of the Mare — Should 

 have moderate work when with Foal — Food and care during gestation 

 —Health and temper — General Rules 25 



CHAPTER in. 



HOW TO BREED A HORSE — MUTUAL ADAPTATION OF SIRE AND DAM. 



First consideration in Improvement of "cold '' Blood — Relative size of Sire 

 and Dam — Defects in either Parent — How Remedied in Progeny — 

 Bloods which " hit"— General Rules - - . - - - - 35 



CHAPTER IV. 



HOW TO BREED A HORSE — CANADIAN BLOOD. 



The Canadian originally the FrenchNorman— Characteristics— Hardihood — 

 Speed — Mode of Improvement — Crossing with Thorough-brede - 45 



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