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then half the pleasure of the horse lover is sacrificed. 

 The person who takes a pride in his stud, be it 

 large or small, and the one who gets most out of his 

 horses, is he who buys for himself, who understands 

 the details of stable management and exercises a 

 supervision over the actions of his servants. The 

 beginner cannot hope to qualify himself for such 

 duties all at once, but experience is the greatest of 

 all tutors, and if a man commences with a good 

 useful horse or two, and sets himself to work to 

 learn, will soon become interested in the doings of 

 horses, and as time advances will be fully quaHfied 

 to launch out more ambitiously and form, if he cares 

 to do so and possesses the money to gratify his 

 desire, a stud that will be the admiration, if not the 

 envy, of his friends. 



