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does not reflect on any one or all of the recognized breeds, 

 as each has its definite function, but, in the general case, the 

 Thoroughbred as a sire will give the fanner better returns than 

 any other breed, due to his athletic ancestors, and the quality 

 of bone, muscle, nerve, blood and intelligence which they have 

 transmitted. The Thoroughbred, pound for pound of food con- 

 sumed, will wear out any other type of horse at the same kind 

 of work. This does not mean to say that the poorest of the 

 Thoroughbreds will kill off the best of the Clydes, Shires or other 

 breeds in heavy farm work, but it means that the best of the 

 Thoroughbreds against the best of the others, or the average of 

 the Thoroughbreds against the average of the others, will cer- 

 tainly deliver a much higher efficiency in proportion to his weight, 

 his food and his care, than any other breed. He will outdo any 

 type of horse, be it at the plow, on the binder, in the hunting 

 field, or in military service. His gameness, toughness and intel- 

 ligence will bring him in the winner. 



One may have certain very slow heavy work to be done. In 

 this case the weight is required ; hence, use a draft horse — a 

 big, slow-moving, cold-blooded Percheron, Shire, Clyde, or other 

 of their kind. One may want a very fast trotting road horse; 

 then take a Standardbred, and so on in special cases. But where 

 there is need of a general utility horse, — one that will plow today, 

 reap tomorrow, drive to church on Sunday, and one which pulls 

 more, goes farther and gets there faster for the amount of feed 

 consumed — use the infusion of Thoroughbred blood. 



TRUE TYPE 



This bears no reference to the weed type of Thoroughbred. 

 The weed is the outcast of the breed. He comes from the patron- 

 age given two-year-old racing, and is the result of the breeding 

 which seeks to produce speed, speed, and more speed, at the ex- 

 pense of wholesome balance. Under the tremendous strain of 

 training for racing during his immaturity, he becomes a victim 

 of arrested development, and the only reason he does not succumb 

 to this forced or too rigorous course is his inheritance of spirit, 

 which can strive against great odds. 



