FIRST-HAND BITS OF STABLE LORE 



on hand say twenty or thirty animals, any two of 

 which will make a pair, the value of your whole 

 stud is increased, both for use and for sale 

 purposes. An additionally practical reason for 

 this ability to work a horse anywhere is that one 

 may constantly arrange new combinations, secur- 

 ing thereby practically different teams to the 

 furtherance of his own enjoyment and practice. 

 Let all your stud be good-necked and up-headed, 

 running up to 15.3 average. A horse of 

 about that height is always salable, whereas the 

 demand is limited for the one an inch or two 

 smaller. Colors may be anything, and always 

 try for a few odd-colored or flash-marked ones, 

 leaving out " soft " bays. 



Having secured your " gee-gees," put them 

 through physic, trim them up, and pair them off. 

 Two mild doses of physic are better than a severe 

 one, and ten days should intervene. A quart of 

 Carron oil is excellent, or four drachms of aloes. 

 When you '' pair " them off, mate them by 

 mouths and manners, rather than by exact heights 

 and precisely similar appearance, if you want to 

 drive comfortably; but of course secure as much 

 similarity of make and shape as possible. Not 

 half the preliminary work that is usually done 



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