A CLEVLLAND BAY STALLION 



Imported from the Emperor of France's stables, by W. C. Rives, Esq., of Va. 



PRINCIPLES OF BREEDING. 



The following essay on the principles of breeding, on in- 

 breeding, and out-breeding, selection of blood, and choice of 

 mares and stallions, is quoted from an excellent English Avork, 

 Stonehenge on British Rural Sports. 



This has been done, not for the purpose of avoiding trouble 

 or sparing time, but because I conceive the principles laid 

 down to be correct throughout, the reasoning logical and co- 

 gent, the examples well-taken, and the deductions from them 

 such as can scarcely be denied. 



The examples of this writer, it will be seen, are all taken 

 from English horses. That will, however, be found no drawback 

 or disadvantage, but rather the reverse ; as the wliole system 

 depends on the power of tracing the blood of the sire and dam, 

 without interruption or error, directly to the original sources, 

 which can, thanks to the existence of regularly preserved stud 



