TIME FOR BREEDING. 289 



in breeding is to nse young stallions with old mares, and to put 

 young mares to old stallions ; and such appears to be the best 

 plan, judging from theory as well as practice. 



BEST TIME FOR BREEDING. 



For all racing purposes, an early foal is important, because 

 the age takes date from the 1st of January. The mare, there- 

 fore, should be put to the horse in February, so as to foal as 

 soon after January 1st as possible. As, however, many mares 

 foal a little before the end of the eleventh month, it is not safe 

 to send her to the horse before the middle of the second month 

 in the year. For further particulars, see " Thoughts on Breed- 

 ing," and the " Stud-Farm," in which the general management 

 of the mare and foal is fully detailed. 



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