CHAPTEU II. 



BREEDING (continued.) 



It is a remarkable fact that the finest specimen of 

 the thoroughbred and the highest class race- horse 

 should invariably be found to exist in the same 

 animal, and equally remarkable, too, that these 

 should invariably be bred by private breeders rather 

 than by those who breed for sale. Of course there 

 are exceptions, but I feel I am not too wide of the 

 mark in saying this. For instance, take the case of 

 Galtee More, Persimmon* (a grand horse on the 

 level), St. Frusquin (an equally good horse on stiff 

 gradients), Ladas, Isinglass, Ravensbury, Orme, La 

 Fleche, Ormonde, all of recent years, and others that 

 could be largely added to in point of number, well 

 known to everybody as animals of superb physique. 



Why private breeders should favor us, as they 

 consistently^ do, with the finest specimens of th^ 



