in view of the kind of galloping stride required by short 

 distance tests ; we believe ourselves to have proved that 

 with equal quality the horse adapted to the present tests 

 must necessarily triumph over the horse whose model is 

 of the old type, and that consequently there is no longer 

 room for the latter; eliminative selection has evicted 

 him, little by little from the turf and from the stud, and 

 will soon make him disappear. 



We believe that we have demonstrated that our fath- 

 ers knew how to judge a horse; that the true precepts of 

 their time would still be the precepts of our time, if we 

 had had the sagacity to look where we were going and 

 where we wished to go. What kind of horse does racing 

 claim to give us ? Evidently a horse to improve our serv- 

 ice breeds ; the service horses should inherit from him his 

 general shape more or less amplified and a part of his 

 quality. Would it not have been natural to decide upon 

 the desired aptitude and model, and then to seek after 

 the kind of tests, which by selection should produce qual- 

 ity in this model? For quality can exist with, any kind of 

 model, while aptitude is essentially dependent upon the 

 model. 



We were shown the road, and we had no innovations 

 to make. We have preferred to follow the English who, 

 in spite of their well-known good sense in matters of 

 breeding and sport, have committed the grievous error 

 of confusing stamina and speed, when in reality these 

 are both distinct manifestations of quality and things 

 have come to such a pass that it is impossible, either in 

 France or in England to find a suitable stallion to breed 

 with cold-blooded mares. 



The situation is serious, and all the more serious be- 

 cause the crisis, which has so seriously crippled the pro- 

 duction of the carriage horse, imposes upon the horse 

 industry the necessity of falling back upon the produc- 



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