Necessity of Ptcre Blood. 107 



exist In a pure or perfect state, that stock of pure blood 

 should have been, and also should now be, obtained for 

 such a purpose, instead of having, in the first instance, 

 engrafted a few individuals of more or less pure blood, 

 and that chiefly on the male side, on to the former hetero- 

 geneous stock, as in this country, and then subsequently 

 breeding entirely from their half-bred descendants. 



The horse of such a character, to found a race of true 

 thorough-bred horses, and in which alone such requisite 

 perfections can be found, will be discussed in the second 

 part. 



