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endurance. The size of the muscles of a horse, other 

 things being equal, determines his power. In selecting 

 a stallion, aim to get one that excels in the ppint that 

 the mare is deficient in and you wish to avoid in the 

 offspring. Let him exhibit courage and endurance, 

 rather than speed. No one stallion is best adapted to 

 all mares ; determine, with a matured judgment, which 

 class of animals your mare is best calculated to produce, 

 whether a roadster, <;oach horse, or draught animal, 

 and having determined this, use a stallion best cal- 

 culated to produce the thing reasonably expected, 

 bearing in mind the rule, that "Like will produce 

 like." Breeding, to be successful, must be a matter of 

 study. One point, says Youatt, is absolutely essential, 

 it is "compactness" — as much goodness and strength 

 as possible condensed into a little space. 



Next to compactness, the inclination of the shoulder 

 will be regarded. A huge stallion, with upright 

 shoulders, never got a capital hunter or hackney. 

 From him the breeder can obtain nothing but a cart 

 or dray horse, and that, perhaps, spoiled by the 



