14 HINTS TO horsemen; oe, 



There is yet a fourth mode of moEey-making by 

 keeping horses, which is breeding. This may appear 

 to be so simple and indeed certain a one, that a man 

 may fancy he will only have to look on, and that 

 money must grow as fast as he expects, or perhaps 

 sees the young animals grow. Breeding — that is 

 breeding to advantage — is, however, not quite as 

 simple a process as may be supposed. No doubt it 

 is quite simple to cause the production of an animal, 

 and rather simple I hold those to be who have caused 

 such productions as I have not onlj' seen, but been 

 shown with very considerable pride and glee, on the 

 part of their owners. I have often seen it with re- 

 gret, as exhibiting a man, and perhaps a very sensible 

 one in other particulars, with most laudable inten- 

 tions, throwing away time and money in a pursuit 

 by which he must to a certainty be a loser. 



There are two veiy opposite plans tliat different 

 persons adopt in their attempts to make money by 

 horses. Be they used for what purpose they may, 

 or be the^' kept for breeding purposes, the one is to 

 spare no proper expense in having them in the best 



