now TO MAKE MONEY BY HORSES. 19 



disgrace a hunting scarlet coat instead of a military 

 one. 



Against this, however, must be set that many of 

 these youngsters, though purchased with as much 

 care and foresight as well can be exercised, dwindle 

 away into animals not worth one half of the hay and 

 oats that have been bestowed on them ; and I 

 scarcely know a more thoroughly worthless kind of 

 horse than such large, weak animals, save and except 

 a weedy thorough -bred, that has not speed enough to 

 race, or strength enough for useful purposes. The 

 reader need not be deterred, however, from pur- 

 chasing young horses from the above fact being laid 

 before him ; I merely wish to prevent his ex- 

 periencing disappointment from entertaining the 

 idea that young horses must, as a matter of course, 

 grow into money. We will, however, return to this 

 subject, and dilate further upon it by and bye, and 

 will now turn to that which is antecedent to the 

 possession of young stock : tliis is the breeding of 

 such. 



That money is to be made by breeding, no one 



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