HOW TO MAKE MONEY BY HORSES. 59 



SO the bare idea of nurturing him on the same 

 I^asturage as the ox is preposterous, and, indeed, so is 

 talking of what was natural as regards an animal in 

 an artificial state more than useless ; but to set the 

 matter, as regards pasturage, quite at rest, I trust 

 I have shewn that our forced luxuriant green 

 food was not the original or natural support of the 

 horse. 



"We will now take into consideration the probable 

 expense of bringing the colt to maturity. Supposing 

 the dam to have been purchased, the first charge 

 against the expected produce is the price charged for 

 the service of the sire. We will select a celebrated 

 one as a sire for colts not to be thorough-bred : I 

 should therefore set this expense, with groom's fee, 

 and perhaps a man's time in taking the mare to the 

 stallion, at £5. If the mare has been a valuable 

 one, and only to be purchased because she was no 

 longer useable, we cannot calculate on any service 

 from her ; for if unfit for riding or driving purposes, 

 a dam intended to produce valuable stock must in no 

 way be made a drudge : if so, we must debit the 



