PRATTS POINTERS ON THE HORSE 



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A DRAUGHT MARE. 



others. Good horses must have good breeding ; a high- 

 bred stallion is always in demand. 



BREEDiNQ The reason that much of the breeding 



THAT DON'T ^^^^ ^^^ -^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^ 



PAY ^ '' 



..^____^^ breeding stock is inferior. A small, 

 undersized mare, with no good qualities, cannot produce 

 a valuable colt. To produce salable horses, the parents 

 must possess the characteristics of the type of animal 

 desired. You cannot get a first-class driver from a road 

 mare, or a fine draught horse from any kind of a mare, 

 even if the stallion is good. Good driving horses cannot 

 be secured from breeding draught mares with road horses. 



BREEDING 



THAT DOES 



PAY 



Breed the best road mares to the best 

 road stallions, the best draught mares to 

 the best draught stallions, etc. By breed- 



