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are a judge, buy of some dealer who has a reputation to lose, and the 

 means to back up any guarantee he may make. 



XV. Buying for Blood- 

 In buying for fast work, buy blood every time, whether the work de- 

 sired is to be trotting to the wagon or carrying the owner under the 

 saddle. 



In buying blood, as a breeder^ whether stallion or mare, never fool 

 Away any money on a half or three-quarters bred sire, expecting to get 

 high caste horses. "With a staunch thorough-bred of trotting action, you 

 may successfully breed good trotters and workers on mares of cold blood, 

 if they be of good size and form and are roomy. But for racing do not 

 expect a cold-blooded mare to bring a very fast one, however good th« 

 ^ize, except it may be by chance, and a rare chance at that. 



In breeding for any purpose select the best of the class. Staunch 

 thorough-breds for fast work ; handsome thorough-breds for show horses. 

 For draft select from families that have been bred for generations for 

 this work. Above all do not buy horses and mares that happen to strike 

 your fancy, expecting to start a new breed. Life would be all too short. 

 U would be far more sensible to begin where the last man left off. 



