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tion will permit. Therefore the success of this barefooted colt is 

 additional proof that " tips will answer." 



Before lea\'ing the history of these two colts I may be pardoned 

 for diverging from the subject under consideration to call attention 

 to the "glorious uncertainty" attending the breeding of horses. 

 These two brothers are in many respects entirely different. In form, 

 the elder is immensely powerful all over. Quarters, gaskins, loin, 

 shoulders and arms are covered with masses of muscle, and bone and 

 tendons are in proportion. His legs are short, and he stands squarely 

 upon them at all times. He is almost a fac simile of his sire, though 

 his head and neck are larger, and he has rather more length. He is 

 a trifle over 15^ hands, still growing, and when mature will probably 

 be an inch taller. The younger has more quality, " rangier," head 

 and neck as line as a thoroughbred, lighter limbs and smaller feet. 

 He is 15| hands now, at least two inches taller than his bi-other at 

 the same age, and he has grown 4| inches since the 11th of June, 

 and is likely to be 16 hands befoi-e the 1st of January next, and while 

 he still ranks as a two-year-old. This growth also proves that the 

 work was not a di-awback. 



The younger has more knee action and a longer stride. But the 

 greatest difference is in the disposition. That of Antevolo could 

 not be improved. There is not a point I would care to change ; 

 he is as "level-headed" as an old campaigner, and nothing 

 throws him off his balance. The Berkeley railway runs within 

 a few feet of the northern turn of the Oakland track. In 

 the Embryo trot the train was met when at the nearest 

 point. Dawn made a few jumps and I must acknowledge that 

 I was in hopes that he would act badly so that I could pass 

 him. Antevolo looked at it for a second and kept trotting his best, 

 never leaving his feet for the whole mile. He is free and full of 

 spirit, a chirrup sending him along while a word will restrain. He 

 is a model road horse, never shies, and goes with the vim of an old 

 horse. He reminds me of his grandsire, A. W. Eichmond, and still 

 more of his great grandsire, old Blackbird. The mischievousness of 

 Anteeo undoubtedly resulted from the petting when a colt, and this 

 trait may have led to his stubbornness as well. Still, as it was a pe- 



