24 BREEDING AND REARING OF 



Mr. Robert Rains, to stand for mares. Soon after he 

 purchased the jennet just alluded to and bred her to 

 a jack that he afterwards owned, called Starlight, Sr. 

 It was from this stock that he had such wonderful suc- 

 cess. The Starlights became a very popular breed 

 of jacks, and justly so. At the deceased sale of Mr. 

 H. C. Ezell there were a large number of jacks and 

 jennets sold which brought to the estate many thou- 

 sands of dollars — all produced through the jack stock 

 with his great energy, his vigilance and his good man- 

 agement. I think any young man can meet with the 

 same success with the same amount of energy and 

 good judgment. This great success was accomplished 

 on a small farm. We think one of the secrets of his 

 success was to keep the best of his stock at home 

 where his customers could see them, and he would buy 

 up his jacks' best colts and was able to sell them for 

 a prospective value. Mr. Ezell kept a few of his best 

 jacks and jennets and would show them at the stock 

 fairs and was very successful in his exhibition. 



We think it a good rule where a stock breeder is 

 able, to keep a number of good animals at his stable 

 so that his customers can be accommodated in breed- 

 ing their mares and jennets at one stand. Where there 

 is only one jack and one stallion, perhaps they may 

 be crowded and they will turn off their customers for 

 two or three days, and by that time perhaps the mare 

 or jennet may have gone out of heat. Should they be 

 nursing a colt they may not come in heat again while 

 they are nursing, and the owner of the mare or jennet 

 may lose the best of the breeding season. One groom 

 can care for several jacks and a stallion. The French 

 keep several animals at one stand, so they can always 

 supply the demands of their patrons. 



