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a finer texture than our native stock, as is the case 

 of the thoroughbred compared to the other breed of 

 horses. They make, therefore, an admirable cross 

 for our native jennets. The imported jennets of this 

 breed may Hkevvise be profitably crossed with the 

 native of proper color and pedigree, avoiding in the 

 selection those in any w^ay related to an off-color. 



For style and action they are possibly unequaled, 

 certainly not surpassed, by any other race. This is 

 noticed with great force, too, in the case of jennets. 

 Our native jennet stock are proverbially dull and 

 lazy; they move about in the most composed manner, 

 with an entire lack of appreciation of modern ideas of 

 ''get up and go." Such a thing as playing in pasture 

 or paddock is far beneath their sense of dignity and 

 decorum, yea, even childlike. Age fastens upon their 

 feelings and spirits long before they reach the re- 

 sponsibilities of being matrons or mistresses. But 

 the imported will play and run about their lot like 

 a colt, and some of them can trot like an embryo 

 Sunol or Maud S. We remember one occasion, when 

 we were driving in a carriage on a government road 

 in France. Our team was a spirited pair of Tarbes 

 horses, with a great deal of the Oriental Arabian 

 blood coursing through their veins. Our driver was 

 no less spirited — a defeated son of France in their late 

 clash with Germany, but who had still enough spirit 

 left to try to pass everything on the road. We saw 

 ahead of us, driving at a smart gait, a man in a two- 

 wheeled vehicle with a fine looking jennet hitched 

 to it. We were at that time buying a few jennets, 

 and ordered our driver to overtake what promised 

 to be a valuable acquisition to our purchase. The 



