JACKS, JENNETS AND MULES 97 



high. It has doubtless taken generations to produce 

 an animal in such miniature, but the final effect is 

 none the less inevitable. Nothing will aid the en- 

 deavor to create the best jacks in the world here so 

 much as the late organization of the American 

 Breeders' Association of Jacks and Jennets. By- 

 means of it we need not necessarily breed our stock 

 to the overgrown jack. A careful perusal of the 

 stud book will reveal to us jacks that are large be- 

 cause their size is inherited, and if our jennets should 

 be materially deficient in any especial point, then from 

 this list or race of big jacks let the breeders select 

 the one strongest and most perfect in such deficient 

 point. And when such an animal is found do not 

 hesitate to breed to him regardless of distance or sea- 

 son fee. By such breeding we can raise up a race 

 such as the French have done, in which there are no 

 really cheap or inferior animals. They will be good 

 breeders because they have good breeding. 



The Majorca is not destined to cut any great figure 

 in this country. Their numbers are too limited, and 

 there is no way in which to greatly augment it. The 

 island from which they are imported is small and has 

 been Hterally stripped of its meritorious animals. 

 What few have been brought to this country are now 

 scattered to the four winds of heaven. No jennets 

 have been imported, and in a few years there will not 

 be a pure-bred Majorca in this country, and except 

 for the stud book their name would be only one of 

 history. They have not been in this country long 

 enough to fully demonstrate their worth, but I am of 

 the opinion that they will rank fully up to the Cata- 

 lonian for mules, and, for a large class of our jennets, 



