lighter still will do best, such as the Hackneys, Oldenburgs and 

 their class. 



Where the Cleveland, Hackney and Roadster sire is recom- 

 mended for the breeding of this heavier type, all experts are careful 

 to modify them very much and always want his progeny to be 

 crossed with ''a well selected short coupled Thoroughbred of from 

 15.2 to 15.3 to get stamina and blood and in the case where Arabs 

 were used as first insalment stallions to get substance and size for 

 horses of the first type. 



Mr. Barter a pioneer horse breeder in Natal and speaking of 

 almost half a century's experience, maintains that Natal is a fit 

 home for the Thoroughbred and certainly less adapted to the coarser 

 equine breeds during the summer heat and scorching winds. 



He advocates the breeding of light horses from the Thorough- 

 bred and from these select the types best suited for driving and 

 riding. In breeding for draft purposes the aim should be to make 

 compastness of form, symmetry, sound limbs and feet, supple action 

 supply the absence of weight and bulk.''° 



In reviewing what has been said on this matter one frequently 

 finds that the breeding for "general purpose" is widely advocated; 

 but it has never obtained the whole-hearted approval of the best 

 authorities. 



Dr. Hutcheon in 1905 admits that horses for general purposes 

 can be bred in large numbers in other stock districts where they are 

 left to take their chances on the veld, and the breeders can afford 

 to sell at a price the breeders in the district requiring extra feed 

 can not. But holds that horses of fine symmetry and quality can- 

 not be produced on the veld where they are at the mercy of all the 

 vicissitudes of weather and drought. Any well-matched pair of 

 such horses, which were fed through foal-hood and possess quality 

 and symmetry together with the good qualities of hardiness and 

 stamina can always command their own price in the Colony whereas 

 those of the mob must sell for what is offered and frequently have 

 no offers at all. 



Barter very emphatically maintains that breeding for general 

 purposes means breeding for no purpose whatever. In a previous 

 chapter we have made use of this authority's views on carriage and 

 driving horses, it may just be mentioned here that he bred from 



(50) Natal Agricultural Journal Vol. VII, 1904. 



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