increase of population and wealth resulting from civilization and 

 modern inventions all tend in the long run to increase the demand 

 for good horses both for use and pleasure. 



Glancing at the history of the various countries we find the 

 horse stock has increased tremendously in spite of increaesing motor 

 traffic. The horse-stock of the United States — the nest of automo- 

 biles and motor lorries — is becoming more valuable year by year ; 

 it is more valuable now that either its herds of cattle or cereal 

 crops and these are gigantic sources of wealth. 



To regain the old and lost glories for our horses we must fol- 

 low more rigid and definite lines. All non-descript stallions must 

 be done away with, and others must be either subsidised or author- 

 ized by the government. 



We must make absolutely sure to breed from first class stal- 

 lions whether they be Thoroughbreds, Arabs or even Standard-bred 

 and American Saddlers. The latter two breeds will give us as 

 great satisfaction as any other and if our ancestors could import 

 good sires from this country in small sailing vessels there is cer- 

 tainly no prohibitive difficulties to-day. 



With good sires, intelligent grading and selection and an effi- 

 cient government control we will soon have every great market of 

 the world open to us and if we reproduce the famous Hantamer type 

 of 1850 with certain improvements we need not fear any competi- 

 tion from any country. 



These remarks refer to driving, riding and cavalry horses and 

 are backed up by the greatest authorities. In breeding for draft 

 purposes we seem to have greater difficulties. The best experts 

 are convinced that the pure draft breed will never be quite a success 

 in South Africa ; but we can certainly produce a heavier animal for 

 our agricultural needs and mainly to capture the market for draft 

 animals in our own cities. 



In the grading of our horse stock there are mares that are of 

 a decided draft type. If these are bred to well-selected and not too 

 heavy draft stallions we will get a fairly fine draft animal. 



There is probably no better stallion for this purpose than the 

 Percheron. Owing the larger amount of his blood to Oriental sires 

 and being obtainable in three grades — light, medium and heavy 

 with the same characters and breeding true to type — he should 

 with careful selection be an ideal if not the best sire to breed with 



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