8 CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XV. 

 SHETLAND PONIES. 



The Shetland Isles — Sustained by the survival of the fittest — The purest 

 of all breeds of ponies, . . . .... 141 



CHAPTER XVI. 

 HORSE BREEDING. 



Principles of Breeding — Breeding a scientific study — Nature's great law 



— Breed for a purpose — Selection of the breed — Choice of the sire 



— Breed best mares only — Intelligence, beauty, and disposition very 

 essential elements, ... ... 145 



CHAPTER XVII. 

 SELECTING BREEDING STOCK. 



Importance of starting right — Selecting the stallion — Influence of the 

 dam on the foal — Stallion for stock purposes should be out of the 

 best mares of the breed — Best age for stallions, . 151 



SELECTING THE BROOD MARE. 



Dams usually have more influence on foals than the sires — Unsound 

 mares for breeders, . . .... . 155 



CHAPTER XVIII. 

 CARE AND MANAGEMENT OF THE STALLION. 



Box Stall — Paddock — Treat kindly — Avoid undue familiarity — Feed 

 regularly — Exercise — Avoid pampering — Grassing — Winter ca-re 



— Carrots as food — Keep clear of worms — Controlling when in use, 159 



CHAPTER XIX. 

 CARE AND MANAGEMENT OF BROOD MARES. 



Getting doubtful mares in foal — Eternal vigilance price of success — The 

 productive period — Period of gestation — Marking their foals — Use 

 the brood mare — Stabling pregnant mares — Wheat middlings as 

 food — Enlargement of the abdomen — Attention at foaling time — 

 Jealous mothers, . . . . 164 



CHAPTER XX. 

 MANAGEMENT OF THE FOAL. 



Care of young foals — Getting to nurse— Evacuation of the bowels — In- 

 jections— Feeding the foal — Injured by heated milk from the dam 



— Raising by hand — Weaning^- Scant feeding deplored — Caring for 

 weanlings — Halter breaking — Oats as food — Handling — Breaking 

 Foals — Naming the Colt, 171 



CHAPTER XXI. 

 BREEDING THE AMERICAN TROTTER. 



Speed one of the most attractive features — Only a small portion trot fast 



— Breed for beauty, size, style, and action — Demand for first-class 

 roadsters and gentlemen's drivers always in advance of supply — 



