VI THE MARE ny, 
service, and applying a turpentine blister on the 
loins immediately after it. I had a mare that missed 
to three different stallions, three successive years, 
which held the first time the turpentine was applied. 
I had also a Thoroughbred mare which after being 
served year after year by different Thoroughbred sires 
would not breed. Again I had her covered by a 
three-year-old Cleveland horse, and she held to the 
first service and bred afterwards to a Thoroughbred 
again. I am confident that by such tactics nearly 
every mare can be got to breed, and I have never 
had one mare that I have failed to get a foal off 
sooner or later. A cart horse will sometimes stop a 
half-bred or blood mare and give her a start on a 
productive stud career. Mares in work that are not 
in high condition are more easily got in foal than 
idle mares or mares that are fresh. It is better that 
a mare should be in fair working order, healthy and 
blooming, but not fat. It is necessary after a mare 
has been served to keep her away from all stallions 
and geldings likely to tease her, and it is better not 
to put a “shy” breeder to any exceptional labour 
for two months after she is believed to have con- 
ceived. When in foal the mare should be well done 
to and kept in nice condition, but never allowed to 
get fat before foaling. When she is heavy with foal 
no great strain should be put on her, nor should she 
be upset in her temper by fighting with or worrying 
her. When other horses are receiving their food, it 
is as well, in order to prevent their fretting, to feed 
the in-foal mares first ; in fact, everything that com- 
mon-sense dictates should be done to keep the mare 
in a quiet, natural condition, and then there will be 
