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which I have endeavoured in my paper to bring 

 out : — 



1st. The dedine of horse-breeding as evidenced 

 by the number of foreign horses imported 

 of late years into this country. 



2nd. The percentage of sizeable riding and 

 more particularly driving horses is getting 

 smaller every year, and the prices paid 

 for them are greater. 



3rd. That lack of success in breeding is in 

 most cases attributable to : — 



a. l]^ant of care in the selection of yonng 

 mares of siijfLcient size. 



b. Sacrificing too much to speed, so that, 

 ill the craze for pace, size and substance 

 have been disregarded. 



4th. To remedy this state of things, and in order 

 to breed horses that will repay their owners, 

 there must be a change in the system of 

 breeding, and what is wanted is : — 



c. The judicious blending of the qualities 

 of the Thoroughbred Stallion with the 

 Van-Mares or the lighter description 

 of Draught-Mares possessing frame, 

 constitution, flat legs and plenty of 



