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hounds that they know the class of horse that is 

 required in their district, and would try and select 

 that animal which they thought to be best to 

 produce a hunter fit for themselves or other people 

 to ride. 



I may say one other thing. As a farmer I 

 have tried the breeding of horses, and I have always 

 succeeded remarkably well with cart-horses, and if 

 one is bred with any defect, a farmer can keep him 

 for his own purposes, and he makes a good useful 

 slave to carry on the operations on his farm. But if 

 he gets a defective horse, as a racehorse or a hunter, 

 he can do nothing with him — it is a very difficult 

 thing for him to know what to do. Such things will 

 occur, and, as a matter of £ s. d., you will find 

 farmers are very chary of trying to breed what is 

 called a nag-horse. 



Mr. F. Sherborn (Bedfont, Hounslow) : We 

 have had a very excellent Paper, but although we 

 have listened to several speakers, I have not heard 

 anyone yet touch very particularly upon the important 

 point of all — will it pay ? That is what we want to 

 know. If you can prove that it will pay to breed nag- 

 horses, I am sure tenant-farmers will be very glad to 

 do so. I have done a little in that direction myself. 

 Three years ago I had a magnificent horse, 22 years 

 old, still perfectly sound and unblemished, hand- 

 some, perfect in temper and colour, and vigorous as 

 any four-year-old could be. I have had that horse 



