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-of his stock; very nice animals they were. .The 

 farmer told me that he has not the slightest difficulty 

 in parting with them. What I want particularly to 

 support is the breed of these trotting stallions now 

 called " Hackneys." I think they will be very 

 valuable to put on the light cart-mares. The great, 

 authority on horse-breeding in Oxfordshire told me 

 that his impression was that it was better to put a 

 light cart-stallion upon a well-bred mare than a. 

 thoroughbred stallion upon a light cart-mare. While 

 entirely agreeing with this — I am sure there is nothing- 

 like "blood," but my opinion is that without size and 

 bone blood is of little value ; get size and bone, and 

 some blood, you have then a mare fit to put to a. 

 short-legged, stout, thoroughbred horse. 



There is one other remark I will make. I think 

 there are several gentlemen here who do not belong 

 to this Club, and I may tell them that it was from this. 

 Club that the Shire Horse Society was started, and it 

 is also through this Club that we have had the 

 opportunity of listening to Mr. Walter Gilbey's very 

 important and most valuable Paper. Therefore, after 

 what Mr. Hamond has remarked, I would add that 

 if there are any gentlemen here who wish to .join 

 this, "The Farmers' Club," I shall be only too glad 

 to take their nominations. 



Mr. T. B. Woodward (Hardwicke Bank,. 

 Tewkesbury) : I have only risen to make two. 

 remarks. Mr. Walter Gilbey says on the first page. 



