JACKS, JENNETS AND MULES 47 



United States put together in the eight years. Hence, 

 we have had the pick of the best stock of Europe to 

 select our jacks and jennets and from them we ought 

 to rear the finest class of mules out of our fine brood 

 mares. Tennessee ought to stand at the head of the 

 list with her advantages now if she will only do her 

 duty in breeding to the best jacks and jennets and 

 best class of brood mares. 



The mule is a hybrid, the product of a jack and 

 a mare. The hinny is also a mongrel, the produce 

 of a stallion and jennet. The latter is seldom seen 

 in our country, but resembles the mule very much. 

 It is claimed that they partake more of the nature of 

 the horse in form and disposition than the jennet. 

 They have a neater head and heavier mane and tail 

 than a mule, and a larger foot, but it is thought that 

 they have not the endurance of a mule. I do not 

 remember ever seeing but two hinnies; one of them 

 I saw in Texas on the Brazos river, the other was in 

 Bedford County, Tennessee. The hinny is said to 

 make a noise more like a horse, while the mule brays 

 more like a jack. I think one reason that we have so 

 few hinnies in our country is, that stallions have an 

 aversion to jennets, and will not serve them unless 

 they have been reared with jennets, as jack colts are 

 reared with filly colts, when they are first weaned. 



I have tried to impress upon jack breeders the great 

 importance of taking their jack colts away from their 

 own species and put them with filly colts as soon as 

 they are weaned and let them continue to remain with 

 them until the jack colt becomes too rough for the 

 fillies. By this time the jack colt becomes attached 

 to the filly and then you will not have trouble to 



