JACKS, JENNETS AND MULES 95 



man, however, refused to be overtaken, and we drove 

 a full half mile at the limit of our speed before we 

 could come alongside of him. It is needless to say 

 that we purchased the jennet, but the amusing feature 

 of it was that we had purchased the same animal the 

 day before. When rigged up and at full speed in a 

 race there was enough difference to cause us to fail 

 to recognize her, though my father said he thought 

 she favored one a good deal that he bought the day 

 before. 



One rarely sees a droop-eared one among them, 

 and when one does, it generally has some physical 

 cause, such as a hurt in shipping, disease, or some- 

 thing of the kind. 



This race are most excellent breeders, as they have 

 proven in all the jack producing states. Their mules 

 are handsome, quick, active and good sellers, and we 

 have heard it said, though we do not know how this 

 is, that they mature very early. 



All those breeders whose stock run back in their 

 pedigree to the imported ought to state of what breed 

 they were imported. A man with a jennet would 

 not want to breed to a jack running back to the 

 Andalusian, because if she had any disposition that 

 way anyhow she would be pretty apt to throw a gray 

 colt, whereas, if bred to one running back to the Cata- 

 lonian, he would most likely overcome such disposi- 

 tion toward gray. 



THE MAJORCA. 



One of the popular breeds of jacks that have been 

 imported in the last few years is the Majorca. They 

 are undoubtedly the largest jacks that have been irn- 



