INTRODUCTION vii 



Every breeder whether farmer, amateurs^or 

 professional, should breed to a type. Any other 

 method is merely a haphazard waste of time and 

 money. When I say breed to a type, I mean always 

 a reproducing type. There are several such in this 

 country, a few of which belong to us, though most 

 of them are of foreign origin. The Thoroughbred 

 is English, the Percheron is French, the Hackney 

 is English, the Orlof is Russian, the Clydes- 

 dale is English, the Morgan is American, 

 the Denmark is American, the Clay-Arabian is 

 American, and the standard bred trotter a 

 kind of " go-as-you-please " mongrel ; nevertheless 

 he is considered by many the noblest achieve- 

 ment of intelligent American horse breeding. 

 When any one goes in for horse breeding on 

 either a small or a large scale, whether with one 

 mare or with one hundred mares, he should, in 

 selecting mates, always strive for a definite type 

 in the foal. If intelligence and correct informa- 

 tion be guided by experience the results are apt to 

 be pleasantly satisfactory. 



The first cardinal principle of horse breeding 

 was formulated in England a century and a half 



