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being out of a Thoroughbred mare by a royally 

 bred jack. She is 16 hands high, as courageous as 

 most any horse. In traveling a distance of thirty- 

 two miles, this mule, with two men and the bag- 

 gage, made it, as the saying goes, ' under a pull,' 

 in four hours, and when arrived at the journey's 

 end seemed willing to go on. 



" We do not wish to be understood as underrat- 

 ing the horse, for it is a noble animal, well suited 

 for man's wants, but for burden-bearing and 

 drudgery is more than equaled by the patient, 

 faithful, hardy mule. 



"There are two kinds of jacks — the mule- 

 breeding and the ass-breeding jack, the latter 

 being used chiefly in breeding jacks for stock 

 purposes. It is only with the mule-breeding jack 

 that we will deal. 



" A good mule- jack ought to be not less than 15 

 hands high, and have all of the weight, head, ear, 

 foot, bone, and length that can be obtained, 

 coupled with a broad chest, wide hips, and with 

 all the style attainable with these qualities. 

 Smaller jacks are often fine breeders, and pro- 

 duce some of our best mules, and when bred to 



