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giving evidence before the Select Com- 
mittee of the House of Lords on Horses in 
1873, made this statement :— 
‘‘T may say that I have three or four 
farms for the purpose of changing about. 
ZT am satisfied that horses, like any other 
animals, eventually sol the land, and they 
require to be removed and shifted from 
one place to another to preserve their health 
and soundness” 
FAILURES WITH YOUNG STOCK 
From the first selection of the foundation 
stock, whether the mares employed be those 
that have been running for the owner or 
have been selected for breeding purposes, 
the possession of a stud is a source of 
pleasure to the man who can afford to breed 
race-horses without regard to profit or loss 
The one object in view should be to breed 
the dest, especially in days like these when 
the standard of merit required to attain 
success is raised so very high 
It has been well said that a great majority 
of our race-horses are carefully as well as 
expensively bred, abundantly fed, and when 
put into training or sent to the sale ring are 
as handsome as they can possibly be made 
Unfortunately, this is only the threshold 
