996 The Theory of the Four Stallions, [march, 



My suggestion is that the Government should take up the 

 breeding of this type. A nucleus for a stud could be got by 

 selecting big strong thoroughbred mares, of which there are 

 a certain number still available; these should be mated with 

 horses of their own class, and the breed gradually worked up 

 until we could command the services of, say, 100 stallions of 

 this type for the country. Once the type was secured, 300 

 to 400 brood mares should suffice to supply the number of 

 this particular class of animal required for Great Britain. 



Type No. 3. The Weight-carrying Hunter. 



The third type of horse wanted is the Hunter up to 18 

 stone. My illustration is that of a cross-bred hunter sire, 

 used by me in connection with the Cornish branch of the 

 Brood Mare Society. This horse, Springald II., the 

 property of Mr. Hocking, is by a thoroughbred sire out of 

 a mare by a cross-bred sire. The sire of his dam was by a 

 thoroughbred, and out of a strong mare. Springald II., 

 although not bred the right way, is himself a very good 

 specimen of the sort of horse we want to have, he is well 

 formed, is 16 hands high and 9J inches below the knee. He 

 has already proved * himself to be a good getter of 

 stock. His foals, though not so true to type as those 

 of a thoroughbred, are very promising, can gallop, 

 and are up to a good weight. His two-year-olds are as large 

 as the four-year-olds by a thoroughbred out of the same mares, 

 and so far they show the same quality. Animals of this 

 type scarcely exist, and if they are to be produced, it must 

 be done by starting from a strong hunter stock, and carefully 

 selecting and mating the best fillies with a suitable stallion. 

 It will be no use attempting to breed a supply of this class of 

 horse by crossing thoroughbreds with draught mares. 



Type No. 4. The Artillery Wheeler. 



I have been unable to find a stallion that meets my ideas 

 of what we want in Type No. 4, and I have therefore 

 selected a mare, Fortress, the property of Sir John Barker, 

 and of unknown breeding. This animal, when photographed, 

 was in hard work doing 30 miles a day on London streets, 



