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are of stout and approved blood, and that have won or have 
shown capabilities for winning, and are themselves large and 
roomy animals. Let him, with due care to the crossing of 
blood, put these to the most fashionable stallion of the 
season, regardless of cost of service; by this plan he may 
obtain foals that will meet ready buyers at large prices ; but 
he must sell them as yearlings and unbroken; on no account 
must he keep them longer, or have them broken, for if he 
does he will find that no one will buy them; they will be 
supposed to have been tried and found wanting in speed or 
staying qualities; and I do not advise the tenant farmer to 
try his skill on the turf. Where the land is light and easily 
worked, and the half or three quarters bred mare is suffi¬ 
ciently powerful to perform the duties of the farm, horse 
breeding hunters will be profitable, and the farmer may turn 
his attention to it; the mares should possess all the points 
and qualifications of the blood horse, more fully developed. 
They should be large and roomy, of plenty of courage and 
power of endurance, be gentle and free from vice, colour bay 
or brown, and if possible with black legs. Put these to the 
thorough-bred stallion, and the probability is you will obtain 
a colt that will make a hunter, charger, or a hack, failing 
which a fine and useful carriage or general harness horse; in 
any case a valuable animal. Should you desire to breed a 
more powerful, farming-like horse, such as are used in towns, 
in manufacturers* carts, spring vans, and in the chains of 
waggons, you may obtain them by putting this class of mare 
to the thorough cart horse. In this and the adjoining 
counties, taking into account the nature of the soil, the 
system of farming adopted, and the proximity to extensive 
commercial and manufacturing towns and cities, I recom¬ 
mend the farmer to turn his attention to breeding draught 
(cart) horses, as being best adapted to the soil, the cost and 
risk in rearing being considerably less, and the chance of 
selling profitably much greater, and the return quicker. 
The mares should be large, powerful, roomy, and active, 
essentially draught mares, not of the heaviest class, but large 
wide animals, with clean limbs, quick in every movement, 
full of energy, and capable of walking smartly, and taking a 
heavy draught with them, even at the trot, when requisite. 
In short, they should possess all the points of excellence in 
the stallion, and stand from sixteen to sixteen and a half 
hands high. The time most desirable to put the mare to the 
hor^e will depend upon circumstances, and upon the class of 
mare. The thorough blood mare should have the horse in 
February, so as to foal as early in January as possible, for as 
