Studies in horse breeding; an illustrated treatise on the science and practice of the breeding of horses . was produced by mating Standard mares with pac-ing gait, with Thoroughbred stallions. To begin withthese breeds were of a similar type, and the cross re-sulted in a most pronounced improvement, for the pur-pose for which the cross bred product was gaits have been secured from the original maresfrom which the breed originated, while the symmetry,style of carriage and intelligence have been transmittedfrom the Thoroughbred. Recrossing Breeds. The stallion shown in fig
Studies in horse breeding; an illustrated treatise on the science and practice of the breeding of horses . was produced by mating Standard mares with pac-ing gait, with Thoroughbred stallions. To begin withthese breeds were of a similar type, and the cross re-sulted in a most pronounced improvement, for the pur-pose for which the cross bred product was gaits have been secured from the original maresfrom which the breed originated, while the symmetry,style of carriage and intelligence have been transmittedfrom the Thoroughbred. Recrossing Breeds. The stallion shown in figure 54,is the result of a breeding experiment with draft experiment began with a grey imported Shiremare. She was mated with a black imported Belgianstallion, resulting in a grey filly. When this filly wasold enough she was mated with a grey imported Per-ch eron stallion, resulting in the stallion shown in figure54. It is claimed by most writers that sires producedby cross breeding will not prove prepotent breeders;that their foals will not be laniform as regards any (]!(»SS KliliKDING 209. Figure 54. A re-cross bred stallion, possessing tire bloodof the Belgian, Percheron and Shire breeds. 210 STUDIES IN HOKSE 15REEDING quality; color, size, or form. The stallion above re-ferred to is owned by a colony of Rnssians in Southj>akota, and enjoys the distinction of having producedmore geldings selling for three hundred dollars ormore, than any stallion ever owned in that state. Hisget are remarkable for their uniformity of size, com-bined Avith quality, and 85 per cent of them are number of ton geldings sired by him, and out ofmares weighing only 1500 to 1600 pounds, is simply re-markable. Here we have a re-cross bred stallion, that is, one theresult of twice crossing, and possessing the blood ofthree draft breeds. The individuals composing his im-mediate ancestry, were quite uniform, although belong-ing to three breeds. A wider difference in type couldbe fo
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