Studies in horse breeding; an illustrated treatise on the science and practice of the breeding of horses . of great power inthe stallion should in the mare be represented by refine-ment of character. A greater length of loin, and a widerand deeper make of rib should also be found in the mare is Natures receptacle, to receive and developthe creation of the stallion. Other things being equal,the more feminine the mare, the better and surer breedershe will prove herself to be. I have observed that barrenmares are more masculine than feminine. A lack of thesex characteristics is good evid
Studies in horse breeding; an illustrated treatise on the science and practice of the breeding of horses . of great power inthe stallion should in the mare be represented by refine-ment of character. A greater length of loin, and a widerand deeper make of rib should also be found in the mare is Natures receptacle, to receive and developthe creation of the stallion. Other things being equal,the more feminine the mare, the better and surer breedershe will prove herself to be. I have observed that barrenmares are more masculine than feminine. A lack of thesex characteristics is good evidence of a lack of procrea-tive power. Castrating colts while young, causes them todevelop more like mares than stallions. Unsexing maresby removing their ovaries while young, will cause them todevelop coarser, more like horses than mares. The samemay be said of everything pertaining in any manner tosex. In selecting brood mares, great care should be exer-cised in selecting only those showing feminine character,which means they are well sexed. All brood mares famed THE SELECTION OF A RROOI) 89. m tS a u 0) 03 w ^ 6 -,_- CO -nH S P > H^ CO CJ gx3 cs 2 s -^ X3 cc ^ ^ ^ COG O)oj q; jh = ^ 1^O TO o CS c ^P .a;- CD j 90 STUDIES IN HORSE BREEDING for their excellence in such a capacity are always foundto be of the most pronounced feminine type. Note theextreme feminine character as indicated by the refinedhead, ear, jaw and neck shown by the mare in figure mare produced a foal of the highest quality, everyyear for many years. It is not necessary that a mareshould be undersized to be feminine. Some mares ofextreme size are much more refined and feminine thanothers of less size. Stallioners Owning Brood Mares. One or more purebred mares should be owned by every owner of a highclass stallion. Even if the owner of a stallion lived intown, he could well afford to own a high class mare ofthe same breed to which his stallion belongs. In thefirst place, nothing would he
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