. Riding and driving. staken north from Constantinople by the returnedVarangians in the eleventh century. In breeding for the saddle, or for any otherpurpose, the marc should be nearly of the typethe breeder desires to obtain, and she should be ofstrong frame, perfectly sound, of healthy stock,and with a good disposition. If her pedigree beknown, the stallion, well-bred or thoroughbred,should be selected from a strain which has beenproved to have an affinity with that of the mingling of certain strains is almost as cer-tain to produce certain results — not, be it under-stood, everythi
. Riding and driving. staken north from Constantinople by the returnedVarangians in the eleventh century. In breeding for the saddle, or for any otherpurpose, the marc should be nearly of the typethe breeder desires to obtain, and she should be ofstrong frame, perfectly sound, of healthy stock,and with a good disposition. If her pedigree beknown, the stallion, well-bred or thoroughbred,should be selected from a strain which has beenproved to have an affinity with that of the mingling of certain strains is almost as cer-tain to produce certain results — not, be it under-stood, everything that maybe desired — as doesthe mixing of chosen colors on the palette. Thatis to say, size, form, action, and disposition mayordinarily be foretold by the mating betweenfamilies that are known to nick. Tlie stallionshould be no larger than the mare, of a family inwhich there is no suspicion of transmissible dis-ease, and of good temper, and it certainly shouldnot be lacking in the slightest degree in any point. FIG. 10. —TRAKHENE STALLION ife^ffsr*
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