. Riding and driving. t incredible distancesfrom their sources. That Bostons progenyshould be subject to blindness, or that Cruisersdescendants should be vicious, or that the off-spring of whistlers should prove defective in theirwind, are reasonable expectations; but that theblack spots on the haunches of Eclipse should berepeated upon his descendants of our day, as isdoubtless the case, exhibits an influence that ismarvellous. Stockwell (1849) and many othersof Eclipses descendants had those ancestralmarks, but Stockwell had many strains of Eclipseblood through Waxy, Gohanna, and other pro-g
. Riding and driving. t incredible distancesfrom their sources. That Bostons progenyshould be subject to blindness, or that Cruisersdescendants should be vicious, or that the off-spring of whistlers should prove defective in theirwind, are reasonable expectations; but that theblack spots on the haunches of Eclipse should berepeated upon his descendants of our day, as isdoubtless the case, exhibits an influence that ismarvellous. Stockwell (1849) and many othersof Eclipses descendants had those ancestralmarks, but Stockwell had many strains of Eclipseblood through Waxy, Gohanna, and other pro-genitors. When a chestnut thoroughbred showswhite hairs through its coat, that peculiarityis ascribed to Venison (1833) blood, if bychance that staUions name may be found in itspedigree. Where undesirable qualities appear in theproducts of crosses in breeding for a type, theyare bred out in breeding up, or the failures arepermitted to die out. It is not probable that anyone who was desirous of breeding a horse suitable. FIG. 12.— BROOD-MARE OF SADDLE STRAINS
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