. The horse and his diseases;. th before and behind, should be well developed, anddropped straight below the joint. As to the shape of the stallion little satisfactory can be must depend upon that of the mare, and the kind of horsewished to be bred ; but, if there is one point absolutely essential, it is compactness—as muchgoodness and strengthas possible condensednto a small to compactness,the inclination of theshouldershouldbe regarded. Ahuge stallion,with uprightthe arab sTALLioy jupiter/~ shoulders, never got a capital hunter or hackney; from such nothing but acart or dr
. The horse and his diseases;. th before and behind, should be well developed, anddropped straight below the joint. As to the shape of the stallion little satisfactory can be must depend upon that of the mare, and the kind of horsewished to be bred ; but, if there is one point absolutely essential, it is compactness—as muchgoodness and strengthas possible condensednto a small to compactness,the inclination of theshouldershouldbe regarded. Ahuge stallion,with uprightthe arab sTALLioy jupiter/~ shoulders, never got a capital hunter or hackney; from such nothing but acart or dray horse can be obtained, and that, perhaps, spoiledby the opposite form of the mare. If, however, a merely slowdraught-horse is desired, an upright shoulder is desirable, if notabsolutely necessary. The principal requirements in connection with breeding maybe concisely summed up as follows :— First. There should be mutual adaptation in form and size,and indeed in all important characteristics, between the sire andthe 106 BREEDING AND MANAGEMENT. Second. If the mare be defective in any particular, she shouldnot be bred to a stallion having a similar, or even an opposite,fault; but one should rather be chosen perfect in that point. Third. Exceedingly small mares should not be bred withenormously large horses ; distortions will generally be the a mare of sixteen hands, a horse of not less than fifteenhands should be selected ; if she be too low or small, the horsemaybe an inch or two higher, but not of the tall or leggy kind. Fourth. As it is frequently the case, that without any knowncause the blood of a certain kind of horses will not cross wellwith that of another, such instances when ascertained should beavoided. Fifth. If the mare is of a good kind of horses, but one whichhas degenerated in size from in-breeding, (that is, from con-tinuous breeding into the same family and blood—with theirown daughters and grand-daughters, in other words—for abouttwo
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