. Riding and driving. FIG. 23. —GARRARD. TWO YEARS OLD. FIG. 24. —CARBONEL, FOUR YEARS OLD Some Saddle-horse Stock Farms 51 better condition than that of the Gay Brothers,the foals of the present year being particularlystrong and active. The Gay Brothers break their horses to saddleat two years of age; at three years of age theireducation is enlarged; and at four they are readyfor purchasers, and none of them remain on handunless retained for some specific purpose. Sogreat is the demand for horses of this class, thatbreeders could readily dispose of more than doublethe numbers they can furnish
. Riding and driving. FIG. 23. —GARRARD. TWO YEARS OLD. FIG. 24. —CARBONEL, FOUR YEARS OLD Some Saddle-horse Stock Farms 51 better condition than that of the Gay Brothers,the foals of the present year being particularlystrong and active. The Gay Brothers break their horses to saddleat two years of age; at three years of age theireducation is enlarged; and at four they are readyfor purchasers, and none of them remain on handunless retained for some specific purpose. Sogreat is the demand for horses of this class, thatbreeders could readily dispose of more than doublethe numbers they can furnish, and dealers andother purchasers find it difficult to obtain verydesirable horses of four years and upward. Somedealers buy weanlings and yearlings to makesure of the produce of certain well-known mares,and it is by no means a rare case that a foal makesits appearance in the world, the property of someone other than the breeder who has anticipatedits birth. The saddle-horse farm next in size to that ofGay Brothers is that of Colonel John T. Wood-fo
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