. Types and market classes of live stock. k has been done withgood grade draft mares. In such cases, however, these mareshave shown excellent draft type, even though they were noteligible to registry. Purebred draft mares cost considerablymore to buy, but have the very great advantage of havingtheir foals eligible to registry, and hence of greater marketvalue. In breeding carriage, saddle, and roadster horses, it isessential in most cases that purebred mares be used. Well-developed feminine character and good disposition are funda-mental qualities in a brood mare, as such mares are usually Typ
. Types and market classes of live stock. k has been done withgood grade draft mares. In such cases, however, these mareshave shown excellent draft type, even though they were noteligible to registry. Purebred draft mares cost considerablymore to buy, but have the very great advantage of havingtheir foals eligible to registry, and hence of greater marketvalue. In breeding carriage, saddle, and roadster horses, it isessential in most cases that purebred mares be used. Well-developed feminine character and good disposition are funda-mental qualities in a brood mare, as such mares are usually Types and Market Classes of Live Stock 425 more regular breeders, better mothers, and more easilyhandled and worked than are mares of masculine appearanceor mean, vicious, or highly nervous disposition. A sound, purebred stallion that is true to type and a goodindividual in every way is the only kind worthy of there is no such horse in the community, it will pay to shipthe mares a long distance to reach such a one. If Fig. 117. Correct Type in the Draft Mare. Coldham Surprise, Grand Champion Shire mare at the 1913 Inter-national. Owned by Mr. Geo. M. McCray of Fithian, 111. Note herroomy middle, faultless top line, symmetrical form, abundant muscling,and large bone. She has ruggedness and strength combined with qualityand femininity. it is always best to patronize a stallion that has proved him-self a sure breeder and a getter of good foals. There is nogreater folly than breeding to a horse simply because hestands at a low service fee, yet this is done in a vast numberof instances every season. There would not be the great num- 426 Types and Market Classes of Live Stock ber of unsound, mongrel, and inferior stallions standing forpublic service if there did not exist a demand for them on thepart of mare owners. There can be only one explanation sofar as the owner of the mare is concerned, and that is thesaving in the amount of the service fee; but no more sh
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