. The horse : its varieties and management in health and disease. into hunters, or sold for that purpose, without incur-ring any trouble or risk; and they would fetch from^150 to ,-£200 apiece, or in some cases considerablymore. Selection of Brood Mare.—In choosing the broodmare four things must be considered—first, her blood;secondly, her frame; thirdly, her state of health; andfourthly, her temper. Her blood or breeding will mainly depend upon theviews of the breeder—that is to say, what particular classof colts he wishes to obtain, and according to his decisionhe will look out for mares of
. The horse : its varieties and management in health and disease. into hunters, or sold for that purpose, without incur-ring any trouble or risk; and they would fetch from^150 to ,-£200 apiece, or in some cases considerablymore. Selection of Brood Mare.—In choosing the broodmare four things must be considered—first, her blood;secondly, her frame; thirdly, her state of health; andfourthly, her temper. Her blood or breeding will mainly depend upon theviews of the breeder—that is to say, what particular classof colts he wishes to obtain, and according to his decisionhe will look out for mares of the particular kind he desiresto reproduce, on the principle that like begets like,subject to the considerations above stated. In frame the mare should be so formed as to becapable of carrying and well nourishing her offspring;that is, she should be what is called roomy. There isa formation of the hips which is particularly unfit forbreeding purposes, and yet which is sometimes carefullyselected, because it is considered elegant; this is the 92 Breeding,. level and straight hip, in which the tail is set on veryhigh, and the end of the haunch-bone is nearly on alevel with the projection of the hip-bone. The opposite Breeding. 93 form is represented in the skeleton, which is that of athorough-bred mare, well formed for this breeding pur-pose, but in other respects rather too slight. By ex-amining her pelvis, it will be seen that the haunch-boneforms a considerable angle with the sacrum, and that,as a consequence, there is plenty of room, not onlyfor carrying the foal, but for allowing it to pass intothe world. Both of these points are important, theformer evidently so, and the latter no less so on con-sideration, because if the foal is injured in the birth,either of necessity, or from ignorance or carelessness, itwill often fail to recover its powers, and will remainpermanently injured. The pelvis, then, should be wideand deep—that is to say, it should be large and roomy
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