. Biggle horse book. Horses. CLYDESDALE, Why does not some enterprising breeder make a specialty of intelligence in horses, as has been done in the case of the dog with marvelous results ? There would be money in the thing. Let the breeder of horses school himself to sell his stock for just what it is. He will quickly make a good name for himself, and be able to get for his really good horses enough r THE DIFFERENT BREEDS. 25 to more than recompense what he loses in telling the truth about the poorer ones. A good riding horse should have a long neck and carry its head high. The rider wants to
. Biggle horse book. Horses. CLYDESDALE, Why does not some enterprising breeder make a specialty of intelligence in horses, as has been done in the case of the dog with marvelous results ? There would be money in the thing. Let the breeder of horses school himself to sell his stock for just what it is. He will quickly make a good name for himself, and be able to get for his really good horses enough r THE DIFFERENT BREEDS. 25 to more than recompense what he loses in telling the truth about the poorer ones. A good riding horse should have a long neck and carry its head high. The rider wants to see some horse ahead of him. The p07iy ate the parson— Ihno came that to pass ? The pony heard the parson say^ '' Alljlesh isgrass.^^ THE GOOD MULE. **It is a poor mule that won't work both ways.'' Having made a business of rearing mules for market, I have learned many things concerning the breeding and use- fulness of this animal that those persons should have who are convinced he is a vicious and untrustworthy brute. To breed anything like the ideal mule, greater care must be exercised in the selection of sire and dam than is neces- sary in producing a model horse. How many ill-shaped, ugly mules we see, each the result of careless breeding ! I have been taught by observation that more depends upon the sire than upon the dam in getting an ideal mule foal. Good points, however, come readily from both sides. Some men, in selecting a Jack, look to his height, and, for such, the more daylight found under him the better. What foolish men ! The Jack must be low and heavily quartered, with large bone an(,l a neat head. This sire will bring good mules nearly every time. Some men who own curby, heavy crooked mares say, '^ They^l do to raise ; This carelessness, coupled with ignorance, accounts for the great number of degenerated hybrids. A mule possesses keener instinct than a horse, and for this reason is easily trained. He should be handled from the very beginning of hi
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