However, somewhat over a decade ago, Mr. Harry Morriss, a generous supporter of the sport under both gave thought to the matter and decided that, if one or even ten really good ponies could come down from the North, why not investigate and ascertain whether the supply could be made the rule rather than the exception; if it could be made continuous and available to all, and so ultimately be to the lasting benefit oz local racing.
So, evidently believing in the truth of the maxim "God helps him who helps himself" he personally jour-noyed up north and eventually arrived at Sanpetsze, a place about a third of the distance between Man-chub and Urgar, to the west of the former. He found at this spot that the sbil contained a certain amount of lime which gave to the feedy\t produced that very necessary gradient in it: composition whi generally is conspicuous by its absence in the grazing of most districts where ponies are reared.
One need' not enlarge on the benefits of lime in the breeding of horses beyond saying that those which consume it in their food and water in natural quantities, are, other things being equal, superior in those characteristic desirable in horse flesh to those which are by environment of birth and up-bringing deprived of it
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