The outcome of the gradual but persistent advancement from the "mediaeval" stage is a cause of frequent complication of judgment in "classification" at the present day. Errors are made, possibly excusable, as the problem may be considered almost impossible of accurate solution in the circumstances, leniency or severity are exercised in turn and In many cases the decision is the result of mere guess work and conjecture. Dissatisfaction among both owners and dealers follows, and the latter are afraid to bring down anything that looks like an improved animal for fear it will be rejected and thrown back on their hands in a market closed against them.
Owners, likewise, display uneaslness and express disappointment, because, on the one hand some undoubted eross-breds are being raced, while on the other, far less "breedy-looking" animals they might wish to acquire are rejected on the passing whim of the moment. And, last but not least, riding men of position and ex-jockeys whose increasing weight has caused them to discontinue flat-racing, are definitely influenced to withdraw their active participation at the Race Meetings for the very good reason that they will not waste money by subscribing for or buying a y which, whether he wins a race is, owing to his conformation and inche: quite useless to them personally afterwards, for either polo, hunting or even general riding purposes,
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