Yet this is not always the case

Yet this is not always the case

Yet this is not always the case

Excessive size of fetus. It would seem that a small mare may usually be safely bred to a large stallion, yet this is not always the case; and when the small size is an individual rather than a racial characteristic or the result of being very young, the rule can not be expected to hold. There is always great danger in breeding the young, small, and undeveloped female, and the dwarfed representative of a larger breed, as the offspring tend to partake of the large race characteristics and to show them even prior to birth. When impregnation has occurred in the very young or in the dwarfed female there are two alternatives to induce abortion or to wait until there are attempts at parturition and to extract by embryotomy if impracticable otherwise.