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model to those seen in Austria proper and Karwin in Silesia. 

 In the Hanau, and wherever the nature of the country allows of 

 cultivation, the farming appeared neat and painstaking, and the 

 crops were good. Nearer Pardubitz (the centre of the great stag- 

 hunting district of the Imperial Court ) the country again becomes 

 open. I visited the Imperial stud at Kladrub on the line between 

 Pardubitz and Prague. Kladrub is a small estate of 710 English 

 acres in extent, and is of poor sandy quality. It is entirely devc)- 

 ted to horse breeding, and is under the superintendence of Major 

 Loffler and his stud groom, Mr. Jackson. The Major forwarded 

 me an interesting account of the stud, which is composed of 

 English thorough-breds, Spanish, Neapolitan-black and Anglo- 

 Norman horses. There were at the time of my visit (July 24th, 

 1873) 391 hoi'ses of all ages at Kladrub, and of these 50 were in 

 training. Mules are also bred here for the Emperor's use : 9-5 

 brood-mares are kept, of which 24 are English, 45 half breds, 

 12 Spanish and 14 Neapolitan. 



Among the horses in training were noticed — 



A 6-year-old gelding (^Oracle), from Buccaneer, out oi Mosquito. 

 A 4-year-old stallion {Brum Major'), from Kettledrum out of Bedpole. 

 A 3-year-old stallion {Pirate Chief), ixom. Buccaneer owi oi Lady Tatton. 

 A 3-3'ear-old stallion (Corsair), from Buccaneer, out of Zeta, bj' 



Melbourn. 

 A 3-year-old stallion (Springy Jonathan), by Stark, and from Elastic 



by Ugly Buch. 

 A 3-year-old mare (Bed Wing), by Ostregor from Red-pole, by Orlando. 

 A 3-year-old mare (Flora), by Ostregor from Niobe, by Orlando. 

 A 3-year-old mare (Black Flag), by Buccaneer from Violet, by Voltigeur. 

 A 2-year-old stallion (Oro), by Thunderbolt from Golden Hair, by 



Orlando. 

 A 2-year-old stallion (Cress Boiuer), by Cambuscan from Golden Drop, 



by Stocktvell. 

 A 2-year-old stallion (Verulam), by St. Albans, from Aunt Hannah, by 



Westminster. 

 A 2-year-old stallion (St. Audes), by Virginius from Naivete, by 



Stockivell. 

 A 2-year-old stallion (Muleiber), by Challenge from Ugly Boe, by Ugly 



Buck. 

 A 2-year-old stallion (Gauntlet), by Challenge from Elastic, by Ugly 



Buck. 

 A 2-year-old mare (Silvertail), by Ostregor from Fairy, liy Warlock, 

 A 2-year-old mare (Phrygia), by Marsyas from Guinea, by F.D. 



There appeared to be too many horses on this small estate : 

 and I was told that an immense amount of fodder was annually 

 purchased, and that expenses were enormously heavy. Kladrub 

 is not a Government station, but is the private property of the 

 Emperor. 



Few estates have attained a greater notoriety than that of 

 Horskyfeld, the property of the Ritter von Horsky, situated at 



