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ing this fancy, and although it has been a rock of destruction to many ambitious breed- 

 ers, this lady, witli cxtraonHnaiy l)usiness acumen, has achieved gratifying success. 



Miss Wilks has consistently pursued that ])ohcy which embodies the principle 

 that it pays to buy the best. It was this reasoning which induced her to pay fifteen 

 thousand five hundred dollars for Sadie ]Mac, the highest price paid for any mare 

 during 1!)04. When the queenly Sadie Mac's former owner offered thirty thousand 

 dollars for her return the shrewdest horsemcMi on the continent thought our Canadian 



Miss W'ii.ks' Mohkazi \ 



horse-woman was hardly justified in refusing such a princely sum. but hci- judgment 

 was brilliantly sustained in early results. 



Sadie Mac outshone all rivals on liic (irand Circuit so easily that the trainers and 

 drivers throughout the country nijinittcd that siic was in a class l)v liciself, and until 

 she droj)j)e<l dead in that fateful race at llartfcjrd, she was absolutely invincible. 



Cruickston Park is becoming one of the great show places of Ontario. Situated 

 in the heart of one of the richest agricultural districts in the province, its fertile fields, 

 forest-crowned hills, lovely valleys and su|)('rl) avenues, rival those lA' some of Eng- 

 land's beautiful countiy seats. 



