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and gives me a hearty greetiog. The homestead is a 

 comfortable snug spot and as clean as a new pin. 

 Built on one flat, with a spacious verandah round it, it 

 is an ideal summer residence, more in the style of a 

 bungalow. Mr. Forrester is the best of hosts, a hearty 

 good fellow. 



We take a stroll through the spacious paddocks 

 and look over the mares and foals, the yearlings and 

 two-year-olds not yet put into regular work. 



*^ Does stud farming pay ? ^' I ask Mr. Forrester as 

 I look round and see the large number of thoroughbreds 

 that have not yet had a chance to earn their oats. 



" I have had a lot of those mares given to me,^' 

 was the reply, '^ and I have the use of a grand horse, 

 free of cost, but I don^t think there is much in it 

 even then.^' 



Honestly I do not think there is much in breeding 

 thoroughbreds in the Colonies, for the simple reason 

 the prices realized at the yearling sales are too small 

 to prove remunerative. When an experienced man 

 gives an answer such as Mr. Forrester did, it is 

 sufficient to prove stud-farming is not a poor man's 

 game. 



In these spacious paddocks around Warwick Farm 

 are some mares with the best possible blood in their 

 veins. The lord of the harem is Niagara, a splendid 

 specimen of a thoroughbred sire, and with much of 

 the same blood as Trenton in his veins. 



