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we had seen just preparing for their struggle 

 in Kfe. 



The brood mares, most of them large winners 

 themselves, and the dams of winners also, looked 

 fresh and well, and there seems every prospect of 

 the high prestige of the Highfield stable being 

 maintained for some years to come. 



There is both in the stable and in the stud 

 a large proportion of the blood of old Queen 

 Mary, and Mr. I' Anson spoke with j)ardonable 

 pride, as we parted from him, of the many big 

 winners descended from his father's famous mares. 



