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withstanding, higher than that of any horse I 

 know. In 1899 McQueen was returned to Can- 

 ada and his career in the Cairnbrogie stud 

 there since tlien is worthy of notice as showing 

 how much money may be made out of a really 

 successful getter even at a moderate fee. In the 

 season of 1899 he covered 182 mares and got 

 94 colts at a fee of $15 to insure. The next 

 season his fee was raised to $20 and has re- 

 mained in that notch ever since. Since 1900 he 

 has never covered less than 200 mares and his 

 smallest quota of foals was 123. Here are the 

 figures: 1900, mares covered 214, foals 127; 

 1901, mares 223, foals 147; 1902, mares 204, 

 foals 133; 1903, mares 209, foals 141; 1904, 

 mares, 261, foals 172; 1905, mares 217, foals 

 123; 1906, mares 208, foals 142— a grand total 

 of eight seasons, 1,717 mares covered and 1,078 

 foals. As he stood at $15 to insure in 1899 he 

 earned $1,410 that season, and in the seven 

 following years he begot 984 foals at $20 each, 

 amounting to $19,680— a grand total of $21,090 

 for his eight seasons' work. Verily he merits 

 the title I bestowed upon him— ^' The Matchless 

 McQueen.'' 



These figures are of much value as showing 

 that an old horse may be capable of doing ex- 

 tensive and excellent work in the stud and that 

 a really good getter is a gold mine. 



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