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The peerless Wakeful, a winner of over £16,000 in stakes, is among the 

 mares at Arrowfield, and the way she carries her age is a good advertisement 

 for the richness of the Arrowfield pastures. She is still the property of Mr. 

 C. L. Macdonald, whose colours she made so famous. 



Adjoining Arrowfield, with only a fence between the two properties, is 

 Woodlands, originally owned by the late Mr. H. C. White, but now the 

 property of Mr. E. G. Blume. The original old stone-built homestead is still 

 in use, and the view from the flagged verandah across the Hunter to the hills 

 beyond has to be seen to be appreciated. Shepherd King, a good-looking 

 horse by Martagon, is at the head of the stud, and is ably seconded by Duke 

 Humphrey, a half-brother by John O'Gaunt to the English One Thousand 

 Guineas winner Vaucluse, and these English horses have as a mate Piastre, a 

 Melbourne Cup hero, by imported Positano. Woodlands can boast of a fine 

 collection of mares, and the property has been brought thoroughly up to date 

 since coming into the hands of its present owner. 



Several small studs are to be found in more or less close proximity to the 

 town of Muswellbrook, 76 miles from Newcastle and some I 2 miles away from 

 Woodlands. Among these are Messrs. Jos. Brown's and Walter Brunton's 

 properties. The former has the Desmond horse, imported Montecello, in use, 

 while Mr. Brunton does not keep a stallion but sends his well-bred matrons to 

 the best available. His colours are conspicuous at Randwick, and he is not 

 only a breeder but regularly buys at the yearling sales. 



One of the best-known Muswellbrook properties is Merton, from whose 

 luxurious paddocks Mr. E. R. White bred so many winners. It is now owned 

 by Mr. W. H. Mackay, junr., a son of the owner of Beauford, and who inherits 

 the family's love of the Thoroughbred and their knowledge of them. He is 

 just starting to breed in a small but successful way. Martindale, owned by 

 the polo-playing White Bros., is not far away, and shelters an English classic 

 winner in Night Hawk, winner of the Leger. This hefty son of Gallinule looks 

 like doing yeoman service in the near future for his owners. 



Leaving Muswellbrook w^e reach one of the most famous fattening 

 properties on the Hunter in the famous Turanville Estate, with its beautiful 

 flats and willow trees, and, adjoining this, is Camyr Allen, where two of the 

 younger generation of the famous family of horse-breeding Thompsons have 

 settled. The stud is owned by Messrs. W. B. and C. L. Thompson, w^ho have 

 had great success at the yearling sales, and in the paddocks is Bob Cherry, the 

 dam of Eurythmic, the largest stake winner in Australia. His sire, Eudorus, 

 an imported son of Forfarshire, and another English importation in Buckwheat, 

 by Martagon, are the stallions being used at the time of w^riting by the 

 Thompsons. The Camyr Allen mares are a very representative lot, and, as 

 a great proportion of them are daughters of Maltster, it is almost unnecessary 

 to add they have produced, and are producing, a big percentage of winners. 

 Maltster, whose fame as a stallion is almost too well-known to bear repetition, 

 has gained undying fame through his daughters. 



Camyr Allen is only a few miles out from Scone, on the other side of 

 which prosperous town we find the Sledmere Stud, which has been quite 

 recently established by Messrs. H. R. Denison and H. G. Raymond, the 

 latter recently bringing on his return from England the successful sire 

 Quantock, a son of Thrush. Since coming to Australia Quantock's stock have 

 been remarkably successful in England, and he looks to hold the ball of stud 

 success at his feet. A w^ell-chosen and select band of matrons are happily 

 ensconced in the Sledmere paddocks, and if the young Quantocks bred there 

 follow in the footsteps of their English relatives, the stud's fortune is made. 



