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pony, about 14.3 hands, by Laureate (by 

 Rosicrucian). I then had a very fine 

 daughter, Carina, by Syrian, who went to Mr. 

 Cecil Boyle's stud, after winning many prizes ; 

 but my next foal, by Pursebearer, was 

 another weedy one. My last and youngest, 

 Saffron, is a fine mare and a good hunter, and 

 is in many ways very like what I was in my 

 prime. I am not what is called a certain 

 breeder, and I have during the years when I 

 was not engaged in my family duties done 

 some light work on the farm. I never 

 objected to this, and indeed was all the 

 better for it, nor did I ever feel that there 

 was any indignity in useful service. 



And now I think I have fairly earned, 

 and can enjoy, the retrospect of a well- 

 spent life. I may not have had a very 



