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were bought from Hon. Henry Fairfax, and were hred to Mi-. 

 Fairfax's Bagthorpe Snltan, l)v Forest Kini:. Later IJaathorpe 

 Sultan was himself bought, and he is now at the head of this 

 stud. That he is a successful sire has been proven bv the number 

 of prize-winners he has gotten, the wheelers of the team Mr. 

 Pabst exhibited last season being among them. 



There are now over ninety horses at the farm, including brood 

 mares, young stock and horses in training. Last year fourteen 

 totals were raised, many of them by Bagthc-rpe Sultan and out of 

 Sir Humphrey mares. Mr. Pabst makes a point of having his 

 show strinii' consist of horses of his own In-eedino". 



Fig. 48. Hackxev Colts ix Pasti he at Daxiel .). Dhis- 

 coll's Hackxey Horse Farm, Axrurx, Pa. 



{Courtesy of '• The Field."' 



Aside from raising pure-bi'cd Hackneys, Mr. Pabst is inter- 

 ested in crossing Hackneys with horses of other breeds, and is a 

 tirm believer in the excellent results that can, for various objects, 

 be thus obtained. Three 3'ears ago he bred a number oi Hackney 

 mares to a Thoroughbred horse called Dick Burgess, by Sir 

 Dixon and out of a mare by Hindoo, and has a very classy lot of 

 youngsters which he feels sure will be heard from in the hunter 

 and saddle classes. Xot only for these purposes does he consider 

 the Hackney cross invaluable, but he even claims that a iine type 

 of lighter draft horse can be obtained by another cross. Regard- 

 ing this ]\rr. Pabst writes : 



" T was impressed with the latter fact on one of my visits to 

 Paris, where I had an opportunity to see a large exhibit of the 



