XXXVII.— Bollys Bay Off 



I WONDER if any scientist has figured out the 

 exact properties of blue grass. I don't re- 

 member seeing anything on the subject, but I 

 am going to look it up, for blue grass hay 

 seems to have food qualities that are not suspected 

 by ordinary farmers. Besides being hay it must 

 have the protein content, fat, starch and all other 

 things that are to be found in a ration of alfalfa, 

 rolled oats, oilcake and condition powders. It seems 

 to be as potent as that brand of old English ale of 

 which it was said that a quart contained "meat, 

 drink and a night's lodging." Anyway, our dow- 

 ager driver has had nothing but blue grass to eat 

 all winter, and instead of developing "that tired feel- 

 ing" as spring approaches she is so full of "pep" 

 that she is teaching mischief to her own colts. Of 

 course, she hasn't had much to do this winter, having 

 convinced us that trotting was too great a strain 

 on her constitution, and that even walking must be 



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