250 MEMORIES OF MEN AND HORSES 



a colt out of Rue Time (imp.), was considered the very 

 best of them all. I never heard of unweaned foals being 

 so badly affected by worms as this, but most of them are 

 now past the trouble. The stud groom, Garlick, is a 

 Yorkshireman, with the fullest knowledge of his job, 

 but he has had a hard time of it with so many foals ill, 

 and even now they are being fed on Quaker Oats, and 

 muzzled when turned out with their dams lest the 

 herbage may have been the source of the trouble. Not- 

 withstanding all these difficulties, I question if there is in 

 the whole world a finer lot of foals by one horse than 

 those by The Panther. There is positively not a wrong 

 one among the whole lot that I saw. They have with- 

 out exception big, clean hocks, with great shanks, and 

 absolutely unimpeachable fore-legs. Goodness knows 

 which is the best of them. A dozen good judges might 

 each pick a different one. 



WONDERFUL FOALS AND THEIR SIRE 



I have, perhaps, a natural liking for the colt out of 

 Sixpenny (imp.), by William the Third out of Montem, 

 though they tell me that the one out of Rue Time (imp.) 

 was better. Rydal Fell (imp.) has a beautiful Panther 

 filly, and another that dwells in memory is a Panther 

 colt out of Song (imp.) by Spearmint. Equally notable 

 is the Panther colt out of that great mare Sibila ; but, 

 really, it is impossible to discriminate among them, 

 they are so numerous and, without exception, so well- 

 grown and good-looking. It was a real treat to see 

 The Panther led out on the lawn in front of the house. 

 He improves in grandeur and quality year by year, and 

 he has stamped his foals with his own quality. A more 

 perfect-tempered horse there could not be, and I have 



