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bought her for the paddock, and didn't want to knock 

 her about with much racing." 



This was a nice hearing for me, who was at that time 

 labouring to make breeders believe in Cornstalk. I 

 asked Mr James, "If this filly is so * beautifully bred, 1 

 can you not send a mare to her sire ? " But he said 

 he had never thought of that. Mr Arthur James was 

 a real loss to the Turf. Mrs Arthur James fortunately 

 remains, and long may she do so. The Cornstalk filly 

 whom I have just mentioned is named Lady Dan, and 

 has bred several winners, such as Daniella, but nothing 

 so good as would come from a horse of Carbine descent, 

 which mating I am confident I should have persuaded 

 Mr Arthur James to adopt had he lived. The com- 

 bination of Carbine and Trenton with abundance of 

 fast blood can hardly fail. 



