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I think A'ou will agroe with luc that the picture of 

 " Queenston " is ahiiost perfect in every detail. The beau- 

 tiful head, well-cut-out tlii'ottle, perfectly turned neck, com- 

 ing nicely into the shoulders, each foot in its proper place, 

 or, better, in its natiu"al place, well-filled quarters and 

 perfect!}' set^on tail. Looking at " Queenston " without 

 knowing her breeding, one would say that she was three- 

 quarters thoroughbred . 



If the nick of the French coach with our standard-bred 

 mares can produce the type of "Queenston" once, they 

 may do it again. The dam was simply an average mare, 

 one not thought good enough to breed trotters from at the 

 Village Farm; and the value of "Queenston" is what? 

 Anywhere from $1,500 to $3,000. The cost of bringing 

 her up ^vas what? Sim})ly her feed until she was tliree 

 or foiu" years old, and then careful breaking. In fact, her 

 whole training for saddle purposes could have been done in 

 a five-acre lot, in fact, better than anywhere, so as to make 

 her supple and prompt to bit ; and all that is required in the 

 saddle classes is a good walk, good trot and canter and a 

 pleasant disposition, all of which she possesses. 



I never had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Sanborn, but I 

 only wish he could have had the pleasure of looking at 

 "Queenston," as he was so interested in the French coach, 

 and Avas so absolute!}' sure (and it is this absolute sureness 

 that brino-s success) that he was on the ris-ht line. 



Thoroughbreds . 



" Ben D'Or," one of the most celebrated sires in England, 

 is beautifully illustrated in the picture now before you, with 

 his stable companion who was always with him nestled up 

 in his accustomed place. 



You do not often see a finer type of muscle, sinew and 

 bone ; 3'et you can go down to the race track and you will 

 find stallions almost as good looking to be had for the asking, 

 simply broken down from over-work on a tremendously hard 

 track. Nature has as yet to make a back or middle tendon 

 that can stand what the trainers ask ; and year by year good 

 thoroughbreds are broken down by the hundreds. 



