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rarely race after they are six years old, the owner 

 may fairly look forward to enjoying a large income, 

 for from ten to perhaps fifteen years. I know of no 

 means by which a man can as safely turn his money 

 to good account. Sires are to be had at all prices, 

 from a hundred to the two thousand specified, and I 

 quite believe they all pay, and soon repay their cost 

 price, be that what it may ; but the great difference 

 is, the owner of the first-class horse may choose the 

 number of mares he will permit him to serve, the 

 owner of a low-priced one is obliged to seek them ; 

 such a horse will probably have to travel from town 

 to town, and serving at a low price, the travelling 

 expenses of himself and attendant bring on consider- 

 able charges against the profit of the horse ; and 

 further, unless that attendant be a very trusty one, 

 the temptation is so great, that the horse is weakened 

 by over-exertion, without the proceeds of it reaching 

 the master's pocket. 



There is, however, a medium-priced sire that pays 

 as well in proportion to his cost price as does the 

 highest class of horse ; by a medium-priced one, I 



