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ning, yet mares Lave been put to such horses, in fair 

 confidence that the produce of such a sire would run ; 

 this, I trust, shows my advice to be good, in recom- 

 mending any one purchasing sires, or brood mares, to 

 be rery particular in selecting running and fashion- 

 able blood ; and nothing shews it more than the case 

 I have mentioned, of a sire being patronized, though 

 he never ran ; of course, such horse is sought as a sire 

 solely from his blood being of a running strain. 



Tried sires, if they have been successful as regards 

 the merits of their produce, are, as may be expected, 

 diflScult to get, and if sold, will, of course, realize 

 prices in accordance with the amount they have 

 brought in during their season, or seasons — for this is 

 known to all interested in such matters. A tried 

 sire is a sure income, an untried one has to establish 

 his credit. Yet a man purchasing such a horse as 

 Wild Dayrell, who is untried as a sire, is pretty sure 

 of realizing a remunerative income at first ; but his 

 purchaser, or owner, must not confidently rely on 

 this continuing, for good as the horse is in himself, 

 and fiattering as maj^ be the hopes as regards his 



