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sold at prices at which any farmer could afford to pur- 

 chase. The brood mares which did not produce speed at 

 the Waterloo stud were, of course, failures from a racing 

 point of view, but their blood has greatly enriched the 

 equine stock of Ontario especially, and scores of instances 

 are on record where the produce of these mares by ordin- 

 ary sires have secured the highest honors of the show 

 ring. It is also a noteworthy fact that many horses sold 

 by Mr. Seagram at these public sales have proved suc- 

 cessful race horses, in many instances winning from 

 high priced animals belonging to their former owner. It 

 is quite natural for people to say that an owner would 

 not likely sell the pick of his horses, but might be expect- 

 ed to weed them out and dispose only of those which he 

 thought were of the least value as racing property. That 

 argument is all very well in theory, but it does not work 

 out in practice. Where a trainer has thirty-five or forty 

 horses to work it is not possible for him to give the same 

 attention to the working of each which he would do if 

 his attention was directed to the management of a much 

 smaller number. Hence, horses have been sold out of 

 the Waterloo stable at low prices that have won scores of 

 races both on the Canadian and American turf. It is 

 scarcely necessary to add that Mr. Seagram's colors, the 

 famous black and yellow, are highly popular with the 

 race-going public. That portion of it who back their 

 fancy know they will have a run for their money and it 

 is this public confidence that adds so much to their 

 popularity. 



Mr. Seagram, as President of the Ontario Jockey Club, 

 is also an honorary member of the English Jockey Club, 

 the most exclusive organization of its kind in the world, 

 one which includes in its membership not only many of 

 the most distinguished citizens of the Empire, but also a 

 liberal number of the most notable men in Europe. 



