"CHERRY AND BLACK" 



and Feakes salutes us with a cheery "Good morning." 

 Charlie Shauer, too, joins in greeting. The track cov- 

 ers three quarters of a mile, with easy turns, and here 

 it was that Saxon and Attila learned their 



f.P f'^V"^^ lessons, and Parole and Iroquois were 

 at "School ^ ' , , . 7 , . , 



first put through their paces. A big brown 



two-year-old is leading as "schoolmaster" to a lot of 

 yearlings, and Endymion brings up the rear. But the 

 gentlemen are on the veranda, and we are reminded 

 that breakfast is served. 



One can form little idea of the magnitude of Ran- 



cocas by a casual glance. The farm covers 1500 acres, 



mostly meadow land. It Is slightly un- 



The Magnitude ^^^^^- ^^ ^ somewhat sandy stratum, 



of the rartn . r^ r ' 



which Insures good drainage. Of its 

 stock operations It need only be stated that It consumes 

 20,000 bushels of oats per annum, and 7000 bushels of 

 carrots. The stud consists of eighty brood- 

 ^ppt^s mares, eight stallions, forty-eight horses In 

 training, including yearlings, and forty-four weanlings, 

 not to speak of a large number of half-breds and horses 

 for general use. The cattle are exceptionally fine, and 

 the sheep and Berkshire pigs are strong in numbers. 



But it Is not In live stock alone that Rancocas can 

 boast Its productions. The nurseries are among the 

 finest In the land. Strawberries, cucum- 

 bers, tomatoes, and melons are to be had 

 ripe and juicy in and out of season; while the cellar, 



