394 ZACHARIAH SIMPSON, ESQ. 



was much more liberal in their diet, as well as in the 

 quality of it. His stud altogether must have suffered 

 very much from bad management and inattention to 

 their requirements — insufficiency of strength was a 

 fatal error. ' A penny wise and pound foolish ' 

 system is not a good one ; yet he thought so, and did 

 not mind ' spoiling the ship for the sake of a penny- 

 worth of tar.' To look after some ninety brood- 

 mares, fifty foals, forty yearlings, and three stallions, 

 he had a stud-groom on a pound a week, with eight 

 or nine men and a couple of boys under him. The 

 number of foals and yearlings, it will be seen, is not 

 quite up to the average; but the wonder is rather 

 that he had so many. When he commenced, his 

 stallions were like his mares, bad ; but afterwards he 

 bought a different and better class. He hired Happy 

 Land (own brother to Promised Land) from me, but 

 after serving a few of his mares, on leaving one he 

 fell backward and broke his back. He was only five 

 years old at this time, and a great loss to me. I 

 never received one shilling compensation. 



The way in which he used to dispose of his 

 yearlings was singular. He would sell in a lot 

 the whole at about £40 each, or let you take half the 

 best at about £60 each ; or he avouIc! sell and take in 

 exchange for part of the money, cows, pigs, or 

 bullocks ; but, like all bankers, he liked to see some 

 cash. He once sold a lot to Mr. William Stebbing 

 for Messrs. B. Green and Co. ; but I don't think much 



