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taken to see the mares, colts, and fillies fed, 

 wlien he found that their food entirely con- 

 sisted of oats in the straw cut into chaff; the 

 oats were cut before the straw was dead ripe, 

 and it was found to be almost as good as hay. 

 There were tanks kept filled with water, and 

 the whole of the stock was allowed to feed 

 without limitation. The plan seemed to him 

 well worth following by all breeders of horses 

 as well as by farmers. In each paddock there 

 was an excellent shed with long manger, and 

 about twenty colts or fillies were placed in 

 each. The viewing the establishment took 

 up two whole days, which were to Mr. Smith 

 the most interesting of the kind in his life. 

 He was also greatly pleased with a clever pack 

 of harriers which belonged to Sir Tatton's 

 young son (the present baronet), and wliich 

 he wished to cross with the blue mottled 

 Southern hound. Mr. Smith had a friend 

 who kept a pack of the old Southern hound, 

 and strongly advised the measure ; indeed, he 



