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for the sum of 130,704 sovs., or at an average of nearly 304 

 so vs. 



In lialf-breds the profit to be obtained from individual ani- 

 mals is narrowly limited. A numerical extension, therefore, 

 may help to distribute the general expenditure over a greater 

 number, and thereby reduce the average cost. In the thorough- 

 bred, on the other hand, the value of a successful brood mare is 

 almost illimitable, and repays manifold for years of fruitless 

 labor. The late Mr. W. I'Anson grew rich by the sale of 

 Queen Mary's sons and grandsons. Mr. Jackson paid him for 

 Blair Athol alone, shortly before the St. Leger, consequently 

 after the son of Blink Bonny had won for his breeder the 

 Derby, not less than 7000/.; and Breadalbane, Broomielaw, 

 Blinkhoolie, etc., also considerably swelled his receipts from 

 the male line. With the female progeny of Queen Mary Mr. 

 I'Anson founded a breeding stud, whose yearling produce, from 

 nine to ten in number, realized at Doncaster, as late as 18S0, an 

 average of 900 gs. 



What incalculable value is not represented by a mare like 

 Pocahontas, whose direct descendants won the four classic races 

 of England on no less than forty-five occasions ! Pocahontas, 

 bred 1837, reached the advanced age of thirty-three years ; 

 she bred fifteen foals, amongst which the stallions Stockwell, 

 Rataplan, and King Tom, and, in a lesser degree, Knight of 

 Kars and Knight of St. Patrick, shine as stars of the first mag- 

 nitude. When twenty-five years of age, Pocahontas bred her 

 last foal, Araucaria ; and how potent remained in her that vital 

 power with \vhich she endowed her last offspring is shown by 

 the achievements of the latter's progeny — Stephanotis, Welling- 

 tonia, Camelia (winner of the Oaks), Chamant (winner of the 

 Middle Park and Dewhurst Plates and the Two Thousand 

 Guineas), and Rayon d'Or (winner of the St. Leger). Poca- 

 hontas founded a family of heroes, which ruled the Turf to an 

 extent never equalled. Stockwell, himself a winner of the Two 

 Thousand Guineas and the Leger, sired (besides three winners 

 of the Blue Ribbon) six winners of the St. Leger, a number 

 which has never been reached before or since. 

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