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over a number of imported horses. In 1865 he imported the 
far famed Comet 174, a horse that had traveled in Scotland 
one season, but that remained in service in Ontario for upwards 
of twenty years. Many of his colts were prize winners, and 
with the exception of Netherby 126, there was never a horse 
in Ontario that sired so many good colts. In 1875 he showed 
four imported mares at five different shows, and won first prize 
on each occasion. In 1882 he imported a horse and three mares, 
winning with them both at the Provincial and at Toronto. In 
1883 he imported thirteen animals and in 1884 nine, several 
prize winners being included in each lot. For the next four 
years he made extensive Scotch purchases but in 1887 and °88 
his sales were so large he was unable to show. In 1885 he won 
first with a Canadian-bred yearling by Boydston Boy, that 
defeated the first prize winners at the English Royal, the Royal 
Northern, and the Glasgow Summer show that year. He sold 
this horse for $2,500, the highest price ever received for a 
Canadian-bred drafter up to that time. 
During his first ten years he imported and bred Leicester 
sheep and for the next fifteen, maintained a flock of Cotswolds 
as well, but from 1860 to 1880 he bred Cotswolds only, with 
the exception of a few Shropshires handled between 1863 and 
1867. From 1880 onward, however, extensive importations of 
Shropshires were made and the foundations of many successful 
flocks both in showyards and breeding pens were laid in Thistle 
Ha’ purchases. In 1887 his Shropshires won the silver medal 
at Toronto for the best middle or fine wool flock, and in 1888 
they won the flock prizes both at the Provincial and at Toronto. 
In 1889 he sold from the farm eighty-five Cotswolds and 425 
Shropshires, his stud rams being the imported ram Director 
and the undefeated English and Canadian champion lamb, 
Spearman. For a number of years MR. MILLER paid consid- 
