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[ [FBOX OTTO COERSS-POMD-NT.} More interest seems to be take, HiW >• year than any previous one iv the m&ttti * of wintering foils. A very •streaji deal h« i been said and written in respect tobmir ing. The "Father of tbe New Zestai > Turf," Mr EL Redwood, haa astld thath&U I of the breeding goes down the' tfiratl » which I quite concur in, an far mmy «• * perience teaches mc, and I havo sesa« r good deal in connection with horses. I I know for a fact that here la our Utto " district, we have had and have stf.fi first* * class entires; capable of 1 But how often 13 it the ewe that after w owners of good mares have mads tbat 1 choice of Bire3, that they <io not ever tbiw i of giving eliiher mother cr the foal* a bit ofoafcs and who think they ,sr» bound to get a "racehorse" beeaawtflff got a foal by a high claas sire, bat to taw great dissatisfaction they find they asf compete with others that have gmtem expense of feeding. Cousfiqusat!/, <« sires are condemned. It cannot t» tv mare, as they think she h«a doooßSfdipJ such a performance in her day, iatg,™* 6 * that they aUowed the little foal torua o3« without a morsel of feed, a__'R &* l * starved and stinted in growth, __4ala.f»* a perfect " weed." This year be a better one for young blood ««*•« there are some owners that ore l good deal of trouble find expwws fti w line. Mr A. Standlsh here in wintering a foal by j and one by Armourer— , l3-* ,! s w * am informed that Mr ®f Ss of Waitara, la feeding ' a | out of a mare bought by that i from Mr W. Walters, by LcoUwA, «W | a-pie out of Fishwifo, and a colt If W» lock-lanthe. Mr Mattheira hMO-J 1 ? Foul Shot out of a Fliutlock nM»i,*LS I Old has one by Foul Shot cut of »«SJ I Orangeman, lud Mr W. ElliottJimjf, lug one by Flintlock- I hope each of their owne».wiU to»«j; | for their- outlay, and sotting *• ««*■ t j toothers. •. "• " !