Sb« is by Ravensworth, out of Sky bird, both thoroughbred imported English horses.! Sundry yearlings and two year olds, all well bred, were scampering about the paddock, but we must- defer notice of them until , another time, and in, conclusion may observe that the enterprise displayed, by Mr Dodson in establishing a stud of so many high class horses, merits the good wishes of all true sporting men. Cassivelaunus is an English thoroughbred bay horse, bred by Mr O. Snewing in 1869, got by Caractaous, dam Campanile; by Stock well—Florence by Velocipede, Caraotaous (winner ef Derby in 1862) by Kingston, out of Defenceless, by Defence, imported to Western Australia, and theace to Canter bury in 1874 by Messrs Connor and M'Kay. He is now the property of Mr G. Dodson, of Dunedin.,

The successful establishment of a well con ducted, thriving stud farm at Sawyer's Bay is another outcome of the enterprise of Mr George Dodson, of Port Chalmers. A noted dealer in horseflesh for many years past, he has now entered the lists as a breeder, and backed by wide experience and a thorough knowledge of horseflesh, his efforts thus far have been marked by very satisfactory re sults. Some two years ago Mr Dodson pur chased the freehold of one hundred acres of valuable land at Sawyer's Bay, with a block of, commodious farm-buildings erected there on. Tho lower boundary of the land is within a short distance of the railway, and within a stone's throw or so of the high road to Dunedin. It consists of rich soil laid down in' English grasses, and is intersected by a permanent stream of running water, and, .stretching from hill to hill, comprises a section of the main valley of the Sawyer's Biay .district. There is thus plenty of shelter, supplemented by a belt or two of bush for the mares, irrespective of the sheds of the r'farin buildings, where, when the weather is ' particularly severe, the animals can be com fortably housed. It is a pleasant place, carved but of the once dense bush' of the

locality, and has already acquired a value that, compared with the land prices rtiliag a few, years ago, may well be termed startling. 