St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-04
The Minnesota Breeders Meeting To-Mor-
row Called to Consider That Same
Resolution About Breeding.
Interesting Statement in Regard to the
Horses and Mares That Have Brought
Forth Past Animals.
The Great California Horse, Beacons-
Held, Injured--The Death OF Mrs.
Alice Carneal Wardeld.
Ohio's Claim for Being on Top as a
Breeding State--Belmont's New
Stock Farm
THE BREEDERS, MEETING
TO Discuss the Resolution Regard
ing the Eligibility of FoaI4

Some weeks ago the Northwestern
Breeders association adopted resolution
declaring that the fOal should be native OF
the state where it was sired. A few weeks
after, when the Minnesota breeders held
their meeting. those present considered this
matter and what effect a similar rule would
have upon the breeders of this state. After
considering the subject they decided that
they preferred rule directly opposite to
the one determined upon by the Northwest
ern Breeders association. They therefore
adopted resolution in the following Ian
guage:
Resolved. That the true theory upon which
70 nx the nativity OF foals is the place OF foal.
ing, rather than the place OF the stallion ser
vice, and that so far as the Minnesota asso-
ciatlon is concerned, this rule shall govern in
the future.
This resolution has caused a good deal of
discussion. and as a number of members of
the Minnesota organization are opposed to
the resolution, and were not present at the
meeting when 1t was adopted, it has been
determined to hold another meeting of the
Minnesota Breeders association for the
purpose OF what may be termed a rehearing
on the resolution. This meeting will be
held at the Office of w. L. McGrath. on
Ihlrd street, tomorrow afternoon, when it
Is to be hoped that every member of the
association will be present. 1t seems very
strange that 4 resolution made I'D of so
few, and such plain, familiar words. i'm re-
gard to the precise meaning of which there
is no question, should have been so gener-
ally misunderstood as this one has. This
misunderstanding grows out of the substitu-
ton, by those who are opposed to the reso-
luton, Of the word breeding. or ''bred. -
in place OF the word nativity" This
resolution did not undertake TO de-
termlne anything in regard to what should
constitute the place of breeding. As was
understood in the discussion of the matter
when the resolution was adopted the real
point and object arrived at was to determine
by positive rule, what colts and fillies
should be eligible to the Minnesota stake
races. The association sought to, and did
determine that question and no other, viz:
that foal dropped in Minnesota had his
nativity" in Minnesota and would there
fore be eligible to the Minnesota stake
races. The association did not express any
opinion as TO where such foal was bred, or
where any foal should be bred, in order to
make 1t eligible to our stake races. They
attempted Ito fix the nativity of toals, "and
that alone is precisely what they did They
took 1t for granted that the words breed. -
breeding" and ''bred," were words that
had definite meaning, which
neither the Minnesota Breeders association
or any other similar organization had any
authority or power to charge. If resi-
dent of Minnesota sends his mare to Ken
lucky for service and she Is returned to
Minnesota, where she has foal, the mare
would he said to have been bred in Ken
lucky, and no rule adopted by the Mime
sofa breeders could change the fact, and
this is precisely what they did not attempt
to do. They said that a foal dropped in
Minnesota, wherever bred. should be eIig-
ible to the Minnesota stake races, and that
was all. This can be seen by a reading of
the resolution which shows the object in
view was Ito fix the nativity of foals, I" not
their place of breeding. The way this
whole matter came up shows this view to
be the correct one. The Northwestern
Breeders association at its meeting in Chi
cago adopted an opposite rule,
which In substance was, that if
a man owning mare in Minnesota takes a
mare to Kentucky to have her bred, the
foal if dropped in Minnesota shall not be
eligible to the Northwestern breeders
stakes. Now the Minnesota breeders rule
is directly opposite, and says that any citi-
zen of Minnesota who takes mare from
this state to Kentucky and has her bred,
and she drops the foal in this state, such
foal shall be eligible to our stake races. The
rule adoDted at Chicago was against enter
prise. The Minnesota rule is in favor of
enterprise, and says that If man shows
enough disposition to improve the stock of
this state as to be at the expense of sending
his mare long distance for the purpose OF
adding value to the horse stock of the state
he is deserving of credit. and should be en-
eouraged rather that penalized for his en-
terprise