St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-06
INTERNATIONAL BREEDING.
The Gigantic Project of South
ern Horseman.

The New Orleans lottery millionaire,
John A. Morris, has gone into racing
and horse breeding on scale remark
able even in this age of extensive enter
prise based on the money producing
qualities of the aristocratic strains of
the equine race. Some of his designs
and experiments are quite novel. as the
following extracts from late inter
view with a New. York Times CORE
sponent suffie to show:
"You are breeding on an extensive
scale, are you not?'
"Mr. Walden has Tom Ochiltree
and Hopeful, and I have Barnes,
Plevna and Vagabond as stall
lions. I have a great many brood
mares, and keep breeding establish
ments at West Chester, in England,
and in Texas. The Texas place be-
longed to my father and is very fine
place, between Keyville and Freder-
icksburg. expect to have 100 thorough
bred mares there. There are 100 Texas
mares there now in foal to thorough
breds. The FLIES that are produced
will also be put to thoroughbreds. The
third generation of FLIES will be bred to
Hotters with plenty of knee action. The
result expected is a road horse that can
trot in three minutes and travel all day.
selected the Texas horse for the ex-
pertinent on account of his fiat legs.
which led me to believe that he was
to get the old-fashioned Texas mustang,
flat-legged, big-eyed, large-nozzled,
with fine head and good shoulders,
There were plenty Of them in Texas
when was a young man. There are a
half-dozen thoroughbred stations at the
Texas farm, mostly brothers to cele-
brated race-horses, bought when they
were hurt or injured in their two-year-
old form. Among them is Winfred; he
once beat The Bard. l have also
brother to Barnes and a brother to
Frank Ward. Then there are Tontine,
bought from Mr.. Galway, and Klamath,
by Glenelg. There is a good trotGng
stallion out there that is also being bred
to Texas mares as an experiment. Be-
sides all these there are dozen thor
Oughbred mares Oh the farm which will
be regularly bred to the stations named
and the produce raised. A race-traek
will be built upon the farm for the eX-
ercise and trial of the youngsters"
"What about your breeding proJectin
EnglandP"
"Last year took over three mares
Jennie B, Ermine and Active. There
couldn't be any better blood than theirs,
and expect to breed them to the best
stations in England. bought in Eng
land FIVE yearling fillies by Hampton,
Hermit and Sterling. These remain
over there, and will be trained by the
celebrated Matthew Dawson, who is
looked upon as the Nestor of English
trainers. He has charge of Lord Fall
mouths horses, and his services are in
every way desirable. They will be
raced until the fall of their fourth year,
when they will be withdrawn from the
turf. In the spring of their fifth year
they will be bred to the best stations
in England. The American mares men
toned will be sent to the stations Gal
opin and Springfield. During the COM
ing year l will send over a few more
fine mares, and l expect to send over
couple each year thereafter. I
try to get each mare. with as
much Lexington blood in her as
possible. For instance, Active is by
while her dam is by Vauxhall and he is
also by Lexington. There is the double
Lexington cross, and will get it every
time if possible in the mares for beed-
ing in England.
"l have noticed that English horses
bred to Lexington mares have made the
greatest successes over there. FOXhall
was without doubt the best race-horse
America ever sent to England, and his
dam was by Lexington, while his sire,
King Alfonso, was Of British blood.
The colts bred in England will be
brought back here to race. They will
come over as yearlingS and be raised
and run on this side. The FLIES will be
left in England for breeding purposes.
am trying to get great English stall
lion to bring to this country, but the
question as to whether will get one
shortly is entirely matter Of luck. But
am still hoping.
There is apparently good deal of
luck in the breeding of race horses. I
bought as good blood as any in England,
as is illustrated by the filly by Sterling,
out of Casuistry. She is sister to the
great race horse Paradox, and the
Prince of Wales last year gave 5000
guineas for younger brother. The
blood Is good enough, but there is no
telling how either sire or his produce
but proved the best stallion IN America.
If the question was one of mathematical
calculation, the man with the longest
purse would have the best stallion and
the best horse, but sometimes the poor
est man has the pick Of the stations
and the finest of the racehorses. Turf
mem went all over the country and paid
fancy prices for yearlings, while Bry-
ant bought Proctor Knott for $3.50 and
had the tWo-year-old Of the season this
year,"
GALEN AT NASHVILLE.