New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-26

MISTAKES OF BREEDERS.
HOW KENrucKY.s PRESTIGE GOT A SET
BACK.

BACK.
| TOO LITTLE CARE WAS TAKEN TO SECURE THE
BEST sTALLIoNs-HIGH STANDARDS SET
BY MR. BELMONT MR. KEENE AND
OTHER EASTERN MEN.
Lexington Ky, Is in the throes OF nnanc'ai oe-
preston The Senate contest In the Kentucky Les's
| ature worked grave harm to the finances OF Lex
| ngton The banks advanced money upon STATE
vouchers for salaries and supplies believing tnat
| the necessary appropriations would be mace 10
| cover the amounts. When the Legislature al
| tourned no provision had been made to meet the
| States Indebtedness. consequently the banks Oh
Lexington have little NOR, ~ to lend TO preed-
| ers of thoroughbreds and trotters The farmers
who depended upon tobacco and hemp. nave suHereu
| heavy losses hence the business prospects IN
Lexington and the surrounding country are not
| reassuring.
II Ia well known 10 those associated with racing
that many breeders Of Kentucky are IN part
responsible for the low prices OF thoroushoreds an
trotters The golden days OF Lexington have passed.
away. Many native breeders paid 100 niue ~
tention TO quality or class their aim was 70 emo
=. MANY nediereed animals as possible to the
sales. without regard to conformation. size. as
position or any Of the other essentiai qua'''''
that go TO make racehorae or trotter. 100 many
| additions to the list OF public stations IN he"-
|
cas,-or sales In England. Stations with pedigrees
and nothing else were bought at bargain counter
Prices for Kentucky breeding farms
EFFECT ON THE BREED OF HORSES.
| A hand Of imported hos.lers "s:rappers" was
| .h,nned over TO lsud the good qualities OF the
seven cornered. slab-sldad angular stailohs .na'
speculative Adventures shipped 70 THIS coui'''
/ Some narrow headed Kentucky breeders ma'ed
| their choicest mares with the English cast OTIS
..aI
sions to class. Whenever such an amman "o" a
race The contingent Of 'strappers' or "cippers
gave vent to loud accanatiors OF delight Ne"-
| lucky against the world vas the cry OF hen'u'Hs
breeders. many OF whom continue 70 So w
dreds o., Uniformed yearlings 10 the public sales ana
! ,rorrrod d,smallv over The statement OF the auc-
,,oneer that they being given away at
1900 each .,.,
About thi, time California entered into competition
| for turf honors Many OF the choicest mares II"
Kentucky were bought for the California oreeae's
Stations with magnificent records were secured 10
! rots with them Australia. New-Zealand and Eng
| land were represented by sires on the Caiforh'a
ranches Dir Modred and Darebin are perhaps me
| best known OF the California sires Rayon dor was
purchased for a Pennsylvania farm Mortimer "A
| addad N the slres In New-Jersey. Tennessee nad
the best OF the American horses within It's ooroers
O, Rlaise n private stallion. owned by the ia'e
August belmont was almost aore In keeping hei-
lucky abreast OF the times. Prince CharHe' oa'i
! aged gem was also sent Kentucky 10 AID that
State in maintaining a high standard Oh iate years
Hanover has done much 10 prevent hehtucAs 'io"
falling far TO the rear IN the race for turf honors.
The result OF the shortsight edness OF the natlV'
| Kentucky breeders Is certainly unfortunate. ."e
Lexington sales Of trotters or thoroushpreus o''
attract only a corporals guard OF buyers MANY u
the lots offered for sale not worth the ire'sh'
| charges 10 ship them &c New-fork Tne uo'''"s
horse breeders sacrificed everything TO speed Cohse-
ou.rtlv u a buyer desires a racing machine ne
purchases a bicycle in preference TO the average
specm.n OF trotter offered for sale at Lexington.
The Eastern men who lease farms IN heh'uchy
outstrip the natives in breeding horses. inc STOCK
an ,hair farms are we'll cared for by being comfora
| hlv housed in stormy weather. They have warm YARN
bed, and are we'll fed. The breeder: who permit x
a' s %ne about the forcing methods. Q. the
| Eastern men They forget that the rorc'ns -
really done by themselves
INFLUENCE OF EASTERN MEN.
| Such men as James r. Keene. August be'"on'
! and other Eastern men who aim to procure the
| 80, ,-o. All nstronx are not looked upon by
some Ken,ucKians as benefactors TO Kentucky oe-
cause they breed the highest class OF thoroush-
| breds on the contrary. there are men IN hehtucNy
! to-day who bewail the fact that such men oreea
| their own horses These men bitterly declare ."a'
IL is hardship for breeders TO De conpe'Itgya No
| breed up TO the standard required by Mr heens
Mr. Belmont In the same Srea, ch 'l sers buy
from the yearllng market ,a ,-oyre.sve
on the other hand there are some Prosress.sss
men who have invested their money IN pIue-s.a n
| farms who heartily IN accord WIN ing 'y ~
! from A distance who breed horses ~ Kentucky. /.
IL 10 this up-to-date cement that Kentucky mus
look for a revival OF her prestige H. Eugene s'rSn
| William Barnes Colonel James F. Pepper. Thoinas
Barnes and Milton Young are some OF the men WHO
the best interests 81 me s'a,e az near nrobsm
and intends to breed upon the lines laid down by
James Keene and Augqs, Belmont Mr. N1csd Le hsM
q the owner Of Bramhle. He INTENDS 10 preeu MN
10 mares that are high class In performance CON
formation and breeding. CoioneI Pepper Lhteius ~
follow In Mr. Leighs footsteps Everybody VINO
Srcnf rank OF Kentucky breeders. Milton Young
has so many horses to care for that II WIZ t AZ
time FOR him TO curtain ms es'ao ,s H. Lad
~ the progressive set consequently the quality ana
class Of Kentucky thoroughbreis are certain 20
improve. In the trottins cass me oree1Trs are
with extreme speed "a secondary consideration
A BETTER DAY AT HAND.
II Will readily be seen that the breed OF horses OF
al classes Will be improved by the hoerality OF
! such advanced turfmen as James K. Keene and
| August Belmont. 1t is now a question Of the sur
vval OF the fttest as far as the breeders OF Ken
| be materially benefited because their own
ers will be compelled build sufficient shelter 70
protect them from the nerce WINTER storHs tnat
| prevail. In Kentucky. 80,
In the neal future the breeders OF Kentucky VIII,
be enabled to purchase the progeny OF the spendld
mares owned by James r keene. August br nIS
Marcus Daily and other men VINO nave SKINNED
the cream OF the Eng ish turf In their efforts TO
| ton about the improvement OF the horses in
America Every intelligent person who knows any :
thing about horses comedies that the inportatlons
OF thoroughbred mares and stations in the asst
| four years are to give the Americans better
horses OF all kinds before many years roll around
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