The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-23
POLICY AND BREEDING
Suitable Stations" Should Be
the Breeders Motto.
HOW TO PRODUCE RACERS
W. H Rowe Offers Some Valuable
Suggestions to Owners OF Horses
Naher tho Winning Jockey
This ear

1t Is not easy 10 deduce rules for an
art. Indeed. this Is virtually approach
able only in the directions where art
itself may be considered from the
standpoint of whatever II possesses In
the nature OF a science. This reason
fng. IL seems to w. II. Rowe. who ON
sributed an article 10 the New York
Telegraph. applies very appropriately
10 the breeding of the thoroughbred
race horse. The propagation of the
breed Is, of course. entirely too depend
ent upon many various surrounding in
fuences. which are bound to arise from
the very nature of the conditions to
make il possible to eve reduce the
course OF procedure TO an exact science.
But that there are certain data which
may be utilized with great advantage
10 h breeder IL a matter which al
mits of almost no debate whatever.
The liking of certain well defined
strains for each other. the suitability
Of certain individuals for inbreeding.
and the operation of certain Wen
known hicks" especially when used in
conjunction with certain other well de-
fined strains-these and other deduc-
tons from the plain teachings OF the
Stud Book and the Turf Guides are
matters upon which the breeder can
not be too well Informed. and upon
which he cannot too carefully found his
plans.
Probably the greatest obstacle which
prevents the very best development OF
the American thoroughbred to-day Is
the reluctance Of breeders TO send their
mares TO other mems stations. l may
be quite Justly accused OF threshlng
old straw when I write upon this line
~ . Dat wanr mt EnfArf lh4t
the matter r. of an Importance suffi-
GENTLY vital 10 justify Its careful ana
forcible presentation now, In view or
Its application to the future?
A mar who owns n thoroughbred
stallion or brood mare owes IL as a duty
TO that horse or mare to have him or
her mated annually In such an alliance
as that the blood lines of the chosen
mate shall be as suitable as can posi-
bly, be arranged. The question OF the
ownership of the chosen mate should
never be allowed to influence the choice.
either one way or the other. Is this
too ideal a state OF things 10 ever
hope for? Personally, I think II is not.
At all events as a matter of strict con-
alteration along the lines which point
20 the greatest possible percentage OF
chance for success. 1 fail TO see now
there is room for n reasonable
amount of argument upon the question.
AIN u NtHta hAAaN ~
lean practice OF almost invariably linn
sting the alliances Of a stallion or mare
10 the confines OF their W owner
stud Is unbusinesslike, impractical ana
unworthy of a nation OF people who
are. in about all other matters, emil
nently businessiike and practical.
Let me present this idea in another
way: Surprising an owner does de-
eide. as Is sometimes but far too ire
auently the case. to send a mare or
two To some other mans stallion. Does
he not carefully take h resultant ped
sgree into careful consideration? Next
spring. for instance. Ornament enters
upon stud life. and here is a certain
breeder who has been deeply impressed
with the horses racing career. ana, ne
ing convinced that the horse Is going
30 do well. takes a subscription to him.
VIII he pick out one OF his mares IN a
haphazard sort of way and send her 10
Ornament. or whichever the selected
stallion may be. without akin any
sort Of calculation as to the percentage
of chance which the resultant pedi-
gree will have for producing a high
class racer? I think not. And yet
there are scores OF American breeders
returning their mares to their own
horses where. were the ownership OF
the horse vested i'm someone else, these
same breeders would regard the ALI
ance as far too lacking in
10 Justify their patronage.
Horses or mares cannot get or pro-
duce great racers from mates whose
main credential for union with them
is the fact hat both are in the same
ownership. And continued unsuitable
or comparatively unsuitable alliances
based upon the sole credential Of SINH
lar ownership are. as I have said. un-
businesslike. impractical, unworthy.
and. / may add. the veriest extreme OF
shortsightedncss.
How can any breeder. or. at least.
the average breeder. find within the
confines of his own stud "A suficlent
number of suitable mates to give his
stallion. OF each OF his stations, II he