The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-28
UNIQUE IDEA
IN BREEDING.
Colonel Barnes Will Separate
His Sucking C~olts-Expects
Remarkable Results From
the Experiment.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Lexington. KY, April 27.-The most
unique Of all thoroughbred breeding ven
lures is about to be inaugurated by Colonel
W. S.. Barnes Of the famous Melbourne
stud.
With only q limited number Of mares,
scarcely one-fifth as many as some Of the
great breeding farms OF the world, his es-
adjustment not only produced the cham
pion 2-year-old Of the year in Beau Gallant,
but the king Of the 3-year-olds. as well in
the sensational Realization winner, Prince
Of Melbourne. Since the foaling Of these
two great stars. Colonel Barnes has largely
increased his breeding interests. but he has
added nothing to his holdings Of real es-
tate. He will continue to mate his mares
and stations in the 250-acre Enclosure at
Melbourne, but as soon as the mares have
passed through the period Of foaling. with
the youngsters at their side. they will be
sent In little bands Of foul to various
farms, where they will be raised. There
the colts will be kept until they are weaned
and until they are within a few weeks Of
their full yearling form.
It is his firm belief that strictly high
class race horses cannot be bred as success
fully when banded together in large num-
bers or n place, as when separated, and
the policy he Is now about to pursue on
such a large scale has been followed by him
for q number Of years in a small way, with
the most fatterirg results. He has made
this determination after being forced to
such a conclusion by the success Of Lord
Falmouth and Sir Joseph Hawley in Eng
land, and such small breeders in this coun-
try as the late John NJ. Clay, Matt Simpson,
Doctor J. d. Heet, Sam Brown, r. c. Nc
Dowell, Captain B.. ]. Hancock. KinZea
Stone. George H. Whitney and o. L. Baker.
None of these lave ever owned a dozen
public q breeders of some great horses,
while the larger establishments la had
to content themselves in sending out win
ners of a cheap grade. The surprising
feature of the success OF small breeders is
the fact that from outcast mares of the
greater establishments. they have. in some
instances, turned what looked like worth
less castons into gold mines. and many a
small breeder in Kentucky to-day owes his
fortune to some old mare put aside by some
great farm as useless.
OF all the living gems Of the breeding
world, none shows brighter to-day than
Silk Gown, toiling unknown in the cotton
fields Of the south Her son., Garry Her
mann only came into prominence after the
brand Of dishonor had been placed upon her.
and but for q small breeder her name would
never have gone down In turf history as
the dam OF such a sensational horse. II
small breeders can obtain such happy re-
suits from Indifferent mares. Colonel Barnes
reasons that by pursuing their methods with
his superb collection of picked stud mat
rons his future venture. in the thoroughbred
business will be nothing short Of q most
astounding success.
Colonel Barnes is in other ways one OF the
most original Of ~thoroughbred breeders. He
Is the only breeder who has continued to
name his y%earlings from year to year. He
does this not from any fascination for Sc
lecing names, but merely to prevent buy
ers from attaching to the colts such appel
lations as Can I See EN-. Go tos Bed and
H~uitxilopochtle.. Some Of the selections are
very happy. The Handspring and Merry
Thought colt he calls Merry Acrobat; an.
other Handspring colt out of Blue
Devils is Demonland: the Prince Of
Monaco and Savannah colt is named Prince
of Dxie Land; the Prince Of Monaco and
Lady Bower colt. Prince Idler; the Jim
Sore and Sunland nlly. Dixie Flyer: the imp.
Wagner and Fair Fortune fifty, Run OF
Luck. while on account Of. her color he calls
the black flly by Prince Of Monaco out of
Sue II, Falsh Of Night. and the chestnut
colt BY Prince Of Monaco out Of Lillian