The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-17

but now that it is understood and inves-
tgation reveals that many of the best
lines in this country run back to their
own stout and ancient lines, the English
are after available sires for their big
breeding establishments.
After more than century there seems
tc be a strong turn in the tide of race
horse trading. From time antedating
the American revolution, English sires
were imported to this country Among
the first to bring over a thoroughbred
stallion for breeding purposes was old
Gen. Johnson, of Virginia. and since that
early day the importations have gradu-
ally increased. The experience of Rich
ard Ten Brock, the first American to
take string of thoroughbreds to Eng
land to race, was not calculated to give
the horse-racing and horse breeding fra
ternity of the tight little island a higher
regard for the American species of ami
mails than they had before. But the ex-
periments of Pierre Lorillard and the
Keenes left the impression, perhaps re-
luctantly conceded, that there were race
horses bred in other countries than Eng
land that could compete with their own,
and were just as royal in their blood
lines. And the events subsequent thereto
have added to the impression until it be-
came certainty that has resulted in q
general study Of American lines and a
search for available material
MANY IMPORTATIONS FROM ENG
LAND.
Any one who has had occasion to go to
the American stud book must have been
impressed with the number of foreign
horses that have been brought into this
country as s1res, particularly from Brit
ain OF course, great deal Of this i'm
p Is due to the great growth of
the, breeding industry, farms of this
frnTO he
coast to the monster ranches Of the Pa
c1fic, and from Montana on the north to
the big ranches of Texas. Even in Col
orado there is a great breeding farm,
with two Arabians at it's head, started
as an experiment in the belief that a
fine and hardy type of thoroughbreds
GOULD be developed in that high altitude.
The larger of the American stock forms
nave made drafts on all sections of the
world for stations, but long before these
Institutions began and the breeding in
country, England was looked upon us the
better quarter in which to pick up thor
oughbred sires. For some time the num-
Der of the running horses bred here has
exceeded that of those in England. al
most as two to one, but it is only in the
more recent years that the American
quality of thoroughbred has come 10 be
considered of sufficient value to be worth
securing for breeding purposes. This
too, in the face of the oft-rcpeatcd as
sertlon that In the desire for sped the
of endurance, becoming IA mere Splinter,
with legs SO delicate that they could not
stand anything beyond the dash race
Time was when the old racing pro-
grammes used to contain the word imp"
in giving the sire of a starter. but the
numbers grew so rapidly that now this
distinction is done away with, AS we'll as
for the reason that the average race
goer doesn't care rap whether a horse
is imported or not; nor the average horse
man. either, for he can go to the records
If he cares to know about the breeding
of any animal
THE FIRST BROUGHT OVER.
For the most part the horses that
were brought over in the earlier DAYS
were old or considered of secondary value,
Dfomed, the early derby winner, was
nineteen years old when he crossed the
about 1870 that the purchasers from this
side began to look for the best that could
he secured. Major Barak G. Thomas, of
Lexington, KY, who is believed to be the