The Washington times., 1908-12-22

That the uEnt harness horse business
is on firm foundation IS evidenced by
the prices horses lave brought il the
auction rings East ana West up TO date
All the owner OF a horse that can
show has 10 do is 10 produce the goods
and the man with the price IN his pocket
IS on the job eager for the issue. The
fame OF the American light harness
horse has penetrated the remotest Dor
tons of the earth. In proof OF this
there has not been a sale Of conse-
quence within the past three months
that foreign buyers for export have
not been present and willingly put uD
their good dollars with alacrity for any
thing that looked good 10 them Does
D. pay 10 breed good hOrse2 We
should gently remark thai it does, and
70 further remark. that j. does not pay
20 breed any other kiEd-
Good Blood Pays.
Does any one doubt that 81 paid the
Indianapolis maG with the Tipperary
accent TO breed Allen Winter. 2-O6lt
He won the large sum OF $50 90 with
him in single race, and then sold him
for 5000 for export TO EngIand-ths
rich Walter Winans being the pur-
chaser. II paid william Russell Allen
TO breed risa, the fastest three-year-old
tilly Of 1907, for only the other dav he
sold her for $4,000 and could have got
Sl,G90 more for her had he delayed the
sale tweuty-four hours. The wouId-be
I buyer was at the depot ready 70 take
the train for Allen arm. when, on pur-
chasing paper, he learned that the
mare had already been sold.
J.. u. Stokes. OF the Patchen Wilkes
arm. Lexington, Ky. will tell you that
Il paid him 10 breed such a crack two
y7ear-old as Robert g. for last week ne
Z aHFnN N#H D.
er for $1,000.
But why extend the list2 Every man
who knows anything Of the breeding
problem knows that only the best are
IN stlm demand. and that the best can
only lie produced by the exercise Of rare
Judgment IN the mingliug OF blood lines
The day Is past when breeders can ar
FORD 70 offer the get OF a stallion or
mare whose near ancestors run into The
tai timber The discriminating modern
buyer demands Wlth Individuality and
speed the best OF breeding on the side
OF dam and sire.
No Excuse for Short Breeds.
With the advance made In breeding
the light harness horse during the past
quarter Of a century. no man can fur
nish a valid excuse for purchasing a
short bred stallion or mare for breeding
purposes lie Who does will soon find
I. himself on tire wrong side Of the ledger
I-AI IiHt-ll~r f--f--. ftliNs are great STICK
lers for blood lines and viii not touch
anything not up 10 their standard and
-asLiOuabIy b-Cd-
our foreign exports OF hOrsCHesh now
annually reach far into the millions.
and, as foreign buyers are very exact
and buy with judgment. we can only
hold our own IN .;rC market by prOduc-
ing the horses they want. As they have
already carried Of some OF our best
p. ri stations and mares. the time viii
Cf me when the golden stream from Eu-
rope VIII cease, IN a large measure.
What VIII then happen 10 the horse
Industry of the United States is a prob
lem for pOsterity- Our interests are
connected with the problems OF today,
and We can best deal with them by 50
conducting business as 10 command the
market and keep the flow Of sold run
ming Ia our direction.
Runners Up Against Il.
While the future casts q ruddy glow
over the light harness horse industry,
thai OF the thoroughbred does not look
So eruciuE. The recent enactment or
autI-bettinE laws I'm several States or
the Union with the promise that other
States viii soon follow in the same di-
rectl0u, has put a NarceI-Wave crimp
iu the running horse industry-for the
time being at least. Even the wisest OF
brceders-llIle heene. HaEgin, Belmont,